Now is the time of the year when parents start looking for a preschool for their toddlers and admissions offices get busy.
Evolution Enrichment Center offers tours for parents looking to enroll their children 2 years and up, and FREE Universal Pre-K (UPK) for 4-year-olds. The school is located at a prime Lower East Side location, at 38 Delancey Street, and occupies the entire 2nd floor. Progressive curriculum, beautiful classrooms, lots of natural sun light, two gyms, a dance studio and a private playground are just a few features of this place.
What makes this place really unique are the amazing teachers – passionate about working with the young kids, creative and imaginative. They teach their classes with a very warm, welcoming and understanding approach.
We caught up with one of them, Karina Reyes, a lead UPK teacher, working with 4-year-olds and asked her a few questions:
Karina, what is your approach to teaching a class of 4-year-olds?
I teach my students with every intention to give them a voice and a choice. I am designing learning experiences that tap into what each student values, while still implementing the Common Core guidelines. In my classroom, I am also a participant and co-learner with all students. We collaborate, ask open-ended questions, and demand a higher order of thinking, and ultimately I think that I am learning nearly as much as they are, every day (she says with a smile).
We, as a classroom are surpassing any expectations and requirements that are set up for this age group, and we keep moving forward. We are a community of learners, and along with the academic goals, I truly want my students to become curious, inventive, and problem solvers. I want them to be confident in their knowledge, and apply it to new experiences. I ultimately want my students to shape their individuality within the guidance of an educational setting.
Surpassing expectations is not easy, but we know that parents recognize and appreciate it. Evolution Enrichment Center has “5 Star” Community Ratings on GreatSchools.org where many happy parents praised the level of attention and support that their children have received from the teachers, the sense of community, and encouraged parent involvement, as well as providing the children with a number of stimulating classes like creative movement and dance, martial arts, yoga, cooking and of course arts and crafts.
We know that children actually enjoy coming to our preschool because they feel that we enjoy working with them and building a foundation with them from the very beginning. I know that I am developing a love of learning and experience with them from a very young age, and I am very fond of it. All children are artists, and I intend to allow them to use their creativity in any way. Working on creative projects with my students allows them to bring their personality into any piece that we work on.
Evolution Enrichment Center offers also Afterschool and Enrichment programs: Arts & Crafts, Creative Movement and Dance, Hybrid Fitness, Mandarin Cultural Immersion, Rhythmic Gymnastics, G&T Test Prep, and is even adding Chess and Lego Robotics as of January 2016.
Schedule a tour at Evolution Enrichment Center by phone 212-375-9500 or email: EvolutionEnrichment@gmail.com.
Nearby Transportation – Subway trains: J, Z, B, D, F, M; Busses: M15, M9, M21, B39
