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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://natureforward.org/program/nature-preschool/[/quote]

Do not recommend. Our family had a very negative experience with this school.
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Can you share more about what the negative experience was? Not OP, but was also considering this for next year.[/quote]

My family did as well, although it was several years ago. They have added staff since then so perhaps it's better now. But the director was a total nightmare.[/quote]

Agree. Our experience was more recent, but we were incredibly disillusioned with the nature preschool at Nature Forward/Audubon in Chevy Chase. We are big supporters of outdoor and nature preschools and initially loved the campus and preschool classroom. But we were so dissatisfied with the curriculum, the way that the staff interacted with the children, and the professionalism of the organization and administration as a whole - in short, everything about the program. In hindsight, we should have paid more attention to the fact that the nature preschool is not accredited by NAEYC nor is it a Certified Nature Explore Classroom.[/quote]

In my opinion, for these aged 2-5 critical thinking, observation, and love for nature goes far more important than NAEYC accreditation, which is just a check mark for a business and not much for children's development.[/quote]

+1 we are a year out of our Audubon experience and am so grateful for the experience.  My kid is healthy,  happy,  screenfree by choice, focused and present. They were not behind in the public school curriculum after outdoor school. I'm forever grateful to the school and teachers in guiding my little one in really strange times and providing such a safe harbor[/quote]

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