Dear families,
We want to welcome you to the ANT family! Our aim is to equip children with confidence, self-awareness and to support their natural curiosity to learn. We emphasise giving them the tools and the knowledge that they will need in their primary years and later on in life, to become the best version of themselves that they can be. We believe that personal development achievements are just as important as academic achievements. This means that here not only will we teach your child the alphabet, but we will help them learn the great values of kindness, empathy, and self-confidence.
We advocate that the early years of a child are precious but also crucial and the foundation of their future development. During these important years children should enjoy being a child to the fullest. Therefore we make sure all learning activities involve an element of fun. Children come to school everyday with joy and get to form meaningful relationships with peers and teachers.
Children are naturally curious and keen to learn – we provide the environment and the resources they need to keep exploring their interests and the world around them. We support their curiosities – instilling in them a lifelong desire to keep learning.
We are so excited to have you join us!
Sincerely,
Güler Denktaş
Owner & Managing Director
Alternative Nature Time Nursery
Educational Studies MA
“We value the uniqueness of each child. We embrace their individuality and support their unity within society.”
Güler Denktaş, Co-Founder
Güler Denktaş born and raised in Cyprus later on move to UK and finished her undergraduate studies of Business Administration and Marketing in London in 2006.
Always eager to learn and grow she returned to her studies and finished her Masters degree in Educational Studies in 2015 and expanded her studies in early
childhood education. She has traveled to Amsterdam, Berlin, Krems, and Vienna with various alternative education programs and has worked as an assistant interpreter.
She has taken the Pikler Pedagogy Foundations training in the UK, and has completed Mindfulness, Teaching Mindfulness to Young Children, and Mindful Self-Compassion courses. She was featured in Erken Çocukluk Eğitimi Mozaiği book with her article on Respectful Childcare and Education approach.
Having all this knowledge and experience she wanted to give back to her community and founded Alternative Nature Time Nursery in 2019 which serves children and families as a source of child centred alternative education school.
She worked there as a managing director and helped build up a culture of kindness and internal motivation within the staff and the families. She held teacher training courses for teachers and coached parents through difficulties of caregiving.
Her establishment has become the one of the most respected institutions in its field within 2 years and now is fully booked with waiting lists in effect.
In 2024 she started training as a Certified Coach with Co-active Training Institute which is widely recognized as the most rigorous professional coach training and certification program in the industry.
Upon completion of this training she will be ICF approved coach in practice.
Her thirst for development and knowledge is her main motivation and her life purpose is to share her knowledge and experience with others to see them thrive in life.
-JEANNIE FULBRIGHT
“Every child is unique, therefore their education should be also.”
-MAGDA GERBER
“Let the child be the scriptwriter, the director, and the actor in his own play”