Precious Time Christian Preschool

Our review is a year and half overdue. We should have done this way back but kept forgetting about it. Our daughter (Audrey) has attended Precious Time Christian School since she was 3 and half years old and now as she heads into Kindergarten after this year graduation (2016). We can reflect upon her Pre-​school education as a wonderfully successful foundation.
We admit that we did not know all that much about Precious Time Christian School style of teaching when we began looking at Pre-​schools. All we knew was that while our daughter was extremely bright, we are not interested in an academic style preschool because we are worried that she would get «burned out» and felt that there would be plenty of time for academic skills in her future.
We were leaning towards play-​based because we wanted her to be exposed to activities that would cultivate her interest in learning without actually teaching a specific skill or lesson.
When we toured Precious Time Pre School, We were intrigued by the focus on Executive Function. These are skills that involve reasoning, memory, problem solving and planning. We thought to ourselves, «We wish we would have had more of that in our early years!!»
Precious Time is definitely NOT a play based environment. While there is an element of play to every task the children undertake, the fun is in the challenge of completing the task at hand and through that they develop amazing amounts of knowledge.
Our daughter had blossomed immensely in her time at Precious Time, she is heading into kindergarten reading, writing and doing basic math and all because SHE wanted to, not because it was specific curriculum.
The nurturing environment has also helped develop her socially and emotionally as well, which to us is the real value of a preschool education!
We are extremely happy with our decision to send our daughter at Precious Time Christian School. We can’t say enough good things about this school!
Kudos to Director Miss Wanda and her teachers whose done a marvelous job, Miss Rosalie, miss Micherelle, miss Jennifer, miss April and also the substitute teacher miss Lyna.

Our son has been going to Precious Time for 9 months now. We really like it. When we started looking for a preschool, we decided on this one because of the teachers and curriculum. The teachers seemed caring, yet firm. They were excited about what they were teaching too. My son really loves his teachers.
We like the curriculum there. The director gave us their yearly syllabus when we went to visit. My son has been learning a lot and his vocabulary has grown so much. They recently finished a unit on the solar system and now are learning about plants. They give a small amount of homework on Monday and is due on Thursday. They say the purpose is to teach responsibility and get children used to the idea of homework. I usually split up the homework so my son does a little bit each day. It only takes him up to a few minutes each day to do. Sometimes he can finish it in one minute. I like that it helps to reinforce what they do at school (writing and math), but is not too tedious.
I am an elementary school teacher and I feel confident that my son will be well prepared for kindergarten thanks to Precious Time. He has learned a lot of phonics, writing, math, and how to behave in school. Everything is very hands on and fun so my son loves learning.
Communication is great there. When my son first started, the director made sure we knew how he was doing and adjusting. We get weekly emails letting us know if there are any events we should be aware of. We also get the menu and a monthly calendar. When my child scraped his knee a few times, they filled out incident reports letting me know what happened and what was done. The teachers let me know if there are any health concerns (coughing, bloody nose) and if my son was really helpful to the other students. I love reading the board that says what they did that day so I can ask my son more about it. We got a progress report in the fall and were offered a conference if we wanted one. We decided to have one and gained more insight to how our child was learning and behaving.
This is a Christian preschool. I can see the effects of it at home. My son likes to pray before meals. He learned about the stories of Christmas and Easter. He also became much more interested in bible stories since attending Precious Time.

I heard about this preschool from my neighbor and decided to check it out. Right after meeting with the director, I immediately knew that this is the right place for my son. Ms. Wanda, the director, actually took her time to explain about her school and listen to my concern about my son’s development.
We were on a wait list at first, but Ms. Wanda let us came for 2 half day «visits», just to make sure that my son would feel comfortable when he actually joined the school.
Now he’s been there for a couple months, and he is happy to go to school everyday. When I asked who his favorite teacher is, he always answered all of them: Ms. Rosalie, Ms. Cheryl, and Ms. Jennifer. The fact that he didn’t pick one of them makes me think that all teachers in this school are great with children.
One thing that I like especially is that they summarize children’s activity everyday in a small board next to sign in/​out desk. That way I know how my kid spent his day.
Now they are about to move to a new building next door. Can’t wait for that to happen.

Great preschool, highly recommend!
We currently have two boys attending this Preschool, both have attended since 2 years old. Both of our boys have learned so much at this school, they were shy boys before, but we believe this Preschool brought out the best in them. Both of our boys are now well-​rounded social butterflies. Comparing other preschools, this one was priced reasonably, has awesome staff, and are soon opening a new facility. The area is safe and secure, parking is plentiful. It’s near the freeway off of Fremont-​Alvarado, I drop them off on the way to work and can pick them up on the way home.
The staff are awesome. The Director is really involved and communicates well to the parents. We get daily reports, a calendar of events, their lunch/​snack menu, and statuses of how our kids are doing. We feel really well-​informed and are so relieved that we know what our kids are doing and eating at school everyday. The teachers are excellent, our boys are learning so much, they know their alphabet, numbers, songs, prayers, discipline, and so much more. Our boys just love their teachers. We feel confident that our boys are in a safe learning environment. We think it says a lot when our boys are looking forward to going to school every day.
The facility is nice too. There are a lot of learning materials in the classroom such as books, puzzles, educational toys, playground, etc. They are actually going to open a new facility soon, we can’t wait to see the new facility. Their classmates seem to be good too, our boys can’t stop talking about their new friends. The other parents also seem to be very friendly. Overall, we just feel very comfortable of the environment and at the school.
I can’t say enough good things about this school. When it comes down to it, if you’re kids are happy, you will be too. And our kids are definitely happy about being at this school. If you are currently evaluating preschools, you should definitely check out Precious Time. I don’t think you will be disappointed.