Melody Kajigaya

Service

Monthly Service

Basic course hours: 8:00 to 18:00 (10-hour course)
Extended hours available from 7:00 until 20:00 for an additional fee (not available on Saturday).

Ages
Newborn (minimum 43 days old) until entering elementary school
Enrollment Fee
¥30,000
Starter Kit
¥10,000(from 1 year old. T-shirt, Specified backpack, Name tag, Infant hat, Craft material, etc.)
*Starter Kit is needed when children enroll or when children join 1 year old class
Annual Educational Fee
2 years old:¥15,000
3 years old or older:¥20,000

Tuition

*( ) of prices are for children without child care assistance from Kawasaki ciry.

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10 hour course Newborn 1 year old 2 years old 3 years old & older Dinner
(monthly)
Extended Hours
(monthly)
4 times a week ¥63,000
(¥96,000)
¥63,000
(¥91,000)
¥63,000
(¥86,000)
¥63,000
(¥86,000)
¥6,400 ¥6,400/hour
5 times a week ¥70,000
(¥105,000)
¥70,000
(¥100,000)
¥70,000
(¥95,000)
¥70,000
(¥95,000)
¥8,000 ¥8,000/hour

To qualify, children who need child care assistance must meet the following:
・Be a Kawasaki City resident whose parents work more than 4 hours a day and can provide a certificate of employment proving the parents work more than 16 days per month.

One-time Extended Hour:

Times of Extended Hours Extended Hours Fee
7:00~8:00 ¥2,400/hour (one block: 15 mins)
18:00~20:00 ¥2,400/hour (one block: 15 mins)
20:00~ ¥4,800/hour (one block: 30 mins)
  • On Saturdays: ¥10,000 per month. We do not offer any early or extended hours on Saturdays.
  • Insurance fee are all included in the monthly fee.
  • Except Saturday, school lunch and snacks are included in the fee. (Bring own lunch and snack on Saturday.)
  • Please bring your own diapers.
  • Children who are more than 1 year old and staying after 18:00 will need to eat dinner at the school.
  • Extended hours are not included in the contract. Therefore a temporary child care fee, charged every 15 minutes, will be invoiced at the end of the month.

Discounts

  • Sibling discount: 20% discount from the tuition for the oldest child.
  • No enrollment fee is needed for transfer children from other Child-Land preschool.
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Temporary Childcare

Age:Newborn (minimum age 43 days) to just before elementary school.
Prices are per hour.:Guide price per hour in the table below

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7:00-8:00 8:00-18:00 18:00-20:00 Dinner(per meal)
Monday-Friday ¥2,400 ¥1,000 ¥2,400 ¥500
Saturday ¥1,200
  • Insurance fee is included in the part-time child care fee.
  • If the child stays until lunch time, we will offer a school lunch.
  • If the child stays until snack time, we will offer school snacks.
  • Please bring your own diapers.
  • Child care fee includes milk, but if a child has allergy, bringing your own is acceptable (however, no discounts are available if you bring your own).
  • Children more than 1 year old and staying after 18:00 will need to eat dinner at the school.
  • The minimum hours for part-time child care is 2 hours. After that, part-time care can be arranged in 30-minute increments.
  • Please call us to make a reservation by the day before.
  • We may decline your reservation depending on the availability.
  • Please pay the fee in cash when you pick up your child.
  • To participate in special activities designated for full-time students, we will charge an extra fee.

Discount

  • Sibling discount: 20% discount for the oldest child

Things to Bring

  • For all ages: Extra clothes. If a child is staying until nap time, bring 2 bath towels.
  • Newborn to 1 year old: Baby bottle. A bib. If a child is staying until lunch time, bring a smock or a food bib. Towel or hand towel to wipe the child’s mouth. Diapers. Gauze.
  • 2 years old: Hand towel on a string.
  • 3 years old and older: Hand towel on a string.
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After School

We offer child care services to elementary school students after school. We do most of our activities in English. But even if you don't have confidence about your English ability, you don't have to worry. Our Japanese speaking staff will offer support if needed, depending on the childrens' English ability and constructiveness.


Bringing children from the schools → Homework → Daily Program → Dinner → Good-Bye

Daily activities include English lessons, calligraphy, yoga, and much more. We especially put a lot of energy and time into English education.

On weekdays, our staff goes to the students' elementary schools to pick them up. Basically, we arrange the pick up schedule school by school, so please understand that your child's pick up time is not always the time you requested. Depending on the distance and situation, we will flexibly change the time and/or the means of picking children up. Please be advised that we might be up to 30 minutes late. You can see more details in the transportation section below.

Ages
Elementary Students
Basic Hours
Monday ~ Friday, After school ~ 20:00、Non-school day: 8:00~18:00 (staying at the preschool from 8:00 to 9:00, you can extend until 20:00 with extra payment)
Registration fee
¥20,000
Monthly Fees
See the below
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① Monthy contract plan Basic child care fee Transportation 2/25 withdrawal 3/25 withdrawal 7/25 withdrawal 12/25 withdrawal
Spring(Mar) Spring(Apr) Summer(Jul,Aug) Winter(Dec,Jan)
One a week 13,000円 2,000円 1,350円 1,350円 5,400円 2,700円
2 times a week 22,000円 4,000円 2,700円 2,700円 10,800円 5,400円
3 times a week 33,000円 6,000円 4,050円 4,050円 16,200円 8,100円
4 times a week 44,000円 8,000円 5,400円 5,400円 21,600円 10,800円
5 times a week 50,000円 10,000円 6,750円 6,750円 27,000円 13,500円

We have no service on Saturdays.

  • Extension fee is ¥1,000 per hour. (It can be arranged in 15-minute increments for children with monthly care, 30-minute increments for ones with temporary care.)
  • When you finish school before lunch time like graduation or opening ceremony days, and if you eat lunch at Gakudo, you can stay at Gakudo until 18:00. If you eat at school and come to Gakudo, we will pick up children at 13:30 and they can stay until 20:00.
  • From April 2011, we can no longer accept flexible days for monthly care. Please decide what days of the week your child will come as a fixed schedule, and if you need additional days, the fee for those days will be the temporary care rate. Please understand that, for your convinience, we make this system to establish a fixed transportation schedule on each day.
  • Parents are in charge of picking up your children from the school or Gakudo in case of emergency. Please come for your children immediately. Gakudo will be closed in case of a disaster or emergency, if it is before children come to Gakudo.
  • If you cannot reach Gakudo staff, please call Child-Land preschool at 044-944-6210.
  • We can keep your spot with payment of ¥5,250 per month if you cannot come to Gakudo for a specified period.
  • If you need service for school summer vacation, please see our summer school page.

Daily Programs

We do crafts and cooking activities as part of our daily program. We use English recipes to cook and explain how to prepare foods in English. Children repeat after the teacher, think about what it means, and try it! They really enjoy learning together in this way.

Japanese staff members can support childrens' daily school homework in Japanese.

During summer vacation, we arrange field trips like visiting swimming pools and factories to help children have various experiences, even if it is far away.

  • English lessons by an English native teacher
  • Yoga lessons
  • Crafts (wood crafts, knitting, and others)
  • Cooking (soup, cookies, and more)
  • Calligraphy (Kanji drills)
  • Playing outside (at the park) or playing inside (in the classroom), jump rope, balloon volleyball, and more.

Events

We have a lot of events, and most of them are in English.

We do an English play for our Christmas party and our graduation party. Everyday, children prepare props and practice skits for a couple of months before the events.

During summer vacation, we arrange field trips like visiting swimming pools and factories to help children have various experiences, even if it is far away.

Other events include cherry blossom viewing, observing Easter, Children's Day, Mother & Father's Day, Star Festival, summer festival, swimming, Respect for the Aged Day, Halloween, pounding mochi, throwing beans, Girl's Day, birthday parties, etc...

Discounts

  • 20% discount for the oldest child as a sibling discount

Transportation

Elementary Schools to Gakudo

  • On weekdays, our staff goes to the students' elementary schools to pick them up.
  • On non-school days, we pick up the students at Waku Waku Plaza. We ask that you be there at 9:00am. If you can not come to Waku Waku Plaza, please come to Gakudo directly at 9:00am. If you'd like to come before 9:00am, you can go to the preschool from 8:00am. At 9:00am our staff will take you to the Gakudo facility.

Gakudo to Childrens' Homes

  • The bus leaves Gakudo at 18:30 and/or 19:50 (changeable, please ask our staff).
  • If you need to leave early, please call us first and come pick up your child.
  • If you live in a condominium or apartment, we will drop your children off at the entrance of the building. If you live in a house, we will drop your children off at your door. Please be at the appropriate place to pick up your child when the bus arrives. However, depending on traffic rules or street size, we may ask you to meet us at another convenient location. We can take children straight to your door for double the transportation price. For instance, if your children are coming twice a week, the monthly transportation fee will be ¥2,000+¥2,000=¥4,000/month.

Attention: In case of rearranging your drop off time and/or place, please let us know one day in advance. Last minute changes will NOT be accepted.

Additional Purchases

  • English Material fee: ¥5,250
  • Workbooks for Calligraphy

First Day Preparation

  • applicaton form
  • monthly fee for the next month (if you do not submit the Japan Post Bank withdrawal procedure forms on time)
  • a copy of your health insurance card
  • medical examination reports specified, a copy of the page in your mother-child notebook which lists the details of when your child was born, as well as the most recent medical examination record
  • one pair of clothes to change into
  • schedule request form

Payment

  • Tuition must be paid in advance.
  • If other fees occur throughout the month, we ask that you pay those fees the following month.
  • Please fill out the automatic deduction form. Until the automatic deduction paperwork for your Yucho Bank account has gone through, we ask that you wire us your tuition.
  • In case of late payment, you will be charged our temporary childcare fee. We also reserve the right to ask you not to come to Gakudo.

The registration fee and tuition for the first month must be paid by the first day of Gakudo. Following month's payments must be completed by the 25th of the previous month.

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Intersession (afterschool)

We offer child care services to elementary school students during their summer break. We do most of our activities in English. But even if your child does not have confidence in his/her English ability, he/she does not have to worry. We aim to improve students' English by having them learn widely-used words and play with them.

<Sample Schedule>
8:00~9:00 School opens → 9:30 Morning greetings → 10:00 Homework/ assignments → 12:00 Lunch (We make lunch on cooking day) → 13:30 nap time or time for reading books → 15:00 snack → 16:00 Class work (English, writing, playing outside, etc.) → 18:00 School closes

Ages
Elementary school students
Basic Hours
Monday to Friday 8:00~18:00 (students coming to school before 9am stay at nursery school until gakudo opens at 9am. It is possible to extend the stay until 20:00.)
Registration Fee
20,000yen
Service fee
We have 3 different options. (Plan ② is only during summer.)
Plan ① Monthly contract (fixed days) Fee:Please see the chart below.
Plan ② From the beginning of summer break to the end of August (flexible days) Fee: 60,000 yen
Plan ③ Free choices (you can choose days and numbers of days.) Fee: 5,000yen per day
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① Monthy contract plan Basic child care fee Transportation Option(Extended・Dinner)
Spring(Mar) Spring(Apr) Summer(Jul,Aug) Winter(Dec,Jan)
One a week 13,000円 2,000円 1,350円 1,350円 5,400円 2,700円
2 times a week 22,000円 4,000円 2,700円 2,700円 10,800円 5,400円
3 times a week 33,000円 6,000円 4,050円 4,050円 16,200円 8,100円
4 times a week 44,000円 8,000円 5,400円 5,400円 21,600円 10,800円
5 times a week 50,000円 10,000円 6,750円 6,750円 27,000円 13,500円

We have no service on Saturdays.

  • If your child will stay after regular hours and need dinner to be provided, we will provide dinner instead of lunch. In that case, please bring lunch on your own.
  • For plan ①, we can no longer accept flexible days for monthly care. Please decide what days of the week your child will come as a fixed schedule, and if you need additional days, the fee for those days will be at the temporary care rate. Please understand that, for your convinience, we make this system to establish a fixed transportation schedule on each day.
  • Parents are in charge of picking up your children from the school or gakudo in case of emergency. Please come for your children immediately. (We will evacuate students from the school to Inada Park, which is a predetermined large evacuation area.) Gakudo will be closed in case of a disaster or emergency, if it is before children come to gakudo.
  • If it is not during our office hours or you cannot reach the gakudo staff, please call Child-Land Preschool at 044-944-6210.

Discount

  • If a student's sibling joins us, we offer a 10% discount for the sibling.

Shuttle Service

Elementary Schools to Gakudo

  • On weekdays, our staff goes to the students' elementary schools to pick them up.
  • On non-school days, we pick up the students at Waku Waku Plaza. We ask that you be there at 9:00am. If you can not come to Waku Waku Plaza, please come to Gakudo directly at 9:00am. If you'd like to come before 9:00am, you can go to the preschool from 8:00am. At 9:00am our staff will take you to the Gakudo facility.

Gakudo to Childrens' Homes

  • The bus leaves Gakudo at 18:30 and/or 19:50 (changeable, please ask our staff).
  • If you need to leave early, please call us first and come pick up your child.
  • If you live in a condominium or apartment, we will drop your children off at the entrance of the building. If you live in a house, we will drop your children off at your door. Please be at the appropriate place to pick up your child when the bus arrives. However, depending on traffic rules or street size, we may ask you to meet us at another convenient location. We can take children straight to your door for double the transportation price. For instance, if your children are coming twice a week, the monthly transportation fee will be ¥2,000+¥2,000=¥4,000/month.

Attention: In case of rearranging your drop off time and/or place, please let us know one day in advance. Last minute changes will NOT be accepted.

Things that we ask you to buy

  • Materials fee (the actual material price)

Required documents when your child apply for our school

  • School application
  • Please pay child care fee for the month by cash if you cannot make payment by bank transfer or withdrawal on time.
  • A copy of health insurance card
  • Medical examination records specified and a copy of a mother-child book pages which list the information on the condition of when your child was born and the most recent medical examination.
  • Clothes for change
  • A list of what days your child is coming
  • The child care fee for the next month needs to be paid by the 25th of each month. If you are a new student, please pay the registration fee and child care service fee prior to the day of your child's first day at gakudo.

The child care fee for the next month needs to be paid by the 25th of each month. If you are a new student, please pay the registration fee and child care service fee prior to the day of your child's first day at gakudo.

Please do not hesitate to contact us
for entrance exams and experience nursery care.