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I have my own list of favorites, but which programs do you recommend?
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Building Bridges in Bentonville High School is where my 1 year old goes. She LOVES it and they love her. We couldn’t ask for better caregivers.
We’ve used both First Baptist Church Springdale (MDO) and University Baptist Church in Fayetteville (MDO/Pre-School). The kids really love it!!
A reader comment:
Both my girls attended (one still is) Community Preschool in Fayetteville on Leverette Ave. We love it! It is a coop preschool, which means the parents provide some of the labor with projects around the preschool. It has a real community feel to it and now my oldest is in Kindergarten and just the other day her teacher commented on how prepared for kindergarten she is.
Another reader comment:
Hard to pick, because there are so many good places, but I’ll nominate Kirsty’s Place and The New School.
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Both of our children attended the U of A Nursery school at ages 3 and 4. I urge anyone who is considering preschool to take a look at this one located two blocks off Dickson on South Duncan. It is the lab school for the U of A, so the staff is really into early childhood education. There are only 12-15 children in each of the morning and afternoon classes, and you need to sign up early (shortly after conception…just kidding) to get a spot.
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Montessori in Fayetteille is really a good program.
First School at First United Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville is wonderful! It is a part-time preschool/MDO program and we love it!
I also vote for First School at the United Presbyterian Church. It is great!
The New School the U of A facilities are the few preschools with NAEYC accreditation in the area. Check the NAEYC website for more information on choosing a good childcare facility! Arkansas Quality Approval is also a good indicator– First School recently received it.
Fayetteville Creative School! Enough cannot be said about how great this school has been for my children! I can’t imagine my boys being anywhere else. In a time when playground areas seem to be getting smaller and smaller, theirs is the biggest I’ve seen! The teachers are so nurturing and so creative in their teaching styles!
I heard many great things about the Mother’s Day Out program at Fellowship Bible Church in Rogers so I started my son there. It is awesome. The staff is very loving, everything is clean, and things are well organized. If you want your child to learn about God through Bible stories, music, and activities this is the best place. That is their main focus. To show God’s love to children and teach them about God at an early age.
I love love love this preschool/mothers day out. It is a wonderful christian program for the kids. The teachers are very caring and nurturing and love the kids and parents. They have music a nice play area outside for the kids and really do great things for the community since this is a church affiliated program. It is the best in Northwest Arkansas I would totally recommend this to anyone. They are in Farmington at the First Baptist Church and it’s a great program w/wonderful staff. They are open Tue and Fri 9am-2pm and it’s ages 18mnths up to pre-k. Sabrina Hobbs is the KDP director.
I absolutely LOVE Bright Ideas Learning Center. Three of my grandchildren have gone on to Kindergarten from mthere, and they were way ahead of many other children in thier classroom. My youngest crandson is going there now. He could write his name before he was three. The teachers the are great!! It is a small center, so there are few children in the classrooms. Lots of one on one! deffinately check it out!!