Looking for an Exceptional Pre-school for My 2 Year Old

First Friends is where I take mine. I drive from the other side of town to take him there. The ones close to my house were not acceptable to me. Primrose is great, but very expensive especially when you can get the preschool education for free right now.
Good luck. Just go and visit them and your gut will tell you the best place for your child.

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My 2 older kids went to Montesorri and I plan to send my other son when he is old enough. They went to Montessori Children's Academy, which is under new ownership and is now called something like Baldwin Park Prep or BP Montesorri... I LOVE the Montessori program and philosophy, but it's not for everyone. It is VERY academic-- they don't have things like a block area or dress up area or play kitchen or anything like that-- everything the children do is pre-reading or pre-math skills. My daughter went to Montessori when she was 3 and 4 and then entered public school kindergarten reading (while the rest of the class was learning the sounds of the letters, she was already reading full books like Dr Suess). The only thing I didn't like is my daughter is very artistic and there was very little room for creativity/ free creative expression (so we just did extra art at home)

Union Park Christian School, which is off E. Colonial Drive, between Rouse Road and Dean Road. They use the Abeka curriculum and are advanced.

my daughter who will be 3 on march 1st goes 2 days a week to the montessori on chickasaw and lake underhill and LOVES IT! she has learned to put things away, share, use inside voice and it really helped with potty training.

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Dear N.
I sent my Children and Grand-Children and Great Grand-Children to a Montissouri Christian School
I can not believe you said what you said
That You Proclaied you are ( not ) a Christian .
I needed to write you and say ,
Thats so sad
Good Luck in Both Fields
And God Richly Bless You and Touch your Life
Sincerely
R. D.

My son went to Page for Kindergarten and oh my. Over 2 hours of homework every night was a nightmare. The Pre-K that he went to was Star Child on Waterford Lakes Parkway. I cannot say enough wonderful things about it. We have 3 children 17, 7 and 4 and it was by far the best pre-k experience we have ever had. Best of Luck.

my son has been in Montessori school since he was 3. We love it! It is academic in the sense that the children are always working on their lessons, but the learning is fun and Montessori instills a life-long passion for learning and teaches the child HOW to learn rather than what to learn. The other nice thing about Montessori school is that they emphasize peaceful solutions for managing conflict. There is no bullying, name calling, or exclusion in my son's school (Maitland Montessori). There is also an emphasis on respecing other cultures.

I know two families who send their children to Tuskawilla Montessori and they love it. Like another poster said, it may not be for everyone, but it's worth a try.