Sending your child to school is one of the most important steps on the road to adulthood. It can be the most terrifying, the most heart wrenching, and also the most amazingly gratifying experience for parents. This is true whether it’s a transition to high school, junior high, kindergarten, or pre-school. But let’s face it, pre-school is the hardest because it’s the first time we really have to let go.
So what can you do as a parent to make sure when you leave your child for the first time, it’s a positive experience?
1. Make sure the school’s philosophy is a good match. CBS preschool believes in a balance between a cognitive, academic, and creative experience, working with the child as an individual with varied needs and modes of expression.
2. Make sure the school is a happy place for your child. CBS preschool prides itself on having a warm and nurturing environment, where a child’s confidence is bolstered. It’s a place the child cannot wait to go. A place he feels safe.
3. Make sure your child won’t be lost in a crowd. CBS preschool has an excellent teacher to student ratio. The teachers bond with each and every student. It’s something you can see in the smiles that light up both the child’s and adult’s faces.
4. Make sure it’s more than a daycare. You want your child to be prepared for school, without realizing they’re doing more than having fun. At CBS preschool learning centers are organized along thematic lines with each teacher selecting arts, crafts, music, cooking and movement that are related to the children’s developmental levels.
5. Make sure the school cooperates with parents through open communication. CBS Preschool does just that. They recognize that parents are the child’s primary teacher for the first five years of life.
It is CBS preschool’s belief that every child should have the opportunity to celebrate the joy of their Jewish heritage through song, art, and prayer in a warm and nurturing environment.
If this is the sort of place you can picture your child, please contact the director, Carol Bloom, at 661-254-2411 for more information and a tour of the facilities.