Goddard Schools? Yes, No, Otherwise.

[Tinelement]

Anyone have personal experiences?

We are looking to move my 3.5 yr old son into a more structured learning environment than a regular daycare setting.

My wife did the initial visit this evening and like what she saw. They still do the Pledge with the kids, so that was a plus. I am looking at heading down for a visit next week.

If you have/had kids in this system please chime in.

And so it starts! Way to crazy how fast the time goes! [panic]

[Superorb]

PM incoming.

[Tinelement]

Thank you sir!

[BigDee]

I looked at Goddard and Primrose for my son. Both seemed to be really good places but are also major $$$.

If you are looking for full day care they are a good option if you have the scratch to afford it. Since my wife now stays at home full time we didn't need the full day and opted for Pre-K which is through the local school district. The Pre-K provides the child with a structured learning environment very similar to Goddard and Primrose but its only a few hundred a month vs the almost 400 a week Goddard and Primrose charge.

[Superorb]

I looked at Goddard and Primrose for my son. Both seemed to be really good places but are also major $$$.

If you are looking for full day care they are a good option if you have the scratch to afford it. Since my wife now stays at home full time we didn't need the full day and opted for Pre-K which is through the local school district. The Pre-K provides the child with a structured learning environment very similar to Goddard and Primrose but its only a few hundred a month vs the almost 400 a week Goddard and Primrose charge.

FWIW the new Denver schools curriculum for ECE (Pre-K) is the eact same curriculum The Goddard School uses in their classes and it is MUCH cheaper. If you ever want to make a ton of money franchise a Goddard School location. The owner at one school is making well over 700k before taxes out of just 1 Goddard School location.

[buckeye4rnr]

FWIW the new Denver schools curriculum for ECE (Pre-K) is the eact same curriculum The Goddard School uses in their classes and it is MUCH cheaper. If you ever want to make a ton of money franchise a Goddard School location. The owner at one school is making well over 700k before taxes out of just 1 Goddard School location.

Someone I know from Ohio owns a few of them... he does pretty well.

[Rooskibar03]

We sent my daughter to Primrose from the time she was two all the way through kindergarten. So not so much a focus on Goddard but the environment.

While I loved everything about Primrose and the time she spent there, she was grossy unprepared to enter 1st grade in a public school. If I knew then what I know now I would have found a way to keep her in a private school of some sort.

The education was good and in some ways better but with only 12 kids the environment was far more casual and relaxed than the structure of a 30+ student public classroom. Sitting at a desk all day in public school vs the freedom to work at stations and tables and at ones own pace was a major adjustment and we spend most of 1st grade learning to be part of a classroom instead of the skills one would normally focus on.

Every kid is different and learns different, but Ava never has adjusted to a large classroom. She's smart, but needs focus and attention that isn't possible when a teacher is just trying to manage 30 kids and teach a 1/3 of them English.

Shes now headed to 4th grade and we are going to try home school this year. I don't know if Mrs Rookskibar is ready but between the crummy public educatation she's getting and the start up of Common Core standards we felt its time.