# Hatching Dragons

> Hatching Dragons is a group of multilingual, multicultural nurseries in London, built around a 3C curriculum — Culture, Character and Cognition — guiding children from six months through school readiness.

## About
Hatching Dragons (hatching-dragons.com) operates nurseries across London around three interconnected educational pillars: Culture (multilingual, multicultural early years education — English alongside Mandarin, French and Arabic), Character (values-led development, confidence and emotional intelligence), and Cognition (purposeful play, inquiry-led learning, and research-informed practice building literacy, numeracy and critical thinking). The brand mascot, Lumi, appears throughout the curriculum materials and age-group identity. Hatching Dragons frames its work as early years developmental specialism rather than childcare, and is a registered Ofsted provider.

## Age Groups / Rooms
- Hatchlings (6 months–2 years) — https://www.hatching-dragons.com/our-education
- Littlewings (2–3 years) — https://www.hatching-dragons.com/our-education
- Voyagers (3–5 years) — https://www.hatching-dragons.com/our-education

## Locations
- City of London — https://www.hatching-dragons.com/nurseries/city-of-london
- Canada Water — https://www.hatching-dragons.com/nurseries/canada-water
- Westminster — https://www.hatching-dragons.com/nurseries/westminster
- Shoreditch (coming soon) — https://www.hatching-dragons.com/nurseries/shoreditch

## Key Pages
- Homepage — https://www.hatching-dragons.com/
- About Us — https://www.hatching-dragons.com/about-us
- Our Education — https://www.hatching-dragons.com/our-education
- Fees & Funding — https://www.hatching-dragons.com/fees-funding
- The Flight (blog/insights) — https://www.hatching-dragons.com/the-flight
- Contact Us — https://www.hatching-dragons.com/contact-us
- FAQs — https://www.hatching-dragons.com/faqs
- Careers — https://www.linkedin.com/company/hatching-dragons/jobs/
- Safeguarding & Welfare Policies — https://www.hatching-dragons.com/en/safeguarding-welfare

## Additional Context
Hatching Dragons emphasizes multilingual and multicultural exposure from an early age, values-led character development, and inquiry-led cognitive learning. Movement between age-group rooms is based on developmental readiness rather than age alone, decided collaboratively with families. Safeguarding, safer recruitment, and nutrition/wellbeing (fresh, allergy-managed meals) are treated as foundational rather than supplementary.