Amazed with his development
When I was asked to prepare a testimonial for Precious Butterflies, I answered YES! – Without hesitation. I have two children who attend the school and I have to say I am extremely pleased with the care and education they both receive. In the past, I’ve sent my children to child care centers that seem to not be in it for the reasons. I would pick them up and something just didn’t seem right! It was by chance I happen to be shopping and I met this lady that approached me and asked if I would be interested in attending an open house at her new school and I have to be honest the first thing I said to myself was “here we go again, another dingy childcare place that wants to take all my money” all the while telling her “Yes!, I would come”, but never showing up.
Months went by, and one day I was in a somewhat of a jam and I needed a place to take my kids for a couple of hours, I saw this cute little school right down the road from my house so I decided to step in and the first thing I said to myself was “Wow! This place is frigging clean” and then BOOM! There was the lady from the store (karma right!). She remembered my name, my kids, and my husband! That to me said a lot! I was going for a one day drop of situation but after touring the school, speaking with the staff, and seeing how truly down to earth and encouraging everyone was, as well I couldn’t get over how clean and fresh smelling this place was! I ended up enrolling both my children.
My daughter is 18 months and can say her name clearly and count up to 20- where do they do that at? Nowhere, but here! Thanks to Ms. Dani and Ms. Miriam. My son is now 4 years of age and is his entering a new path to Kindergarten, we recently had to drop him off on a day visits to The Wardlaw-Hartridge School for the final part of his application process and upon pick up all the teachers and Directors who tested and spoke with him were completely astonished by how well he spoke, how neat and well he wrote, and the fact that he could read! They asked him to draw a picture of his family, so he drew us in a building, and at the top he wrote “L B R E” and the teacher said is that supposed to be “Library”? he said “Yes!” and she said “WHOA!”. She spoke to me and said at 4 years old, for him to be able to sound out and attempt to do that, is pretty impressive. Although, it’s not spelt correct, the intentions and syllables are all there!
They all asked me which school he came from and I was extremely proud to say Precious Butterflies Childcare and Learning Center; they just shook their head and were simply amazed with his development. I had to give just about all the credit to Ms. Alicia, his teacher because; I’ve never met someone who cared about teaching as much a she does. She goes above and beyond! I’ve always told her, to think of our children as her own – because she is their second mother. This school IS our extended family and we truly, truly love all the staff. And although, he will be starting a new chapter in his young life in a different place next year, we will never forget what they’ve done for him, and we can’t wait to see how much more our baby girl will continue to grow.
The Clarke Family