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[quote=Anonymous]My child is in early childhood ed at Marie Reed. I’ve replied to a couple of other threads.  I think the teaching is very good.  The teachers really seem to know how to channel preschooler energy into something productive, and they work very hard at keeping kids engaged, including differentiating if need be.  I also like Tools of the Mind, which really seems to meet kids where they are in terms of literacy.  The in-depth play also seems to encourage vocabulary development.  I’ve been especially surprised by the math instruction, which seems to have taught my child way more than I ever expected, mostly by playing games.

It’s hard for me to assess the Spanish instruction thoroughly.  My child doesn’t like speaking Spanish with me, since he doesn’t think it is my language.  (He was in a bilingual daycare, and I was told that the little ones classify people on the basis of language rather ruthlessly.  One dual language school I toured said that they try to trick their three-year olds into thinking that the teachers don’t speak English.)  My kid can write a few very simple words in Spanish, can generally understand what people say to him, can understand a Spanish cartoon, and can count higher in Spanish now than he could when he entered the program at Marie Reed.

I’m not a fan of the building, since it is a maze, and has one of those older HVAC systems with two settings: sweltering and freezing.  However, I don’t think concerns about the open layout are really that relevant for early childhood.  Pretty much every preschool program in the city uses a curriculum that has ripped off the idea of centers or stations from Montessori. Wherever your child goes to preschool, they will be in a room with several groups of children doing other tasks.  They generally cope pretty well.

If you have other questions, I can try to answer them.
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