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Vista, CA
Children's Paradise Preschool & Infant Center (Melrose Dr.)

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

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neighborhood: Vista ·  Telephone: (760) 724-5600  · Website: childrensparadiseinc.com

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

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Social Skills & Work Habits

OVERALL RATING (4.7)
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	-		-	-	-
Time & space	-		-	-	Yes
Sci. reasoning/physical world	-		-	-	Yes
Music	-		-	-	Yes
Visual arts	-		-	-	Yes
Physical activity	-		-	-	Yes
Other subjects taught

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Parents' Comments

Parent #1
The teachers do not force kids to all complete the same projects in the same way; rather, they are encouraged to do 'their own work' and not at all forced to do the same thing simultaneously. I like this approach because it helps instill a love of school and learning. I also have been very impressed with the counting and printing skills my daughter has developed. By 4.5 years, she is able to print her first and last name, and also able to copy words from books, including the ability to interpret upper and lowercase letters.

Parent #2
Describing the curriculum as "teacher-led" is not the complete picture. From what the teachers have told me and what I have seen, the teachers lead the activity but they let the children have input (i.e. creating their own stories from words that begin with a certain letter that the teacher helped them pick).