I can understand not moving for the last year of preschool. But I have to say that due to various circumstances my older child has essentially attended three different schools, is a slow to adapt kid in general, and has adapted amazingly well.

Thank you!
I'd love to move my 3 year old for next year, but she already has very good friends at her current school. But this is where I hope to send my infant when she turns 2!

Just saw that you asked about happiness. My two year old LOVES it and is disappointed when it is not a school day. I think that my four year old is thriving too, but has a different personality. I see very happy kids.

Also, the school sends a daily email about what they did that day and the teachers send us pictures via the computer every week. We have a very good sense of what they are doing and how happy they are from the pictures.

I was the PP with 2 kids and I'd be happy to answer any specific questions.

All of the teachers have college degrees- there are no assistant teachers, all of the teachers are very qualified. They are also all very warm and quick to give us feedback. We have had experiences with all of the teachers. There is a full time art studio and full time art teacher. The kids rotate in there so there are only a couple of kids in there at a time (they also have art in the classroom). They do not do cut and paste type art. They are weaving and using wire and real clay. They are not just putting together something the teacher has already done for them. In the older class, they are studying animals right now and doing it in a very sophisticated way. They are learning to group the animals and my 4 year old speaks about "mammals", etc. Each child is writing a book about an animal that he chose. The teachers help them research the animal with the computer and reference book. They are learning to sketch what they see and writing, etc. The student/teacher ratio is excellent- for the fours/fives it is one/five kids. (again, all teachers, not assistants). For the twos, it is about the same or even less (one/three or four), though the threes are a little bigger- maybe one/six or seven kids.

I really like the curriculum- it seems very age appropriate. It is really a school and not a daycare. They engage in interesting activities every day, while still having free play time.

Hi, can the 11/3 poster with kids at Temple Emanuel give more specifics about why they like it?

For example, how are the teachers? Are the children happy and learning things? How is the school's organization? Any specifics would be helpful.

Temple Sinai is too far away - but I heard it's great. We live a lot closer to Ohr Kodesh and Temple Emanuel

[/ We're going to apply for next school year there and Ohr Kodesh.