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[quote=Anonymous]We sent our kid to a preschool like this during the height of Covid. We were grateful for a spot.

My one reservation based on my experience is this: is the outdoor focus due to a belief in maximizing kids time outside, or is it based on Covid paranoia? Not Covid cautiousness, which I get, but paranoia?

The reason I mention this is that while outdoors is AWESOME for kids, it is important to have a functional indoors space that they are willing to use when the weather, or the kids, require it. Our school would avoid indoor time at all costs. This meant that they often did outdoor time through freezing rain (we sent the kids bundled with rain gear on top), would do outdoor snack when mosquitos were biting the kids over and over, did outdoor story time when construction was pounding down the street, and so on. It felt like the school itself was terrified of bringing the kids indoors for any reason except using the bathroom. Even outdoors, all kids and caregivers wore masks.

Obviously this was during a different time when fear around Covid was at it's height and a lot was unknown. Which is why we stuck it out. But I would not do it again unless I could see how the school had re-embraced indoor time when it is necessary.

Spending time outside is awesome. If that's the main goal, the school will likely bring the kids inside when the situation merits it, which is good. But if the outdoor focus is driven by fear or paranoia around illness, that could lead to weird decision-making. Just keep this in mind.[/quote]

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