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Chicago, IL
Burr Elementary

Parents at this school would recommend this school to other parents.

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neighborhood: Bucktown/Wicker Park ·  Telephone: (773) 534-4090  · Website: www.burrschool.org/preschool

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• General Info
• School Philosophy
  & Day-in-the-Life
• Curriculum &
  Teaching Approach
• Quality of
  Teaching
• Home/School
  Connection
• Discipline,
  Health & Safety
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General Approach to Learning

	Play-based
	Play-based with some structure
	Predominantly teacher-led instruction
	Montessori
	Waldorf
	Co-op
	Reggio-Emilia

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Director's Comments

We believe that our classroom does not follow one general approach to learning. We have combined the ideas of several of the approaches to meet the needs of all of our children.

Social Skills & Work Habits

OVERALL RATING (5.0)
This school has increased my child's:
Ability to listen and follow directions
Ability to sit still for longer periods of time
Ability to be a part of a group of children
Self-sufficiency and independence
Awareness of others’ feelings
Cooperation with other children

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Curriculum and Teaching Approach

	PLAY-BASED	PLAY-BASED WITH SOME STRUCTURE	MOSTLY TEACHER LED	NOT FORMALLY IN CURRICULUM	CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMENT
Language					Yes
Oral language	-		-	-	n/a
Nursery rhymes, poems, songs				-	n/a
Storybook reading				-	n/a
Emerging literacy skills				-	n/a
Cognitive Development					n/a
Math and number sense				-	Yes
Time & space				-	Yes
Sci. reasoning/physical world				-	-
Music				-	Yes
Visual arts				-	Yes
Physical activity				-	Yes
Other subjects taught	Japanese				n/a

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Director's Comments

The approach that we take to teaching various subjects is to understand the instructional level and the interests of each child so that we can use that as a springboard to drive our instruction. We do our best to differentiate our instruction to meet the needs of all of our students. We have a mixed ages classroom with students ages 3 - 5 years olds with varying needs. Throughout the day we have teacher led instruction during our circle time and we then at centers students may chose if they would like to continue on with a structured activity.

Parents' Comments

Parent #1
This school provides an excellent array of curricula. The preschool kids get regular japanese class (in addition to a bilingual classroom), a dedicated computer-classroom with regular instruction, structured library visits regularly, and artist-in-the-school programs with acting and dance instruction from working professionals.

Parent #2
It was hard to choose only one. I think that Burr's preschool curriculum as a good combination of teacher led as well as child led learning for each subject. Th teacher leads in various areas and then the child also explores the same subjects through free play/ centers or stations.