{"id":6747,"date":"2011-10-10T03:12:12","date_gmt":"2011-10-10T08:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/?p=6747"},"modified":"2011-10-10T03:12:12","modified_gmt":"2011-10-10T08:12:12","slug":"brendens-preschool-open-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/?p=6747","title":{"rendered":"Brenden’s Preschool Open House"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Thursday, Brenden’s preschool invited us over for open house. We parked our minivan next to all the other minivans and entered B’s world for a short while. The time gave us a clear picture of why he likes it so much:<\/p>\n

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  1. Every teacher obviously loves preschoolers.<\/li>\n
  2. They work hard to implement a structured, varied curriculum that keeps them busy throughout the day. Brenden’s 3-year-old class includes a nature center, music center, home-ec center, number board, tons of books, arts and crafts, building blocks, and more. Just outside his room, they are growing marigolds in the class garden. They’re also learning bits of Spanish and French. But despite all the different activities, the teachers aren’t slavedrivers who demand the impossible. Somehow they seem to have the right balance between learning and fun.<\/li>\n
  3. The playground is huge, with playsets for different ages, plenty of space to run, lots of Cozy Coupe-style cars with a two-lane “road” around some of the play areas, and sports equipment. Brenden and Jonathan both had a blast just playing out there.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The boys kept us busy, but I managed to snap a few pictures that you can see here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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