Daly City Partnership

Amazing! Truly amazing! We just finished our Kindergarten Readiness class today. My son got so much out of this, I cannot give the program high enough praises. The teachers were fantastic. The skills my son came away with are terriffic. Things I tried to teach him, but failed at, he learned in this program. I know he will be ready and much more prepared when Kindergarten starts in August. We met the kinder teachers — and I actually got to have conversations with them one on one during recess. I volunteered three times in the classroom. It’s great to see how my son behaves in class, how he follows directions and moves from one activity to the next. Of course, he was better when I wasn’t there, but it was nice to see how he is in the classroom.
We had little red book bags with 4 – 5 books in them. We’d read them each night and bring them back the next day for another bag of books. This helped my son get more excited about books and reading. He liked it before, but didn’t want to sit through a story. Doing this every day for three weeks has helped turn my active little boy into someone who loves books as much as he loves running and jumping and climbing.
They sang songs — it was great seeing the progression of these kids from the first few days until the last day. They all made huge leaps in their skills.
I hope this program continues to get funding to help out many, many, many families who are unsure if they are really ready for kindergarten. Just super! Amazing! We didn’t want it to end. If you get the opportunity to do this, DO IT.

A big thank you to all the staff at DC Partnership. I am glad to have had the opportunity to enroll my child in the «Kindergarten Readiness» program (for children without preschool experience). My child loved the program and every aspect of it. I especially liked that the program took place at our assigned school and with the actual Kindergarten teachers at the school. The teachers did an amazing job and my child learned so much in such a short period of time. I liked that they went straight to work on the first day — teaching children to cut with scissors, to write their name and worked on art projects. The little backpack with activities filled with supplies, book bag for the library, Jr. Award to Elephant Bar helped to keep kids excited about school. I had the privilege to volunteer in the classroom and that was a great experience — it was a wonderful opportunity to meet the teachers and observe my child in the school setting. My child met a lot of friends and is now familiar and accustomed to the classroom-​setting. The Parent’s Nights were also well-​planned and were informational & educational. The guest speakers were great, the childcare was helpful and the kids loved the new books they picked-​out; I happened to win one of the raffles and that was fun. All the staff are so kind and welcoming. I really just wanted to say thank you to all the staff who made this all possible; all the effort and hard-​work that you put into this wonderful program is greatly appreciated. I would not hesitate to recommend this program to another parent and hope that the program will continue to receive the funding necessary remain active.