About Us
Founder’s Note
Magic Beans was founded with the intent of providing parents a warm, safe, happy space to spend with their children, while simultaneous exposing them to a carefully prepared learning environment that encourages curiosity and brain development.
With the knowledge that a child’s brain develops rapidly from birth to the age of 5, thus making these years crucial for laying a strong foundation that will eventually shape the child’s future, Magic Beans curates programs that focus primarily on brain development at an early age.
We believe there is no one way or best method to teach children, and so our pedagogy involves a mix of the best practices thus resulting in a strong curriculum that encourages the love for learning from a very young age.
We also believe all children are not the same and have their own distinct styles of learning and hence are constantly tweaking and customising our curriculum to ensure each child’s learning experience is a joyful and effective one.
We take our work very seriously at Magic Beans as we are laying the groundwork for each child’s future and take pride in each students growth and development.
Partner with us to build a learning environment where your children will grow in Mind & Spirit.
Natasha Aref
Founder
Our Team
Natasha Aref
Founder
Besides being a mother of 2, Natasha has 22 years of experience teaching children through Raell Padamsee’s Academy for Creative Expression.
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Delna Pithawala
Head Curriculum & Teacher Training
Senior Teacher
In addition to having a heart of gold and the patience of a sage, Delna has 14 years teaching experience and is fabulous with children.
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Zeeba Ansari
Manager Curriculum
Senior Teacher
With 7 years of teaching experience Zeeba Ansari is the Queen of Gross Motor activities.
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Ritika Surani
Manager Operations & Curriculum
Junior Teacher
At young age Ritika Surani has already proven herself to be a phenomenal Early Childhood Educator with a keen understanding.
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Divya Bhojwani
Senior Administrator
Online Programs
A blessing to our team, Divya swooped in to save the day during lockdown when our online programs quadrupled.
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Carolyn Alphonso
Senior Music Teacher
With 10 years experience teaching in a number of schools across Mumbai and introducing young learners to the joy of Music.
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The Conception of MAGIC BEANS
The inspiration behind Magic Beans was finding interesting, fun, learning based activities for my 2 year old son on a daily basis. Play dates, music, swimming programs and the park just weren’t enough! There was so much more time for so many more new experiences which involved engaging him, as well as giving him an opportunity to learn. I wanted to make the most his formative years and so every Monday I would sit and plan out his week which involved sensory play bins, learning toys, activities that involved simple things found at home and observed how he thoroughly enjoyed these activities and how quickly he picked up new skills and increased his vocabulary while doing so. Being a working mum, I would often think – I wish there was somewhere I could send him where activities such as these were well thought out and different every week. And thus Magic Beans was born. Very close to my heart, everything we do here is something I would like my children to experience and learn from. I have carefully hand-picked my team of not only Early Child Care trainers, but all of them have a good energy and vibe and share a love and patience for children. We invite all parents to come and make the most of Magic Beans, where children grow in Mind & Spirit.
USP’s
- 1:4 Teach-Child ratio, thus allowing for constant tweaking and customisation of learning environments to ensure they are created in the way your child learns best.
- Exceptional Teachers and Caretakers who are not only qualified academically but have a genuine love for children and get invested in each and every child’s learning journey as if they were their own.
- Weekly Individualised Updates to ensure there is a partnership between the teachers and the parents to reinforce learnings as well as create the bond required to make your child feel Magic Beans is an extension of home thus strengthening his/her feeling of security which in turn facilitates joyful learning.
- An Excellent curriculum that promotes learning and creative thinking.
- LIMITED SEATS for MAXIMUM LEARNING. In order to be able to stay true to our mission we have only 8 seats for each program, thus enabling us to customise our learning environment to each child’s unique personality and facilitating joyful learning.
- A loving, happy environment that will have your child looking forward to come learn every day.
To become a leader in early childhood education, and touch the lives of as many children as possible, to ensure they receive a robust education that lays the foundation to a bright future for them and the world.
To provide high quality, supportive learning environments, which foster individuality, creativity and respects academic and cultural diversity. To continuously seek and implement best practices.
To collaborate with families and community partners to make the learning process joyful and strive to make our children empathetic lifelong learners.