Parents are becoming increasingly aware of the impact early childhood care and education can have on their child’s long-term success, and they’re investing accordingly. Parents are not simply looking for basic supervision, and are choosing the right care and curriculum as an investment in their child’s future. As the early childhood education sector has expanded to a $391 billion industry, parents aren’t settling for a simple daycare anymore. Rather, they’re searching for environments that foster cognitive development, social-emotional intelligence and practical life skills.
As demand continues to climb, Building Kidz, a performing-arts-integrated early childhood education franchise, is changing the expectations of what school can and should mean for a young child and their family.
“Building Kidz is a favorite in communities because our model supports the development of the whole child,” said Sanjay Gehani, partner in Building Kidz. “We weave music, dance and theater directly into the curriculum, creating an environment that nurtures confidence, commitment and character in students. We work in a high-demand sector doing great work and making a real difference, and the communities we serve truly appreciate that.”
The Building Kidz brand is rooted in necessity, starting with a mother’s desire for the highest level of care for her own child. In 2003, founder Vineeta Bhandari had a successful career in corporate finance, but when her daughter was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes, she quickly realized how difficult it would be to find a preschool that could manage these medical needs while providing a great education.
Frustrated by the lack of options, Bhandari left her corporate career to build the early childhood education experience she was looking for. With this, Building Kidz was born, and these priorities remain a part of the brand’s identity today.
“Building Kidz was born out of necessity. I needed a solution to meet my daughter’s and family’s needs, including attention to her health and my desire to ensure she was engaged in a curriculum providing real-world experiences and continued enrichment,” Bhandari said. “That vision became my foundation for Building Kidz. Today, we continue to ensure each campus and education experience is built with the safety and holistic development of the child as non-negotiables.”
While local Building Kidz owners are building businesses, they’re also fulfilling a promise to families in the area, ensuring each student is safe, nurtured and challenged in ways they wouldn’t be in other preschool environments.
In addition to a higher baseline level of care, Building Kidz has built a curriculum that encourages stronger child development, too. By seamlessly integrating the performing arts into daily academics, Building Kidz ensures these subjects are not viewed as “extras” or optional add-ons. Rather, students are consistently engaging with music, dance and theater as a core part of their learning experience.
“We believe all children are born artists,” Bhandari said. “They naturally love to mimic, act, sing and dance. There is tremendous research showing that it helps kids learn about the world and accelerates their inherent abilities. We’re leaning into the way children naturally learn.”
Research indicates that consistent exposure to performing arts, especially before primary school age, supports neurological development, helps gross and fine motor skills and improves analytical thinking. By consistently exposing young students to movement and rhythm and including older children in more structured efforts, such as focused theater productions, Building Kidz creates a healthy growth environment and supports students in healthy engagement with their peers.
As students progress through their time at Building Kidz, they are able to pour this practice into real outcomes, including Broadway-style productions and winter recitals that highlight the growing confidence, commitment and character of the students.
“It’s incredible to see the transformation,” Gehani said. “I’ve seen it firsthand—a child who might be shy or reserved at first gains the confidence to sing a solo on stage just six months after joining us. That confidence doesn't stay on the stage; it follows them into the classroom and eventually into every aspect of their life.”
While the arts have practical impacts on every part of students’ lives, Building Kidz also uses real-world skill development, through our proprietary Learning Through Life Experiences (LTLE) modules, to reinforce core academic subjects.
Its proprietary Learning Through Life Experiences modules, which include dedicated role-play spaces such as mock grocery stores and post offices, prepare children for the real world and give them an opportunity to apply their academic lessons in a practical environment.
“These experiences allow children to dialogue and engage with one another in a way that is incredibly important in today’s screen-heavy society,” Gehani said. “We are aligning with the academic expectations of local elementary schools to ensure our kids aren't just meeting standards but exceeding them. By the time our students are five years old, they are often operating with a level of social maturity that sets them apart, and they are even starting to dialogue in Spanish as part of our neurodevelopmental focus.”
In addition to the good Building Kidz does in its classrooms, the organization as a whole has a broader social mission. Each year, Building Kidz donates up to $75,000 of its own profits to Building Futures Worldwide, its nonprofit arm that works to improve the lives of underprivileged children globally. This program is supported at no additional cost to franchise owners or parents, but operators in local markets and the parents who enroll their kids in these local schools are a part of building the larger Building Kidz network and making the give-back initiative possible.
For many families enrolled in a Building Kidz school, there is a sense of pride in knowing that tuition is doing more than educating their own child. It’s changing the lives of children they’ll likely never meet.
“As a parent or franchise owner, you want to know that the organization you are a part of shares your values,” Gehani said. “Knowing your school is funding impact for children right here at home and across the world only brings more purpose to the Building Kidz model and deepens the relationship between the schools and communities.”
As Building Kidz enters its next phase of growth, the brand is working to substantially expand its footprint over the next five years. Capitalizing on its unique, flexible real estate model, Building Kidz is open to spaces that traditional daycare models typically can’t adapt to, meaning it can more easily enter underserved markets and bring a premium education experience to families who were previously forced to settle for whatever was closest to them.
“Our goal is to be the premier choice for parents who want more for their children,” Gehani said. “We are creating a community where children are challenged, supported, and inspired. As we grow, we are seeking partners who want to build a valuable asset and create a lasting legacy in their hometowns. We use data-driven decisions to help our franchisees succeed, ensuring each new school is positioned to thrive.”
To find out more information on costs to buy this franchise, please visit https://1851franchise.com/buildingkidzschool.
Building Kidz School
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The arts-integrated early childhood education franchise utilizes real-world scenarios in the curriculum, encouraging holistic development for its students.
Parents are becoming increasingly aware of the impact early childhood care and education can have on their child’s long-term success, and they’re investing accordingly. Parents are not simply looking for basic supervision, and are choosing the right care and curriculum as an investment in their child’s future. As the early childhood education sector has expanded to a $391 billion industry, parents aren’t settling for a simple daycare anymore. Rather, they’re searching for environments that foster cognitive development, social-emotional intelligence and practical life skills.
As demand continues to climb, Building Kidz, a performing-arts-integrated early childhood education franchise, is changing the expectations of what school can and should mean for a young child and their family.
“Building Kidz is a favorite in communities because our model supports the development of the whole child,” said Sanjay Gehani, partner in Building Kidz. “We weave music, dance and theater directly into the curriculum, creating an environment that nurtures confidence, commitment and character in students. We work in a high-demand sector doing great work and making a real difference, and the communities we serve truly appreciate that.”
The Building Kidz brand is rooted in necessity, starting with a mother’s desire for the highest level of care for her own child. In 2003, founder Vineeta Bhandari had a successful career in corporate finance, but when her daughter was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes, she quickly realized how difficult it would be to find a preschool that could manage these medical needs while providing a great education.
Frustrated by the lack of options, Bhandari left her corporate career to build the early childhood education experience she was looking for. With this, Building Kidz was born, and these priorities remain a part of the brand’s identity today.
“Building Kidz was born out of necessity. I needed a solution to meet my daughter’s and family’s needs, including attention to her health and my desire to ensure she was engaged in a curriculum providing real-world experiences and continued enrichment,” Bhandari said. “That vision became my foundation for Building Kidz. Today, we continue to ensure each campus and education experience is built with the safety and holistic development of the child as non-negotiables.”
While local Building Kidz owners are building businesses, they’re also fulfilling a promise to families in the area, ensuring each student is safe, nurtured and challenged in ways they wouldn’t be in other preschool environments.
In addition to a higher baseline level of care, Building Kidz has built a curriculum that encourages stronger child development, too. By seamlessly integrating the performing arts into daily academics, Building Kidz ensures these subjects are not viewed as “extras” or optional add-ons. Rather, students are consistently engaging with music, dance and theater as a core part of their learning experience.
“We believe all children are born artists,” Bhandari said. “They naturally love to mimic, act, sing and dance. There is tremendous research showing that it helps kids learn about the world and accelerates their inherent abilities. We’re leaning into the way children naturally learn.”
Research indicates that consistent exposure to performing arts, especially before primary school age, supports neurological development, helps gross and fine motor skills and improves analytical thinking. By consistently exposing young students to movement and rhythm and including older children in more structured efforts, such as focused theater productions, Building Kidz creates a healthy growth environment and supports students in healthy engagement with their peers.
As students progress through their time at Building Kidz, they are able to pour this practice into real outcomes, including Broadway-style productions and winter recitals that highlight the growing confidence, commitment and character of the students.
“It’s incredible to see the transformation,” Gehani said. “I’ve seen it firsthand—a child who might be shy or reserved at first gains the confidence to sing a solo on stage just six months after joining us. That confidence doesn't stay on the stage; it follows them into the classroom and eventually into every aspect of their life.”
While the arts have practical impacts on every part of students’ lives, Building Kidz also uses real-world skill development, through our proprietary Learning Through Life Experiences (LTLE) modules, to reinforce core academic subjects.
Its proprietary Learning Through Life Experiences modules, which include dedicated role-play spaces such as mock grocery stores and post offices, prepare children for the real world and give them an opportunity to apply their academic lessons in a practical environment.
“These experiences allow children to dialogue and engage with one another in a way that is incredibly important in today’s screen-heavy society,” Gehani said. “We are aligning with the academic expectations of local elementary schools to ensure our kids aren't just meeting standards but exceeding them. By the time our students are five years old, they are often operating with a level of social maturity that sets them apart, and they are even starting to dialogue in Spanish as part of our neurodevelopmental focus.”
In addition to the good Building Kidz does in its classrooms, the organization as a whole has a broader social mission. Each year, Building Kidz donates up to $75,000 of its own profits to Building Futures Worldwide, its nonprofit arm that works to improve the lives of underprivileged children globally. This program is supported at no additional cost to franchise owners or parents, but operators in local markets and the parents who enroll their kids in these local schools are a part of building the larger Building Kidz network and making the give-back initiative possible.
For many families enrolled in a Building Kidz school, there is a sense of pride in knowing that tuition is doing more than educating their own child. It’s changing the lives of children they’ll likely never meet.
“As a parent or franchise owner, you want to know that the organization you are a part of shares your values,” Gehani said. “Knowing your school is funding impact for children right here at home and across the world only brings more purpose to the Building Kidz model and deepens the relationship between the schools and communities.”
As Building Kidz enters its next phase of growth, the brand is working to substantially expand its footprint over the next five years. Capitalizing on its unique, flexible real estate model, Building Kidz is open to spaces that traditional daycare models typically can’t adapt to, meaning it can more easily enter underserved markets and bring a premium education experience to families who were previously forced to settle for whatever was closest to them.
“Our goal is to be the premier choice for parents who want more for their children,” Gehani said. “We are creating a community where children are challenged, supported, and inspired. As we grow, we are seeking partners who want to build a valuable asset and create a lasting legacy in their hometowns. We use data-driven decisions to help our franchisees succeed, ensuring each new school is positioned to thrive.”
To find out more information on costs to buy this franchise, please visit https://1851franchise.com/buildingkidzschool.
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