Circle of Friends Preschool
Our well established and maintained child care center has been at a beautiful location in the City of Sarasota, Florida for many years. Circle of Friends is open to any child two to five years old. The school is surrounded by abundant trees, offering the children natural shade in our well equipped playground areas. The new owners since May 2004, Claudia and Jeffrey Drimmer, have continually qualified for the NAEYC Accreditation (National Association for the Education of Young Children),and are one of the first early childhood programs in the nation to earn this accreditation in the new system, valid now until 2012. We strive in offering a safe environment, quality teaching with a well experienced staff, and educational programs with a low ratio of students to teachers. Inspired by the Reggio Emilia and Rudolf Steiner philosophies and approaches to preschool education, the children are in a warm and friendly environment where they are helped to develop strong thinking skills based on their interests. We offer 2-5 day programs, half and full day throughout the school year, as well as special summer programs. We are constantly improving our school and in 2009 we added an Promethean ActivBoard in our Manatee classroom, to help teachers innovate in the classroom.
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"Friends"
A red haired 4 year old girl gazed into the sky.
A yellow breasted bird sat on a branch nearby.
The little girl asked the bird,
"Tell me where you are from?"
The bird looked into her blue eyes
and pretended not to understand.
The little girl talked to the bird again,
"Hi, I'm Bea, so where are you from?"
The bird flapped her wings and proudly replied,
"I'm from the same place where you are from."
Bea smiled as the bird came closer.
"So let us be friends!"
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