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Brooklyn, NY
Chickpeas Child Care

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

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neighborhood: Park Slope ·  Telephone: (718) 788-6604  · Website: www.chickpeas.org

• 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

The children have a lot of freedom but there are rules and a schedule that we follow.

Social Skills & Work Habits

OVERALL RATING (5.0)
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	We do a lot of building and creating from recycling trash items, like boxes, cardboard tubes, etc. Crate building, book making, science area done.				n/a

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Director's Comments

Projects are open-ended, children are encouraged to create what they want. Toys are simple and require imagination. The block area is quite large. Primary color paints are used.

Parents' Comments

Parent #1
All areas of curriculum get particular teacher input as well as directed play and free play.

Parent #2
There are lots of crafts and book-making. Kids make paper, jewelry, beads, and just incredible crafts constantly. A parent comes in once a week to teach music and movement. There are science experiments and observations (butterflies hatching, seedling projects), big paper mache projects and an amazing giant circus at the end of the year. Everything is child-led, but teacher-structured. So for example the teacher decides to offer a paper mache project, but the kids decide what to make and what it will look like.

Parent #3
Chickpeas follows a child-centered learn through play philosophy. Play with blocks is very important as is painting and play with water/bubbles/sand/rice. Children are encouraged in imaginary play. The children can move among the various stations as they like during free playtime, however, the school day is structured with activities, circle time, story time, rest time, snack and lunchtime happening at the same time each day.