Grasshopper Green

Grasshopper Green properly prepared our child for kindergarten and, at the same time, she really enjoyed it there! Our daughter attended GG for three years. We are so grateful for her experience with the school, including the staff and curriculum. At GG, she learned an introduction to: 1) reading and writing — to recognize and sound out letters when looking at words and to write her name; 2) counting and identifying shapes and colors; 3) Spanish and computers (Spanish is now one of her classes in kindergarten); 4) circle time (often mentioned by our daughter, a time for listening to the teacher, sharing and respecting others); 5) arts and crafts — creating projects from start to finish by cutting, pasting, coloring and painting; and, 6) exercise and sports. In addition to the several fun activities offered, they created a kid-​friendly atmosphere. GG ensured that our daughter had a safe, educational and fun experience!

We are sending our daughter to this pre-​school and we love it. Most importantly: she loves it! She has been going for 4 months now and she is asking to go to school in the mornings. The adjustment was a little hard, coming from a home daycare for both her and us (but mostly for us!). The teachers in the two’s class are amazing. They are very sweet with her and they speak Spanish and English, which helped a lot as she got adjusted (since we speak Spanish at home). The support staff are very attentive. The director is very responsive and effective. They do a lot of projects and crafts. They also have gym and music class in the curriculum. The playground is the best I’ve seen. Kids have a lot of fun there. I am very glad that I gave this school a chance since the first weeks were very hard on us but fortunately we realized that adaptation would be hard in every school and, passed that time, we are doing great. We just had to get used to the fact that she is going to a much bigger place now and that teachers have to loom after many more kids now (compared to a hime daycare) so she might not be as «tidy» as before when we pick her up but she sure is happy! We also feel that she is learning a lot while having fun and exploring. They have themes for each month and they learn by playing. They have circle time but they also let kids play on their own during the day. They provide luch and two snacks, and I never had a problem with it. My little one always ate it all since day one. I just wish they didn’t take them outside when it’s too cold but I visited many schools in the area and they all have the same policy so we learned to live with it. Overall, we are very happy we found this school.

We send our two youngest girls to Grasshopper Green and we love the school. The Teachers are attentive, the curriculum well-​developed (including computer classes) and the outdoor playground can’t be beat. Plus, they are associated with the Kenwood School– a good, affordable private school that has an outstanding summer day camp for school-​age kids.