Looking for current reviews of Beth El Nursery
Dear all,
We are considering Beth El Nursery for our 2yo son. We would love to hear from current families about the quality of the teachers, details about child caring activities (diapering, potty training, nose blowing) and encouraging self awareness and enablement. We practice ideas from RIE, Montessori and Waldorf at home and are looking for an environment that is respectful of children as people. After visiting we were a tiny bit concerned about the quality of the teachers as it seems like there is a bit of turnover and not everyone is certified. We understand there is a new director in place so current opinions would be most welcome.
Feb 7, 2018
Parent Replies
We're new to Beth El this year having just moved from SF. We're in the 3's class so can't speak to diapering/potty training. We have been pretty floored with how overall wonderful it's been. Everything has been top notch: quality of teachers, quality of preschool director, quality of the space, quality and developmental appropriateness of lessons/curriculum and intension and love surrounding the children from day 1. Also quality of communication with parents and great parent community as well as extended synagogue community and efforts to create community among the preschool families. There is a lot of Jewish learning as part of the curriculum, so just something to consider whether that's something you are looking for or not. Feel free to private message or get in touch if you'd like to discuss in more detail.
We have been very happy there in the 2's classroom this year. The regular teachers are truly wonderful, and my twin girls have thrived. Everyone in the 2's is undergoing some stage of potty training and the teachers are great in gently helping, as well as giving useful advice. They meet the kids where they are at with everything, and encourage emotional and verbal growth. This year's 2's class size is bigger than I was expecting (there were two 2's classrooms when I toured prior to enrolling), but they always have the right student/teacher ratio. My girls do come home with a fair amount of dried snot over them, but it's hard to expect busy teachers to be as much on kleenex duty as I am. Feel free to email me if you want more info.