New Playhouse

We recently rebuilt the upper yard playhouse and added a stage.  We shared the construction project pictures with our parents and received several very nice comments back.  Here are two of them.  THANK YOU for the positive words!

#1  …..we love the school. I toured 13 preschools in the Orange/Tustin/Irvine area before coming to yours and we love Children’s Village the best.   We love the homey, warm and caring environment, and this yard is unbeatable. Most other schools have no shade and mostly concrete for the kids to play on……..

 #2  It looks beautiful, although I have to say your entire campus and play yards I think are perfectly appropriate for the kids,  In addition to what is there, you add other activities, etc.  that I think are wonderful.  Although my older daughter went to the school when it was County Village, and I was very happy then, we looked at many, many preschools before choosing Children’s Village for xxxx.  I think your overall campus environment and play yards are far superior to other pre-schools in the area.

Preschool Parent Survey comments

Comments taken exactly as written from Parent Survey, March 2010

 

1 – I love that my kids LOVE going to school so much.  They are happy, enjoying learning (letters, reading, writing, colors, songs, manners), they get dirty, and they are exhausted when I pick them up – I know they’ve been busy learning while playing.

2 – I love how the kids can be kids!!  I love how they can be curious, and explore, and just get plain dirty!!  I love how they learn developmentally, and how they are independent in many of the choices they make throughout the day. Best preschool in Orange/Tustin area!

3 – The developmental aspect and focus on learning through play.  There will be more than enough time for “academics” later & it’s much more important for preschoolers to learn to get along and work with each other and be overall nice, sociable people than little Einsteins under so much pressure to perform academically before they’re ready!

4 – The feeling around the school is more community not as much a rigours/structured school setting.

I really like the program’s philosophy and I feel that my child is encouraged and motivated to try new things without feeling frustrated or forced… My child loves learning and I think that this program is great.

5 – I love the communication and the overall theory that it takes a village. I appreciate that my son knows most employees by name .

6 – play opportunities. Use of paint, glitter, cutting, glue- creative items that are really fun but the parent doesnt have to clean up!

 

I Played

Our son has been enrolled at Children’s Village Preschool since May 2008 and we feel truly blessed for the experience he is having by being there.  As a first time mom, it was truly hard for me to realize that he needed to go from his grandma (aka “Nanny”) watching him to a preschool setting when he was only 18 months old.  But because of the staff they have there and the developmental curriculum they consistently use, he has truly grown emotionally, socially and developmentally over the past year – more so than I could have ever hoped for.  At the mere age of 2 ½ he can count to 11 and say his ABC’s completely by himself (without being prompted), knows most of his primary colors, can dress himself, has the vocabulary of a 4 year old (according to his pediatrician) and is really close to being toilet-learned.  We temporarily (and might I add regrettably) changed him to a Christian based preschool that was more convenient to us, but returned only 2 weeks later, as we realized he was not happy and the staff and developmental program at Children’s Village Preschool was much more beneficial to his growth than the Christian or academic program was.  Now when I ask my son, “what did you do at school today?” and he replies, “I played”, my heart knows he is exactly where he belongs.  There truly is no better 4-letter word for a parent to hear than PLAY – as you know that your child is learning all kinds of great things.  The only change or improvement we can see that Children’s Village Preschool needs to make, is to incorporate a licensed Kindergarten and Elementary School program so our son can continue being part of an AWESOME program for years to come!  

 

Mom of 3 year old.

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