Creative World School - Liberty

My son previously attended Creative World. He is now in Kindergarten and is doing fantastic; he was well prepared academically and socially. My 4 year old daughter still attends the Creative World in Liberty and some nights (after being there for 9 hours) I have to pry her from her work table where she is doing her art. She is always happy and knows most of the staff members. I think the staff is very caring and loving towards the children. I have seen them handle difficult children very well, and make the transition for parents and children very easy to handle. I would recommend them to anyone

We went in for a "tour" of the 4 year old preschool room one morning. The children were running amok, going where they wanted, paying no attention to either of the teachers, and jumping on one another. One teacher chased the kids around, the other sat in a chair and made little effort to draw the children back in. I've been in preschools where the teachers have "tricks" to get the children's attention, where the kids know exactly what they are supposed to be doing - I saw none of that here, and my nearly 4 year old, who is usually rather outgoing, seemed afraid of the other children. They say this is a preschool, but the environment I saw, while clean and new, did not seem conducive to learning. Their stated discipline is only "redirection", which is really useful if it is done correctly, but it has to be used proactively, not reactively, to be successful.

We went in for a "tour" of the 4 year old preschool room one morning. The children were running amok, going where they wanted, paying no attention to either of the teachers, and jumping on one another. One teacher chased the kids around, the other sat in a chair and made little effort to draw the children back in. I've been in preschools where the teachers have "tricks" to get the children's attention, where the kids know exactly what they are supposed to be doing - I saw none of that here, and my nearly 4 year old, who is usually rather outgoing, seemed afraid of the other children. They say this is a preschool, but the environment I saw, while clean and new, did not seem conducive to learning. Their stated discipline is only "redirection", which is really useful if it is done correctly, but it has to be used proactively, not reactively, to be successful.