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San Francisco, CA
A Child's Garden

Parents at this school would recommend this school to other parents.

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neighborhood: Glen Park ·  Telephone: (415) 333-9169

• Summary
• General Info
• School Philosophy
  & Day-in-the-Life
• Curriculum &
  Teaching Approach
• Quality of
  Teaching
• Home/School
  Connection
• Discipline,
  Health & Safety
• Ages, Schedule
  & Tuition
• Application &
  Admissions
• Kindergarten
  Placement&Tips

General Approach to Learning

	Play-based
	Play-based with some structure
	Predominantly teacher-led instruction
	Montessori
	Waldorf
	Co-op
	Reggio-Emilia

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Social Skills & Work Habits

OVERALL RATING (3.9)
This school has increased my child's:
Ability to listen and follow directions
Ability to sit still for longer periods of time
Ability to be a part of a group of children
Self-sufficiency and independence
Awareness of others’ feelings
Cooperation with other children

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Curriculum and Teaching Approach

	PLAY-BASED	PLAY-BASED WITH SOME STRUCTURE	MOSTLY TEACHER LED	NOT FORMALLY IN CURRICULUM	CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMENT
Language					Yes
Oral language	-			-
Nursery rhymes, poems, songs	-			-
Storybook reading	-	-		-
Emerging literacy skills	-			-
Cognitive Development
Math and number sense	-			-	Yes
Time & space	-			-	Yes
Sci. reasoning/physical world	-			-	Yes
Music	-			-	Yes
Visual arts	-			-	Yes
Physical activity	-			-	Yes
Other subjects taught	Spanish

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Parents' Comments

Parent #1
Curricular activities feel random - though free play is important, focus and one-on-one time is not consistent. If feels like the children run the school and this is stated as children finding their interests. Though, my small child had come home with inapropirate words, bites etc and were not talked about with me by teacher - it seems to be assumed that this is part of development. Although this does happen with children I am not sure how it is being handled, what time out looks like, nor if other children are engaged in understanding why acting out is harmful to people.

Parent #2
This is a school that is based on learning thru play so children do get to pick what activity they want to a lot of the time. However, this does not mean there is no routine. They have a good routine art and play in the morning, park and lunch, nap and then play after nap. Michelle sometimes reads books to everyone or teaches songs which they sang at an old peoples home. I feel that they learn alot and because they go on a trip everyday and have a tight routine in order to do - they have plenty of structure for this age.

Parent #3
Although the school is play-based, they do pick a topic and emphasize it in various ways. For example, the are currently focusing on space. They do space art projects, read space books, and recently took a field trip to Chabot. I find that my son gets a lot out of this integrated approach.

Also, addition to the activities at the school, they also go to KinderGym on Wednesdays.