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Northfield
Daycare Center Testimonials
Students from the Northfield
Daycare come to kindergarten prepared in so many ways. Not only are
they academically ready for the expectations of kindergarten learning,
they also have amazing tools for being a self solver and friend. They
come to school with a strong foundation of the academics kindergarten
teachers hope their students have been exposed to, and have a love for
learning we all hope children desire at this young age. Besides
academics, children at the Northfield Daycare also learn how to be a
good friend and learn the skills involved in problem solving and making
good choices. All in all, they seem to be confident and self aware
young students.
Northfield Kindergarten Teacher
"As a mother who works outside the home, my two children have been in
day care since they were very young. When we moved to Northfield, I
needed to find day care for my then two year old son and four year old
daughter. Although the philosophy of Northfield Day Care was new to me
(my children had previously been to Montessori schools), during a visit
to the school, I felt comfortable with the staff and facility and was
drawn to their huge single space for all ages, the provided meals, and
small and consistent staff. I decided to give it a try. Both of my
children have thrived at Northfield Day Care! My children (and I) love
the staff and program! My daughter has since "graduated" from day care
and I feel she was more than adequately prepared socially and
academically for kindergarten. I have complete peace of mind when I am
at work that my child is being well taken care of at Northfield Day
Care."
Valerie Thomas
As is true for so many Northfield parents, my family lived too far away
to help me raise my daughters, and reading books about the subject
isn't enough. I had observed the kids from Northfield Daycare play in
Central Park and checking out books with their teacher at the Public
Library. I spent time standing on the sidewalk looking at these
preschoolers having fun and exploring dirt and branches and rocks and
pushing each other on the swings, with teachers present but never
interfering with the elaborate games the kids were developing happily,
and independently. So, when my oldest was old enough, I made sure we
were going to make Northfield Daycare part of our extended Northfield
family. It was the best thing I ever did for my daughters. Teacher
Sarah continues to share her wise insights with me about guiding my
children to adulthood, even though they are in college and high school
now. Our entire family has made friends for life at Northfield Daycare.
Angelique Dietz, former parent, former teacher, and board member
I have such vivid memories of
sitting paralyzed at the top of the sledding hill in my head-to-toe
snow gear, too afraid to take the plunge in a sled down to the bottom.
Of course my curiosity would get the best of me every time and I'd join
my friends in sliding with glee. I now pass that same hill every day on
my way to and from Carleton and work... it looks no bigger than a
flight of stairs and I smile remembering those times when it seemed so
huge! Since being that small I've graduated from Northfield High School
and attended Carleton. I work for two of the local elementary schools
running an after school program for 4th and 5th graders. I graduated in
June 2008, and I will begin a full-time Americorps position as a
service-learning coordinator at a k-8 public school in Minneapolis.
Lily Thiboutot
I don't think I would have enjoyed my three week hike in the Wyoming
Wind River Valley as much if I had not learned how to do that over 12
years ago at Northfield Daycare. Just to get along in such an isolated
region with a small group of fellow hikers, how to solve problems that
arise when crossing a freezing river that is 3 feet deep, to work as a
team non-stop for 3 weeks, and, most of all, just to wonder at nature
around me. I learned it all at Daycare.
Nora Flynn
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