Temple Beth David Pre-School

Temple Beth David (TBD) ECLC is a fantastic pre-​school. I have had 2 children attend this preschool since 2009. My last child recently graduated to Kindergarten. The hardest part of the school is saying goodbye. This school was able to work with me as I transitioned from stay at home mom to back to work mom. Knowing your kids are in a loving and fun environment eases the heart.
Both my children left reading at high levels, can count well past 100, speak some spanish. This school is diverse and have families from many backgrounds. When my eldest child was in Kindergarten our new school informed us that her learning was at a high level and asked us to think about moving her up a grade. I know it is because of TBD that she learned so so much. TBD provides Fun Times for the kids which include spanish, science, cooking, tumbling, Playball.
My youngest daughter had speech issues and the staff at TBD was always asking me for progress updates and giving me ways on how I can help my daughter at home. These teachers all care so deeply for the kids. Mrs. April even handouts her home phone number and cell phone to all the parents in case they ever need something! She is always there!
The PRE-​K class also gets introduce computer and began working on finger placement on the keyboard with the keyboarding without tears program.
I don’t think there is a better pre-​school around. The prices are very reasonable for the area and for the amount of learning each child receives. TBD will always have a place in our hearts!!!

I’m happy to say today was my sons final day at temple Beth David.
What started off so promising slowly changed. My son started Sep 2014 just turned 2. He has a speech delay bc he couldn’t hear very well bc of ear infections. being there a month we were told if he wasn’t speaking in about 5 months they recommended therapy. Dec 29 2014 we had tubes put in once after finding a doctor who said he needed them. Of course it was day and night difference and our son began to repeat words and made new noises. After speaking with the director saying he is improving she failed to notice any improvement. How could there be 0% improvement? I again ignored her remark. Feb came around and I found out I was pregnant knowing I would need to increases day of attendance immediately bc my first pregnancy I was extremely ill I was told that in order to be considered for extended time and days at the school I would need to have my son evaluated as they believed my son had behavioral and speech delay. First off I didn’t appreciate the ultimatum having my son go through being evaluated and ridiculed in order to pay that’s cool more money to have my son there longer. Knowing I had no other choice I contacted the regional center and went through the proper channels to have my son evaluated professionally. He was referred to love to learn to be evaluated he was in a room with four therapist evaluating him and behavioral in speech and find motors occupational. It was conclusive by all these therapists that my son had no issues and was considered average. I then contacted Vanessa the director to let her know what was reported. She was not satisfied with the results of the test stating that there was no issues with my son and then suggested a second evaluation be followed through I felt pressured and upset. I told her that I was not going to do a second evaluation I felt confident in the evaluation that was performed and if she knew anything about the test she would know that they were standardized test and the only way that it would be different is if I answered my questions differently. Keep in mind when telling me that I needed to have my son evaluated she failed to tell me any of the issues that he was having in school. Every day like most parents ask my son’s teacher how his day was when picking him up I have never been told that there was an issue with them other then he was a bit fussy. The director took fault in the lack of communication and said that they would be giving me daily progress reports and my sons behavior. Just recently I got three weeks worth of progress reports that are supposed to be daily starting from April 1. Tell me how is this going to help improve my sons issues if I’m not getting the proper info in a timely manner he’s two years old I can’t reprimand him for something he did three weeks ago. Now as for getting evaluated so I can extend his days and times at preschool once I did that and reported back to Vanessa the director of the school and after telling her I wasn’t going to do a second evaluation she stopped answering any and all emails in regards to my son and the help that I needed with his times and days at school. Are you even stated that there was an emergency with my health that I needed to extend his days from 3 to 5 days from park to full time being told that this was something that I could do months ago. I’ve been in the hospital for my condition for days at a time and on homecare weren’t connected to an IV I have to pay people to help me bring my son to school and pick him up which the school knows and the teacher knows this is what I’m doing I’ve asked them to tell me if they’re going to allow me to extend his days or if I need to get a nanny and I got not one email again from Vanessa even giving me The common courtesy to tell me no I sent 4 to 5 emails and haven’t documented every conversation we’ve had she only responded to when it was convenient to her in regards to payment but would never again answer any of my questions and having my sons days
ultimately I emailed her saying I would like to withdraw my son from her school and asked what I needed to do for the proper documentation she replied simply with all we need is two weeks notice I will take this as your two weeks notice not even know I’m sorry this didn’t work out or is there anything we can do an apology for not responding to any of my emails in regards to my
is disgusting how Vanessa treated us and our son and how unprofessional she was. Also the school lost my son one day! They called me up telling me they had an incident at school and my son was in the principals office and I had to pick him up that he went missing. I asked what happened and they said he left the classroom and couldn’t find him! Then told me I had to pick him up because he wasn’t taking time out seriously? He was able to walk out the classroom with out his 2 teachers seeing him and went into the janitors closet that wasn’t locked and it’s his fault?

I love this school so much!
My older daughter has been at Temple Beth David Preschool for the last two years, first for their 3 year old class with Miss Vanessa (who is also the school principal) and currently for their pre-​K class with Miss April. This school is a wonderful learning environment that focuses on each child as an individual to get them prepared for Kindergarten and beyond.
The class sizes are small and there is one teacher and one aide for each class. My daughter was initially tearful and clingy. Miss Kristiana, the aide in Miss Vanessa’s class, spent an hour and a half the first day just hugging her outside to help calm her down. After a couple of weeks of transition (where the teachers were as kind and gentle as one could hope for), she was excited to attend school each morning. The teachers were matter-​of-​fact about the transition period, letting me know that it happens every year, and their patience was exemplary.
The three year olds learn the alphabet and the numbers through 20. Each week there are adorable art projects that come home, and so many are worthy of being saved. There are science projects (learning what floats, making snow), holiday performances (including a Hanukkah performance at Leisure World), lots of creative work and individual attention.
The four year olds all learn to read by the time they finish Miss April’s class (this year’s students are all reading and it’s only February). There are weekly homework packets to practice handwriting, a reading backpack (once your child is reading, Miss April will read a new book with them daily and then your child will practice reading the book at home), sight words to memorize (at each student’s pace), and even an online computer program to get them comfortable with using a computer. It sounds like a lot of work but each child works at her own pace and is excited to learn. It doesn’t hurt that there is a treasure box of prizes as incentive. Miss April and her aide Miss Brooke really understand how to teach, and they make sure that all their students are going to be confident learners for Kindergarten. There is a field trip at least once a month to exciting places like Tanaka Farms and the Long Beach Aquarium.
We are not Jewish and have found it wonderful to have our daughter come home and teach us words and songs we didn’t know. She has made many wonderful friends and the community of parents is also wonderful.
There are weekly afternoon programs (science, cooking, gymnastics, sports) as well as a summer program. The three year olds must attend a minimum of three half-​days (9 to 12:30) a week; the four year olds must attend five half-​days a week; childcare is also available before school and in the afternoon. There is also a class for two year olds run by ever-​patient, cheerful, and indefatigable Miss Susan. Miss Lizette teaches the other class of older two year olds, as well as Spanish to the four year olds.
I feel lucky to have found a place like Temple Beth David with such caring teachers like Miss Vanessa, Miss Kristiana, Miss Susan, Miss Lisette, Miss Brooke, and Miss April. My daughter is more than prepared for Kindergarten, academically and developmentally, thanks to these teachers!

All 3 of my children attended this preschool over a 5 year period. Each from age 2 — 5. The teacher/​student ratio is low, they learned great values, and were all reading by the age of 4!

This is a fantastic preschool. The school is very safe, and I always felt comfortable leaving my young children there. My oldest finished the ⁴⁄₅ year old class and was extremely prepared for Kindergarten. My younger child, who was always worried about going to school, is excited to be there when I drop her off in the mornings; and not only has she developed a love for learning, she has also made many wonderful friends. The classes are small, so each child can get one-​on-​one attention. I couldn’t ask for a better group of teachers, and I feel very lucky that we discovered TBD!

My son loves this school. The teachers are wonderful and are teaching stuff that are more advanced than other preschools. My son just got accepted into Pegasus school which is all academics with 120 kids being tested to go into this school only 30 kids were accepted. To us that shows that we made the right choice to go to temple Beth David Pre school. We are very impressed with their Pre k program

Staff is friendly and informative. We are not Jewish and were hesitant since we are devoted Christians but that doesn’t matter here. Our son looks forward to going here, he’s learned more then most kids his age and the creativity they use is wonderful.

My daughter has been attending Temple Beth David’s Early Childhood Center since she was ²¹⁄₂ years old. She will be transitioning to Kindergarten this Fall and I am positive that she will be more than prepared both academically and developmentally thanks to the loving care and top notch programming that she has received there the past three years. The entire staff has been so caring and qualified, and the after school programs have been a favorite with art, music, dance, tumbling, and sport skills to name a few. I cannot speak highly enough about the Pre-​K program where the kids are more than readied for Kindergarten and parents are encouraged to participate in daily classroom activities as well as field trips. I will forever be grateful for the nurturing and positive influence that TBD ECLC provided our daughter and our entire family.