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Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn Friends
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neighborhood: Brooklyn Heights · Telephone: (718) 852-1029
Social Skills & Work Habits
| OVERALL RATING (4.8) |
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| This school has increased my child's: | |
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| Ability to listen and follow directions |
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| Ability to sit still for longer periods of time |
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| Ability to be a part of a group of children |
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| Self-sufficiency and independence |
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| Awareness of others’ feelings |
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| 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 | - | |||||
| 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 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Time & space | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Sci. reasoning/physical world | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Music | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Visual arts | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Physical activity | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Other subjects taught | Language Arts, Art, Music,Math , Science, Dramatic Play, Large Motor Play, Social Studies | n/a | ||||
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Parents' Comments
Parent #1
Brooklyn Friends seems to have a real fusion of teacher led curriculum and stations for student exploration. The classes are led, or initially begun by the teachers, and they are always present and attentive and benignly directing student learning. All the while the children are free to choose where and what they want to be doing in the classroom. Friends also has a meeting time at the beginning and end of the day that centers the children.
Parent #2
Kids have book-buddies (older kids who come to read and play with them). Meeting time (2x/day) is a time to hear a story, or to discuss something, or to learn a song. Day's routine and weather, jobs, etc. are included as kids get to 3's and 4's.
Parent #3
Everything is presented as play and there are always options available. Nothing is required except Meeting (circle time).
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