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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We love the BCC center.  I don’t know that if call it “crunchy” but it’s definitely play based, which was important to me when looking at centers.  They don’t make the kids sit at a table and do photocopied worksheets to do math.  That said, my DS was 100% ready for kindergarten.  The kids learn through play and experiments and activities.  I have found the teachers to be caring and creative.   I trust the teachers and directors and they have done a wonderful job during COVID.  They also are able to go on walks in the neighborhood around BCC high school, which was also important to me in choosing a center. [/quote]

This sounds like an ad.  There seems like a troll for sure.  Also it was important dor you that your kids walk around a neighborhood near the high school? Are you serious? It’s a main road with several cars driving through? Why not find a place that has a larger play space? It’s because you are a troll.  Not safe to walk neighborhoods with 20 three year olds. What happens when one runs out into the street?[/quote]

Lol, so funny.  This is the first time in years on this site that I've been accused of being a troll (also, I don't think that's the meaning of the word troll since there is nothing in my post that is trying to antagonize anyone).  So, anyway, on the topic of walks for others who are interested -- I agree that a daycare with a giant outdoor play space would be ideal.  But, there are not many daycares near to my somewhat urban home in Bethesda that have large outdoor play spaces.  The BCC Shoe does have a nice space to the side of the center that is shaded, but it's not huge by any standards.  I figured a compromise would be to have a way school that takes the kids out for lots of walks or uses the neighborhood playgrounds - which the BCC center does.   If you have driven in the neighborhood behind the BCC high school, you will see that it's a regular neighborhood with sidewalks.  My understanding at the time that I toured the centers several years ago was that the East West Center did not go for walks in the neighborhood around BCC high school because it would require crossing East West Highway with a bunch of kids.  But I don't know that is still the case.  I also felt that walking around a neighborhood teaches the kids about their community.  They count mailboxes, they watch construction trucks, they see different types of community workers.  Regarding the question about the safety of going out for walks with little kids, perhaps you've never seen this done, but usually there is a teacher at the front of the line, the kids all hold onto a loop on a rope, and there is a teacher at the end of the line.  Kids wear little vests or IDs around their neck.  It's also another opportunity for teachers to teach the kids how to behave safely - at corners, look both ways and so on.   Actually, pre-pandemic when I worked downtown, I would see daycares bring their kids out for walks quite frequently.  So, it's not a safety issue at all if you trust the daycare to employ some basic rules (which I do at the Shoe because I have been a parent there for years). [/quote]

Shoe is great -- I live in East Bethesda and most of our neighbors send their kids there -- but I want to put in a plug for Wonders, which is very similar and does have a large playground. In case that's of interest. We sent our kids to the Edgemoor location, near the metro. It's been fantastic. As a bonus, if you are zoned for Bethesda elementary, it is easier to get an after care spot at the elementary school because that's also run by Wonders.

Wonders Leland is also very good and has a lovely playground, but if you're walking distance to Shoe, you are probably not walking distance to Leland. But probably are to Edgemoor. We always walked, first with a stroller, then without it once the kids turned 3.[/quote]

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