Day Care

» Carrie Henderson Weston - Your Opinion

I agree, I think that sometimes the freedom and peace of childhood are interrupted too early for our little ones. I think that at times parents are comparing their children to others in academic ways and forgetting that their kids are amazing just for their humor and smile. I think that it is one of the hazards of living in the day and age that we do.

In our Pre-K classes, phonics and math are only taught for those students who are in Early Fives, who's parents and preschool teachers agree are ready for the academic rigors. We have parent teacher conferences for all of the preschoolers, but our philosophy is to get parents used to coming in for the conferences that they might have dreaded when they themselves were kids and to encourage them that their kids are doing really great.

I think that the positive of having a preschool in an elementary school such as yours is that if kids- especially the ones with developmental delays or autism continue on in the school, they are more comfortable with the environment, and former teachers can provide a resource over the years.