Berkeley Parents Network: Kid's Corner Preschool

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Kid's Corner Preschool

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April 2005

Does anyone have any experience with either Kid's Corner Preschool in El Sobrante, or Small World Montessori in Richmond? Anything would be appreciated, thanks!

Our son started attending Kid's Corner after we became very unhappy with his previous school. It's been a couple of months now and we're very happy with it. The facility is great -- spacious, well-furnished rooms, a large, secured outdoor yard with good equipmnet, and another outdoor deck that's completely covered so the kids can play there when it's raining. They keep a lot of living things in the classroom, plants and small animals, which my son loves and I appreciate. In the preschool classroom they have a strong kindergarden readiness program, including letter and number recognition, basic phonics, and school skills like listening to the teacher and finishing small projects. The Montessori school where our son was before (not Small World) was very different, and he's much happier at Kid's Corner than he was there, but I guess other kids do well with the Montessori approach. He'll be starting kindergarden in the fall and I feel that his experience at Kid's Corner will help him be prepared.

Kid's Corner is open from 6:30am-6:30pm and the full-time rate (which is very reasonable) covers the extended hours, so if you need extended care it's a good deal. One thing that might be a concern to some is that they show videos to the kids during the late afternoon hours. Mostly it's PBS Kids stuff but they show a lot of Disney as well. It's not too much of an issue for us but I was annoyed when he came home after the first week and asked us to take him to Disneyland (we're not into the Disney thing).

Overall though we're very glad that he's there, and the best part is that it's very close to our home which makes getting him there much easier. Please feel free to email me if you have any other questions about Kid's Corner. akh

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