Preschool Parents -- Help!

anonymous · November 2005

I'm starting to look at preschools for my child and was wondering if anyone knew anything about the following preschools:

Union Temple
Huggs Day School
Bean Sprouts
John Edward Bruce Center
Montessori of New York International
Sunflower Academy
Maple Street School

Thanks for your help and insight.

- Kimberly

rose · November 2005

I was very happy with Beansprouts when my kids went there, but that was several years ago. It's definitely worth a look. Not on your list, but I've heard the Free Space (think that's the name) is really great, also Roots and Wings. Both in Park Slope, but I don't know exactly where. Good luck.

citizen jane · November 2005

My friend's daughter goes to Union Temple, and they're very happy with it. They like the student-teacher ratio and the enthusiasm of the teachers. It seems like a very loving place. Worth a look, at least.

Also, you might want to consider TLC on 8th Avenue and 18th Street, especially if you could request Rebecca, who is a fantastic teacher. A lot of theirs are inclusion classes, combining general-ed kids and students receiving some kind of therapeutic service. It's a very valuable experience for both sides, I think.

emily · November 2005

Okay, I was going to PM users about this thread, but I don't think I'll be able to keep up.

Yawn. The person who originally posted this has now changed her story and says that she really is looking for a school. However, she has consistently spammed the boards and isn't a registered user, so you can make your own conclusions about whether it is worthwhile to respond.

whyfi · November 2005

I don't know about whether you're doing book related research or not, but could you please stop post the same thing in 5 different places?! DH keeps me from work too much as is it, and you're exacerbating the problem.

linusvanpelt · November 2005

sent one child to beansprouts for a year. was reasonably happy -- liked the teachers very much; the administration, though, leaves something to be desired. They can be unresponsive to parents and I had problems with their fee structure. (They charged burdensome amounts of advance fees and deposits; also, there were frequent surcharges for activities, projects and materials that were less onerous than annoying -- as if it was sort of a back-door way of avoiding making the tuition higher while still charging more money. Just increase your materials fee and pay it out of that!) IMHO, some of their rules -- like forbidding any toys, etc., related to superheroes -- were laughable. (My son entered the school knowing or caring nothing about superheroes but ended up picking up a vast knowledge of them from other kids by the time he left, which we fine with me. Personally, I think it's ridiculous to try to repress kids' curiosity for things like that.)

But my child was happy there and you could do far worse.

citizen jane · November 2005

Thanks for the heads up -- I hope that at least the info is useful to other users browsing the message boards.

anonymous · November 2005

Subject: How about Brooklyn Free Space!

All the other schools you mentioned are nice and pretty good, but my son S... just enrolled in Brooklyn Free Space and is having a fantastic time!!!

I can't say anything negative only wonderul things!!!

My son as made astronomical advances since enrolling. HeÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s talking, using vocabulary me and my wife have never used before and forming full length sentences!!. Unfortunately when he enrolled, he was not potty trained, but within 2 weeks He was fully potty trained!! The environment is nurturing and positive at all times. The teachers are GREAT!!!. I really canÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢t stop talking about the school and the staff.

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