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[quote=Anonymous]We were in Huckleberry Cheesecake's preschool program for almost a year before starting public school. They use the Creative Curriculum, which is play-based. DD is now in DCPS for PK4 in a school that also uses the Creative Curriculum.

If anything, I think that she is getting more out of her DCPS because it IS a "real school" with resources that are different than a private daycare/preschool can provide. The school has full time specials teachers, so she's getting art, music, gym, library or Spanish every day. In her private program, they did some of those things, but did not have the resources that an actual school would have.

The main difference is that she's the youngest instead of the oldest. This has its positives - she learns well from older children and interacts with them sometimes during aftercare. I was worried at first that she'd get lost in the shuffle, but that hasn't proven to be the case.

That said, I think it really depends on the school. What program you're coming from, what program you're coming to. We are fortunate to basically be using the same curriculum in a different environment, which was helpful.[/quote]

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