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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child went to AppleTree for two years, which has a very robust but age appropriate curriculum.

They do centers and dramatic play and sing a lot of songs, learn to follow directions and to be nice to their friends.

They also do "academic" things like learning letter sounds, rhyming words, beginning and ending sounds, counting and skip counting.  Not exactly teaching to read, but teaching the skills needed to learn (my child started reading before he turned 4 because he was interested and made the connections between letter sounds/rhyming words etc not because he was pushed).

These are all taught around themes such as family and community, Washington DC, archeology and paleontology, the Planet Earth etc.  Those themes are evident in the art work they do, and throughout their centers (for example, the dramatic play center became a metro train when they looked at Washington DC).[/quote]

I second this. AppleTree has a lot of academics but my son also really surprised me at his ability to fit in at a birthday party with kids he didn't know. He waited his turn, shared, and listened to the organizers. His social skills have improved dramatically this year, and he also has learned lots of facts about the planets, community, etc., as PP described.[/quote]

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