A Special Place Trinity Union

We’ve had our little girls enrolled at several local preschools (Challenger, Stratford, Los Gatos Academy Preschool, Peppertree, A Special Place), so we have some experience with different schools.
What I Like:
— Tenure of director and main teacher are excellent. Even the turnover for the support staff is low based on what I’ve seen other places.
— Play area is great with large yard, swing, cars to drive around, sand box
— Safety is never a concern, they have rules and they enforce them, there is always adequate supervision of children
— Children enrolled here are great kids — no crazy heathens or bullies, maybe sibling pairs.
— Other parents are great.
— Arts and crafts activities — kids come home with so much stuff!
— Flexibility on bringing in birthday treats
— General customer focus and attention to kids’/parents’ needs
— Good balance of standard process and common sense flexibility
— The price is very low compared to Challenger, Stratford
What I don’t Like:
— Classroom experience is on the stricter side. Kids aren’t allowed to talk and have to sit on a rug. (However, it beats the pure chaos I’ve seen other places!)
— Academic curriculum is not standardized or focused. (Challenger and Stratford have wonderfully dynamic and interlocking methods to teach children. The music, art, and science classes are all focused on specific learnings and its fun for kids.)
— Kids are not allowed to run, that is, there is no safe open area for them to run. They have to walk on the play area. (This is best for safety, but I feel l like this age needs to be able to really burn off steam.)
I will say that the atmosphere of the school depends on the moods of the teachers and who is there. Some days my kids say the teachers are very nice; other days, they say the teachers were mean. I think we are all human and I don’t expect everyone to have up days all the time, but I prefer to hear things like, «I know when my teacher is happy because her eyes twinkle.» versus «I know when my teach is mad because her eyes look funny.»

Update on 4÷29÷15:
My son is now over 5 years old and my daughter is 2.5 years old. Both attend this day care school. I love the current teachers! A big shout out goes to Ms. Shelly, Ms. Merry, and Ms. Diane. They love our children, and we love them! (I also miss Ms. Grace, but she works at a different Special Place location now.) My daughter Gabriela is now potty trained thanks to about 2 months of all the teachers encouraging and working with her. I’ve raised by number of stars from 4 to 5 because this is a great value for the price! (Look around and compare with the other day cares. You’ll know what I’m talking about.) My children come home every week with so many hands on art projects. There are also many friendly, educated parents that drop off their kids at A Special Place.
6÷29÷14:
My 4.5 year old boy has been attending this school since he was 2 years old.
Likes:
Large play area and great indoor room.
Teachers really care.
Good, reasonable prices.
Dislikes:
Too many children per teacher on certain days and hours.
The best part is that my son is better behaved while he is there and whenever he returns home from school. Overall, I am grateful.

I just want to share my positive experience about A Special Place School with all parents who are seeking quality child care.
For the past 8 months, on a daily basis I see the same staff ready to assist children with their needs. They are nice and treat children with love and care.
The academics, teachings, and different activities they do with all children are amazingly fun and productive. But more than that to see the children happy and well cared for makes me as a parent very pleased.
It certainly feels good to know such a loving environment exist fro children. That makes every pick parent such as me extremely happy. I consider myself luck to have found such a special place!

As a parent, I can’t express what a poor decision it was to send my child to A Special Place. I watched 4 day care workers quit because of the administration. I took my child out (as did 4 other parents) I found a quality day care for my child. Stay away.

Our experience at A Special Place School was wonderful. What mattered to me most that my child was loved and taken care of there. I could not have asked for more amazing and loving teachers. Every morning they greeted us with a big smile and my daughter would run into her teacher’s arms. And at the end of the day she never wanted to leave. She told me several times how much she loved her teachers.
They do lovely art projects, celebrate the holidays, and the children have so much fun learning about the letters, shapes, and numbers. They let children be children, teach them respect and good manners, and they love them so much! Their graduation program was AMAZING! The children learned songs and each and every one of them introduced themselves to the big adult audience. The graduates looked confident, ready for kindergarten, and one could not have felt more proud and happy. I will and have already recommended A Special Place School to my friends.