Curiosity that outlasts us
That every child develops a curiosity for learning, discovers their own interests, and grows in the love of learning — long after they leave our door.
Our story
Built for the five years that shape everything after.
AniBee began as one educator’s conviction that early childhood deserves more care and more thought than it usually gets. In BTM Layout, that conviction shows up as small groups, warm teachers and a day designed around how children actually learn.
Founder
Dr. Beena Pinto
Early childhood educator
The founder
A sanctuary for young minds.
AniBee Preschools is the embodiment of Dr. Beena Pinto’s dream — and a unit of the Lilanibee Education Trust. Over more than a decade she has run preschools and trained both teachers and children, and she kept returning to the same question: what would early years look like if we designed them around the child rather than the timetable?
Her answer was AniBee: a place where learning harmonises with mindfulness and time-honoured Vedic values, and where innovative teaching methods are used in service of something old-fashioned — children who are kind, curious and comfortable in themselves.
We aspire that every child enjoys learning, achieves their full potential, and becomes an independent lifelong learner.
Care first, then curriculum
To provide exceptional care while fostering each child’s intellectual, social, physical and moral development inside an academically rich environment.
Play, with intent behind it
Learning in the early years is tailored to international standards for what a child needs at each stage — delivered entirely through play, and aligned to the National Education Policy.
How we grow a child
Four threads, woven through every single day.
We do not teach these as separate subjects. They are the lenses we use to plan a morning — and to notice what your child needs next.
Cognitive
Innovative, interactive learning experiences that build memory, attention and critical thinking — the habit of asking a second question after the first one is answered.
Social
Cooperative activities that teach teamwork, turn-taking and empathy — and the harder skill of repairing a friendship after it goes wrong.
Emotional
Naming feelings, waiting a turn, recovering from disappointment. We nurture empathy and self-control because they carry a child further than early reading ever will.
Physical
Fine and gross motor work that gives a child the physical dexterity to write, climb and coordinate — plus the fundamentals of multi-sport play from the earliest years.
Safety & care
The part parents ask about first.
Nothing else on this page matters if this part is not right. Here is exactly how the BTM campus is run — and you are welcome to verify every line of it in person.
Arrange a walkthroughCCTV with live access
Cameras cover the learning and play areas, with live video access so you can look in on an ordinary Tuesday.
Background-verified staff
Every adult in the building is verified and trained, including first aid. Qualified teachers, not stand-ins.
Strict entry & exit
A guard at the gate and a controlled handover list. Nobody collects a child who is not on it.
Sanitised, not sterile
High-touch surfaces cleaned daily. Outdoor and messy play kept intact, so healthy natural immunity can build.
Emergency first aid
On-site first aid, a clear escalation protocol, and a call to you before you hear it from anyone else.
Air-conditioned & ventilated
Comfortable rooms with real airflow, safe indoor play spaces and a quiet corner for children who need one.
Our teachers
Mentors, not minders.
We hold the ratio at roughly one teacher to ten children for a specific reason: below that number a teacher manages a room, above it she knows a child. Our teachers are trained to guide each child’s particular personality rather than push a whole class through the same door at the same speed.
That includes the children who arrive quiet. Our staff practise what we call gentle integration — a shy child is allowed to sit and watch from the edge until they feel safe enough to join. It usually takes days, sometimes weeks. It is never forced, and it works.
Parents in BTM regularly single out the patience of our staff, and the way they care for children as their own. That is the standard we hire and train against.
1:10
Teacher to child
1:2
Toddler care ratio
1:3
Infant care ratio
100%
Background verified