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San Francisco, CA
A Child's Garden

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

Kindergarten
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General Approach to Learning

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

source: This information was compiled by Savvy Source

Social Skills & Work Habits

OVERALL RATING (2.8)
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

source: This information was provided by parents

Curriculum and Teaching Approach

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

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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.

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