PRECIOUS MEMORY PRE-SCHOOL

Precious Memories is beautiful inside and out. They are NAEYC qualified (not certified yet) and they seemed to be, above all the preschools we were invited to join, the one my daughter would be most happy at. Wrong.   Unfortunately, my daughter who is advanced in both vocabulary, reasoning, numbers, letters, colors, and independent learning and self modulation needed freedom to choose what she did during the day. For example, scheduled time for color and cut vs sitting quietly with a picture book.  My daughter  also needs affection, warm tones in voice and spirit.  The teacher, the admin staff person put her with, was clearly not into touching, avoided affection, rarely snuggled on the floor with the kids, and rarely smiled.  My child cried every day.  Rather than be consoled, she was separated.  The owner said she would stop crying when in the Admin staff office.  I found out later, she only wanted to be away from her pre-K teacher who comes off strict, not at all affectionate.  
Having been through this several times before, I pulled my 4 yr old out after visiting nearly all day one day to get a feel of what was going on.  My goodness!  I'm sitting on the floor reading to the kids.  The teacher was on automatic while shuffling around the room:    "pull your shirt down, sit right, stop leaning, sit right, stop rolling your tongue, stop touching the visitor (me) , don't sit close to the visitor..."  OMG!  These poor kids were in Boot Camp.  Hey, for some this might work.  Get them ready for Public School. My thoughts?  She'll be in public institutions of learning for the next 20 years  (K-Masters)!  Leave her this year to relax, enjoy, learn in a loving venue.  
No wonder my daughter was crying and weeping all day!   The owner suggested to me that her other parents will start to complain. They suggested I put my pre-K child in a room with the 3 yr olds!   I been through old-school, it's nothing I want for my child.  I made a decision in the hallway at that very second.  The owner saw a threat to the orderliness of this teacher's room;  I saw a threat to the spirit of my child. I suggested we leave the center for good.  They were happy.  We were happy.
They were fair and only charged us for 3/5 of the week's invoice.  Now my child is in a Montessori Center that just opened in Groton where she is blossoming.  Did she cry when she started?  Yes.  She was afraid Ms J would appear there.  They embraced her with love and had all the children come around her, the teacher got on the floor and read to her and the children.  They rocked and sang songs.  They promised Ms J would never come to their Center.  They promised to her that she would be cared for, safe, and loved.  The crying stopped on the first day within 5 minutes.  ahhh. such is life.  I'm thankful my child expressed her emotional pain through crying, else I would never have visited and spent 3.5 hours on the floor watching the day move along for these kids.
Several families have already left Precious Memories as soon as the new multicultural montessori opened their doors.
We're blessed with new possibilities now.