Parents helping each other find the best preschools in Massachusetts
Posted in Preschools in Massachusetts, preschool on Apr 2nd, 2008
First, and perhaps the most telling, a quality preschool teacher never raises her voice in anger or losses patience with a child or the class. While preschool teachers are not saints, quality preschool teachers know that letting children see their frustration hurts both the children and their own ability to teach. Beware of a preschool teacher […]
Posted in Preschools in Massachusetts, preschool on Mar 24th, 2008
“How do I know I am picking the best preschool for my child?” is the most common question we receive. It seems hard to know and many of us are racked with self-doubt. But think about how you make decisions everyday both at home and on the job. You do your best and evaluate the […]
Posted in Preschools in Massachusetts, kindergarten, massachusetts kindergarten, preschool on Mar 19th, 2008
Mayor Menino has announced Boston’s Thrive in Five program. This is a fantastic step forward particularly given that Mr. Menino’s commitment is political rhetoric - he has backed it with a $3 million commitment and partnered with the United Way to make it happen. The program mission is simple and summarized as:
Educate parents on the benefits of, […]
Posted in Preschools in Massachusetts, preschool on Mar 5th, 2008
Once you leave the realm of “daycare” and daycares masquerading as preschools, the evaluation of a preschool really becomes an exercise in evaluating preschool teachers. To get right down to it, the teachers make the difference in quality preschools. You need to evaluate preschools based on your knowledge of your child - but how do you evaluate a preschool teacher? This article offers suggestions for evaluating preschool quality by addressing questions to preschool teachers.
Posted in Preschools in Massachusetts, preschool on Feb 29th, 2008
The phrase “learning through play” is so prevalent in the preschool nomenclature it is easy to dismiss. So many preschools taut that their students “learn through play” that many of us dismiss it as marketing hyperbole. This article discusses recent research that demonstrates that genuine “learning through play” is essential and the lack of this valuable technique may account for rising rates of AD/HD and other academic problems.
Posted in Preschools in Massachusetts, preschool on Feb 19th, 2008
Research on the effects of student-to-teacher ratio on preschool quality and success of preschool children is discussed.
Posted in Preschools in Massachusetts, preschool on Feb 14th, 2008
After yesterday’s post we received several e-mails as you might imagine. Turns out that many of our readers are Republician and thought that our characterization of McCain and Huckabee’s positions lacked depth. It admittedly does - we simply reported how AP has characterized the candidates position. In fairness, we will follow up […]
Posted in preschool on Feb 13th, 2008
Now that its down to the final four lets assess where the candidate stand on increasing access to preschool for all children. We don’t have to point out that preschool is very expensive. High quality preschool is ridiculously expensive. The lack of access to high quality preschool for the majority of children […]
Posted in Preschools in Massachusetts on Feb 1st, 2008
Today, Febuary 1st we proudly and full of hope, launch MassachusettsPreschools.org. Read our “about” page to learn more about how to contribute and get support from parents around the State wrestling with the important and difficult task of finding the best possible preschool for their children.
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