Little Thinkers Early Learning Center is building a local teacher-development pathway where educators can deepen their understanding of young children while strengthening the daily practice of teaching, guiding and caring.
Led locally by CEO Kristina Bagalihog and supported through its partnership with SEELS PH Education and Training Development, Little Thinkers can host selected teacher-formation courses, literacy-development activities, guided demonstrations and supervised practice when school capacity allows.
Teaching young children calls for more than prepared activities. It requires adults who can observe development, listen closely, establish secure routines and respond to each learner with patience, clarity and purpose.
Little Thinkers’ partnership with SEELS PH ETD creates a shared place for teachers to study, practise, receive feedback and connect new methods with the actual needs of children and families. Training becomes part of the center’s continuing work of improving early literacy, classroom guidance and professional teamwork.
Little Thinkers determines its learner needs, faculty priorities, venue arrangements, participant readiness and available practice capacity. SEELS PH ETD supports the agreed teacher-formation programme, learning resources and professional-development process.
Dates, fees and inclusions are announced per batch. Confirm the current written announcement before registering.
Young learner development, multilingual classrooms, five-step lesson planning, teaching resources, portfolio work and microteaching for educators working with children.
Child development, oral language, prepared environment, sound awareness, beginning reading and writing, and systematic phonics.
Practical preparation for Filipino and English literacy, with both languages treated as equally valuable for learning, communication and participation.
Practical support for teachers using systematic synthetic phonics and selected Jolly Classroom App features in home, tutorial-centre and school settings.
Training dates, app access, subscriptions, materials and inclusions are confirmed for each batch. Participation does not by itself confer official Jolly trainer status unless separately authorised and expressly stated.
When conditions allow, selected participants may connect training outputs with supervised observation, learner support and classroom practice.
Notice communication, movement, attention, confidence, literacy readiness and response to the learning environment.
Match goals, language, materials and teaching steps with the child’s age, development and current readiness.
Use feedback, learner evidence and written reflection to improve the next teaching response.
Begin with development, observation and the learning need that requires a thoughtful response.
Study the lesson sequence, materials and teaching approach appropriate to that need.
Apply the method through approved demonstrations, assisted teaching or supervised practice.
Build lesson plans, teaching samples, feedback, reflection and a practical professional portfolio.
Participants who demonstrate readiness may be considered for further observation, assisted teaching, project work, mentoring responsibilities or future opportunities at Little Thinkers or another partner institution.
Consideration depends on actual openings, learner needs and the independent selection process of the receiving institution.
Participants seeking broader English-language teaching preparation may apply separately to the online programme offered by SEELS Teachers Academy in Japan.
The 24-Hour TEYL Philippine Variant and the 120-Hour TESOL have separate enrolment, assessment, requirements and certificates.
Strengthen observation, lesson planning, literacy support and classroom consistency.
Develop clearer learner support, material preparation and classroom-ready practice.
Build an evidence-based foundation before taking on greater teaching responsibility.
Learn structured and child-safe ways to support literacy and learning beyond the classroom.
Little Thinkers teachers, teaching assistants, tutors, parents, education graduates and invited educators may join programmes that match their preparation and the requirements of the announced batch.
The shared programme options are the TEYL Philippine Variant, Montessori Language and Jolly Phonics, Ginto at Pilak ng Wika, and Jolly Phonics and Jolly Classroom App Training Support. Confirm the current written announcement before registering.
Qualified participants may be considered when learner schedules, safeguarding, consent, supervisor availability and school capacity allow. Every arrangement is confirmed separately.
No. Training and supervised practice do not guarantee a teaching position. Little Thinkers and any receiving institution independently manage vacancies, interviews, demonstrations, appointments and employment conditions.
No. The TEYL Philippine Variant is a separate focused course. The broader 120-Hour TESOL is offered separately through SEELS Teachers Academy in Japan.
Call Little Thinkers at 0977-739-0041 or email litttlethinkersdvo@gmail.com. Confirm the current written announcement before registering or paying.
Share whether you are a Little Thinkers teacher, teaching assistant, parent, tutor or aspiring educator so the appropriate programme information can be provided.