Shining Star Pre School

My daughter has been attending here since she was 1 ½ and is now 4 years old. Every step of the way was very fascinating to me by how much she learned and the new materials she comes home with. I would see her daily growth from speech to different habits and verbal communication and understanding the non verbal communication. I expected this to be average around kids her age, but for me I felt her speech was a bit behind. What I did noticed when she was when we went on outings with different parents from different schools, I noticed she was well behaved and was very cooperative with us so I can’t complain. To me, my daughter sets the standard and when I see other children that isn’t on a schedule or a set foundation, it really makes it difficult for me to work with, so I do appreciate shining star for their contribution. They really work with the parents as well, I did ask them would my daughter be able to proceed and get bumped to the next level up and they would let her try to see how she interacts with the new children, teacher, environment, etc. as long as there was room. So don’t everyone read this review and bombard Ms. Olivia about bumping your kids up, she will do so accordingly and based on your kids performance.
Interestingly enough I read the non recommended reviews and saw some of the interesting things people wrote. As a parent that complains so much, I would like to know, do you believe 100% of what your child tells you? Have you ever dealt with a misbehaving child that is interrupting other students, I believe structure and discipline is taught in school and at home as well. I won’t question parenting skills, because each and every parent want what is best for their child or if their review is from a competitor school writing a bad review. It is important to provide what is best for our children but at the same time kids will be kids and they will interact differently with other children. My daughter was bitten in class because she and this boy were having toy sharing issues with each other, it happened in another class with another girl, she fell when she was running and scraped her knee and elbows, I cannot blame the school and teachers for the actions my daughter took. When my daughter explained to me when she got bumped into a higher class, she had some adjusting issues with the new students. One evening while we were laying in bed she said dad, I’m sad, the students told me they don’t like me. I can’t blame the school or teacher, but I took that issue and explained to her as a parent that it’s ok if they don’t like you, your duty is not to please others. You can check on my FB page that I posted that as well. After a week, she then tells me, they are all my friends and they like me. I’m a firm believer to let the kids interact and adjust.
Please excuse me for the typos and grammatical errors.
I hope this review helps.
To put into perspective, this school was recommended by my wife’s friend which her child was enrolled. I looked around Alhambra, Pasadena, San Marino, to find a good school for my child. The biggest problem was, they were very costly and were not all day, a couple were but had a long wait list. It was difficult to manage because I was 24 when my daughter was born and had to work full time along with my wife so we picked Shining Star for it was very flexible with our schedule.
Now we have recently moved, but still commute roughly an hour to take her to school, other schools have wait list around Chino and Chino Hills, but it just goes to show that we value their contribution to my daughter’s development.

Love the teachers, both of my kid graduate from kindergarten and they do so well in public school.