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LaunchPad Academy Inquiry-Based Learning Preschool

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WHO IS IT FOR:​

Families with children aged 2.5 to 5 years old who:

  • Plan to apply to Junior Kindergarten (JK) or Kindergarten at private schools
  • Want to develop key skills in communication, social-emotional growth, academics, and problem-solving that are highly valued by private schools; and,
  • Believe in nurturing the whole child through early, balanced development.
Proven Track Record of Success

Our Results

Every year, KEY students receive offers from top private schools and universities across Canada, the United States, and abroad. Our results reflect the strength of our personalized guidance, academic preparation, and strategic application planning that help families turn their educational goals into reality.
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PROGRAM BENEFITS

Expertly Designed Curriculum

Developed by a team of former private school assessors, heads of school, and admissions staff to align with private schools’ expectations.

Targeted Skill Development

Curriculum mapped to 80+ private school evaluation criteria to build the core competencies for which private schools look for.

Parent Partnership & Education

Parenting workshops reinforce classroom learning at home, creating a 1+1>2 synergy between school and family. 
LaunchPad is more than just a preschool.
We provide an integrated early education model that ensures every environment — from classroom to home and beyond — contributes to your child’s readiness for private school. Our approach aligns learning experiences across academics, daily routines, and extracurricular moments, giving your child a holistic foundation for success.
Launchpad blueprint

    Inquiry-Based Learning

    Inspired by Montessori and Reggio Emilia, our program encourages children to ask questions, explore answers, and solve problems independently. Through monthly themes and hands-on discovery, students cultivate creativity, confidence, and critical thinking, which are essential traits for private school success.

    Character Education

    Our character development framework is grounded in Gordon Neufeld’s Attachment Theory and KEY’s proprietary Character Pyramid. Through classroom lessons and real-world activities, our students explore concepts like respect, responsibility, resilience, and empathy, preparing them to become compassionate and confident contributors to their future communities.

    Academic Skills

    We build foundational literacy and numeracy skills through structured lessons. Children learn pre-reading, pre-writing, counting, shape and color recognition, laying the academic groundwork for private school readiness.

    Communication & Language

    A strong focus on verbal expression, listening comprehension, and vocabulary building supports students in developing English proficiency and confidence. Activities like circle time, story time, and music help children communicate clearly and prepare for future classroom interaction and interviews.

    Healthy Lifestyles

    Through daily outdoor play and classroom routines, children develop gross motor coordination, practice table manners, and learn to make healthy food choices. Nutritious snacks and meals are provided, along with education on the importance of wellness habits, promoting physical and social well-being.

    Fine Motor Development

    Using Montessori materials and creative projects like drawing, tracing, and building, children strengthen dexterity, hand-eye coordination, and pencil control , which are critical skills for writing and academic tasks in kindergarten and beyond.

    Parent Education

    We partner with families through structured parent workshops, 1:1 coaching, and student progress meetings. These sessions equip caregivers to reinforce classroom learning at home, strengthen parenting confidence, and build consistency across school and home life.

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Come visit LaunchPad Academy and experience our joyful classrooms, meet our caring teachers, and see how we nurture every child’s curiosity, confidence, and early learning skills in a safe and inspiring environment.
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Fafa
25 April 2026
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We’ve had a really great experience at LaunchPad with our daughter. What stood out most for us wasn’t just what she was learning, but how she was learning. She’s become much more confident expressing herself by asking thoughtful questions, explaining her ideas clearly, and enjoying her conversations with both adults and other kids. She also naturally looks for connections now, whether it’s noticing patterns in nature or how plants and animals relate to each other. That kind of thinking particularly matters to us, and it’s something LaunchPad clearly nurtures. The teachers were very supportive when she was figuring out social dynamics early on. With their help (and open communication with us), she’s become more aware, empathetic, and comfortable interacting with others. The environment itself is bright and calming, giving kids the space to explore while still feeling supported. She was accepted into our top choice private school, which we’re excited about, but more importantly, we’re happy to see her grow into a curious, confident, and engaged learner as we believe that these skills will benefit her for life. We’d highly recommend LaunchPad to any family who values the same things.
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Grace Hsueh
18 March 2025
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My experience with KEY has been nothing short of amazing. They spent alot of time to understand our child and our family before making recommendations. The consultants were highly knowledgeable about child development and different private schools, and able to answer many of our questions. The whole process with school selection/application was thoughtful, intelligent, and strategic. Suggestions and recommendations were always clearly explained, and delivered in a professional and timely manner. KEY also provided classes for my child, which were well structured and suitable for his age and developmental stage. My child loved KEY's classes. They also have parenting classes that offered wonderful information for families with young children. All in all we are happy with our experience with KEY. Thank you!
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AMY YANG
3 May 2024
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非常好的体验,我们与key的合作时间不长,短短3到4个月,但是取得了非常好的效果。孩子在key的培训课程得到了非常有针对性的培训,各方面得到了很大的提高,为私校面试和测试做了非常充足的准备。在key的帮助下,我们最终获得了两所顶私的offer,选择了最适合我们家庭和孩子的一个offer,短短3个月,4个月不到的培训,使我们家庭最终收获满意的顶私offer,很感谢key education的帮助,也足以体现key education的专业度和效率。
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Vincent Kang
28 March 2024
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We are very satisfied with our experience using Key Education. All the staffs and teachers are very professional and experienced. Because of the classes and tips they gave us, we got into a private school. We also got extra classes to help us prepare interviews and assessments. Overall, we would love to use them again in the future for other future preparations. We highly recommend Key to anyone that would like to apply to private schools.
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Jay Wu
25 March 2024
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KEY Education is a wonderful establishment, especially when kickstarting a child’s journey towards a private school education. The staff and advisors are incredibly helpful and responsible when monitoring our children’s learning and growth. Both our boys have successfully gotten into the school they’ve hoped for and we couldn’t be more grateful for KEY’s guidance during this process.
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Sam J
25 March 2024
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We are deeply thankful for the assistance Key Education provided in helping us secure private school placements for our children. Their team exhibited exceptional diligence and meticulous organization, ensuring a seamless and structured process from start to finish. They also played a crucial role in improving our boys' overall academic performance. There dedicated team showed an exemplary display of teamwork, and our children have become more effective learners thanks to KEY's influence.
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Li Nicky
19 March 2024
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As a new family moving to Canada one year ago, we believe that we will not make such big progress without Key’s help and guidance. They provided very helpful advices helping us adapt ourselves to the new environment and prepare for the challenges. In addition the teachers at Key are amazing and devoted and our kid made huge progress in language and social emotional development throughout their various classes. We got to our ideal and favorite top school and would like to attribute this success to their support.
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Manita Gill
12 February 2024
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I cannot recommend KEY Education enough. We have been working with KEY for almost a year now and have seen a huge difference in our daughter's literacy and numeracy skills. She now has the confidence to apply herself and we are so pleased with her academic development and progress. Moreover, I cannot say enough nice things about the teaching staff as they are all incredibly dedicated and a delight to work with. My daughter looks forward to the classes as they make learning fun and enjoyable. Additionally, the private school admissions coaching team was invaluable to us and we cannot express how happy we are for their hard work and ongoing support. Thanks to the team at KEY our daughter was accepted in multiple private schools and we fully recognize we could not have obtained these results without working together with them as a team. I would highly recommend any family looking to enroll their child in an independent school to partner with KEY as it is highly competitive and challenging process that KEY has clearly mastered.
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Alex Li
5 April 2023
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总体来讲是不错。通过不到半年的课程学习(孩子)和面试培训(孩子和家长)进入到了所有申请学校的面试阶段,最终顺利拿到了理想学校的offer。 它的收费不便宜,不过也是市场价。从服务质量的角度而言,也是不错的。虽然期间也经历了换顾问、换客服的事儿,但人员流动大也是这个行业的特点吧。我们后来的顾问是特别认真负责,还专门为我们做加场的面试培训。 我们从一开始就知道孩子能否拿到Offer,取决于诸多因素。对于我们而言,孩子能够最终拿到Offer, 在Key的学习和培训是非常重要的因素。 在此,感谢Key Education的顾问、老师和客服们!
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Liu Yang
22 March 2023
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From the experience the kids had with Key education, they not only gained great improveness in their acedemic study, they also achieved success to be admitted to their top dream private schools. All the staff and the advisors are nice and responsible helping the kids' plans. Thanks to Key education for supporting and helping the kids achieve their goals. I will definitely recommend it to friends.
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Paul K
24 February 2023
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Provide professional consultation and advice to parents, very experienced teachers to improve students' holistic level
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Kathy Wang
9 February 2023
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Key is a great facility to have your child educated and prepared for private school education. It’s curriculum program is well articulated and useful. Both of my boys flourished in their program and got in their dream school. The staff is always nice. The adviser is easy to reach and very informative about everything. I cannot thank Key enough for my children’s progress. Will definitely recommend friends.
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Answers to Parents’ Most Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

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  • How is LaunchPad different from other preschools?

    We uniquely combine early childhood education with private school admissions guidance. LaunchPad is purpose-built to prepare children for top private elementary schools, with a curriculum fully aligned to over 80 admissions criteria, covering academics, character, communication, and problem-solving skills.

  • What ages do you accept?

    We welcome children aged 2.5 to 5, with tailored programs for each stage to ensure they are fully prepared for Junior Kindergarten (JK) or Kindergarten at private schools.

  • How do you make sure learning continues at home?

    Children spend only a few hours a day in school; the rest of their time is at home. Without consistent reinforcement, even great classroom learning can be lost (“one step forward, two steps back”). At LaunchPad, we partner with parents through workshops, 1:1 coaching, and progress meetings to extend learning beyond the classroom. This ensures skills learned at school are practiced and strengthened at home, creating a unified growth environment that accelerates your child’s development.

  • How is inquiry-based learning different from traditional Montessori?

    Montessori emphasizes independent, self-paced learning using carefully prepared materials. Our inquiry-based approach goes further by using thematic learning to spark curiosity, encouraging children to ask questions, seek answers, and connect knowledge across different areas. This process nurtures curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking, which are skills private schools highly value in their assessments.

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