Personal Narrative: USF Preschool For Creative Learning

Adam is our first-born child and really has amazed us since day one. Even as a young baby, he was always very curious. At only six months he would love to sit and read books. He would curiously sit through several books at a time. Then by 10 months old, he was already saying his first words. In fact, he was saying many first words very clearly at that age. He continued to advance beautifully as a little boy and soon started to walk, run, and jump while remaining as cuddly as ever. Fortunately, his hugs and cuddles are still plentiful.

His advanced skills continued to amaze me. At 2.5 years he was potty trained in 2 days. Sure, he still had accidents once in a while soon after that, but, for the most part, he did really well. Given how curious he is and interested he has always been in learning about new things, we did our best to find him a preschool in Tampa that functioned not as a daycare only, but as a real school. We knew he needed educational stimulation that was age-appropriate, not just a place to spend time with other children. When we found the USF Preschool for Creative Learning, we were ecstatic. They only take children who are age two and up and specifically guide their curriculum to contain key content (like mathematics, literacy, science, social studies, and the arts) in the form of …show more content…
A school that focuses on educating the whole child through a balanced curriculum that is nondenominational and that would allow Adam to grow intellectually, emotionally, and physically while learning to respect the religious customs of all in our world would be our preference for Adam. Further, the advanced educational resources available at Berkeley Preparatory School are impressive. We hope he will gain the fundamentals to use his curiosity and skills to be someone amazing some