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Oakland, CA
Daisy Child Development Center

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

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neighborhood: Redwood Heights / Skyline / Ridgemont ·  Telephone: (510) 531-6426  · Website: www.daisycdc.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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Director's Comments

We are truly a combination of the first two options above. We do have a routine, but encourage inquiry and choices throughout the children's day. We at Daisy believe in the emerging curriculum in which children's ideas and interests form a large part of our daily curriculum. We do have a routine in place, however, children are able to make their own choices and decisions which are appropriate. Most often, teachers are facilitators rather than directors of activities.

Social Skills & Work Habits

OVERALL RATING (4.6)
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	-	-	-	-	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	-	-	-	-	Yes
Sci. reasoning/physical world	-	-	-	-	Yes
Music	-	-	-	-	Yes
Visual arts	-	-	-	-	Yes
Physical activity	-	-	-	-	Yes
Other subjects taught	Several of the teachers work with children on the development of key vocabulary, in which children choose words that hold special meaning (power) for them. Over time, they learn to recognize these words and construct their own sentences from them.				n/a

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Director's Comments

Teachers are available to respond to children's questions, and specific materials which they may need (although most are always available at their level) are provided. Teachers also facilitate and do initiate some activities including cooking and other science explorations, woodworking, shadow/slide projector play, etc. We do believe in the emerging curriculum as previously mentioned (e.g. children's concerns, their ideas are supported, and curriculum plans can be adapted). Children need balance and consistency.

Parents' Comments

Parent #1
No comments

Parent #2
Overall Daisy is a free-play based program with a variety of teacher encouragement and specific additions of music, drama, librarian reading day and kindergarten boost classes for those who wish for their children to receive additional kindergarten-oriented learning.

Parent #3
Daisy is a developmental play based preschool. The curriculum stems from the classroom and the children's interests. Additionally the teachers observe the children's interests and expand upon them by bringing in more materials or starting projects to help expand thier understanding of thier interests. The teachers also introduce new ideas and concepts to the classroom throughout the year. They have a music teacher who proivdes a dance class weekly as well as a weekly drama class with a drama teacher. Music is part of the daily classroom activities in group singing and invididual exploration. Reading if done in groups daily as well as individually as requested. The children also often dictate stories to the teachers.