Empowering future business leaders with knowledge, integrity, and practical skills for success in the world of commerce.

Empowering future business leaders with knowledge, integrity, and practical skills for success in the world of commerce.

Where The Classroom is a Mangrove.

KinderNest is Sri Lanka's first forest Therapy-endorsed, Australian Bush Play preschool. Located in Habarakada, Homagama, and designed for children aged 3-5 who deserve more than four walls and a whiteboard.

Australian Bush
Play Curriculum

Government endorsed, University researched, Child-led.

Forest Therapy
Institute Endorsed

INFTA-accredited. The only endorsed preschool in Sri Lanka.

Habarakada Campus
Homagama

Colonial Grounds, Bamboo, Mango trees, Swimming Pool.

Nature is Not a Field Trip.
It’s the Classroom.

The Australian Bush Play curriculum is a nature based, child-led early childhood framework rooted in Australia’s Early Years learning Framework (EYLF). It is government endorsed, university researched, and rapidly expanding globally.

At KinderNest, the mango trees, bamboo groves, and garden beds are the primary classroom. Weather is not an obstacle. It is a lesson.

What research says:

University of Melbourne studies found Bush Kinder children develop STEM comprehension, risk assessment, resilience, and social skills at measurably higher rates and the confidence built outdoors transfers directly into classroom learning.

Inquiry and Wonder
Science, geography, ecology discovered by living it, not reading about it.
Child-led emergent learning
Children direct their own exploration. Educators facilitate, not instruct.
Risk Positive Play
Structured climbing, tool use, and building. Building resilience in a screen-dominated world.
Whole child development
STEM, creativity, motor skills, and social-emotional intelligence growing in parallel.

The Curriculum at kindernest

Two Streams.
One Whole Child.

Our curriculum combines structured learning areas with play based experiential content working together so no dimension of growth is left to chance

Structured Learning

Play Based Learning

The Campus

A School That Looks Like This

Our Habarakada campus was chosen because it already looked like a Bush Play curriculum waiting to be unlocked. The nature was already there.

Colonial Buidling with arched Verandahs, Bamboo groves, Mango trees, Swimming Pool, Play Areas.

Creative Learning centres

No Extras, Essentials

At KinderNest, creative programmes are timetabled into the school wee not optional add-ons.

Bush Play Outdoor Sessions

Daily nature exploration using the grounds, trees, and garden.

Yoga & Mindfulness

Daily 15-minute sessions integrated into the school day.

Forest therapy Walks

Weekly guided sensory walks under the INFTA-endorsed framework.

Aquatic Confidence

Certified swimming instruction using the campus pool.

arts-and-crafts

Pottery & Visual Arts

Fine motor skills, patience, and Sri Lankan craft heritage.

Woodcraft Studio

Building, making, and creating with natural materials.

What Happens After, Grade 5?

A child who starts at KinderNest at age 3 can, in principle, journey all the way through to A/Levels within the Commerce College family without ever changing schools. No competitor in the Homagama corridor can offer this.

KinderNest
(3-5 years)

A joyful start in nature, play and discovery.

Primary
Grades 1-5

Strong foundations, Confidence learners.

Commerce College
Middle School

Growing minds, Expanding potential.

Upper School
Advanced Level

Future Ready. Limitless Possibilities

"Choosing a preschool is one of the most significant decisions you will make as a parent. We understand the trust you place in us, and we do not take it lightly. Your child will not simply sit and listen. They will dig, build, paint, question, negotiate, laugh, and discover "