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Schedule A TourMeet Ankit Patel – proud Franchise Owner of Primrose School of Cherry Hill. As a long-time resident of South Jersey, working dad and an experienced business owner, Ankit is thrilled to bring the Primrose Experience of premier early education and care to the families of Cherry Hill.
Ankit first learned about Primrose Schools in 2015 through his friend and hospitality business partner who opened his own Primrose school in Maryland. Both personally understood the toll that the hospitality industry could have on family life, and as an expecting parent, Ankit knew that his next business venture needed to be more family-friendly and allow him to spend time with his wife, Dr. P., and their future children. He noticed a lack of high-quality early education in their local community, so he decided to combine his strong business background with his passion for education and family to open a Primrose school in South Jersey.
“I have lived in South Jersey all my life, and when my wife and I knew we were expecting our first child, we realized we needed to build a stronger foundation for the children in our community, including our own,” said Ankit. “Our community has been lacking in this area, and all children deserve the high-quality early education and care that our Primrose school will provide.”
With experience in operations, development and management, Ankit will be managing the day-to-day operations of the school. His bachelor’s degree in finance from Drexel University in Philadelphia will also help with the business side of the school. As a pediatric hospitalist, Ankit's wife has a passion for children and their well-being.
“We believe in the research-based Balanced Learning® approach, which encourages curiosity, creativity, confidence and compassion because who children become is as important as what they know,” Ankit said. “Primrose Schools promotes the same nurturing, loving and learning environment I want for my own children, and I can’t wait to see the children and families in our community grow with Primrose.”
Slated to open in early 2018, Primrose School of Cherry Hill will feature the Balanced Learning approach, which nurtures intellectual, creative, physical and social-emotional development. Ankit and Padmavathy’s first child will be one of the first students enrolled in the school, and the family cannot wait to provide the Primrose Experience to the children and families of South Jersey and the greater Philadelphia area.
Primrose School of Cherry Hill is located at 1875 Route 70 East. For more information, visit www.PrimroseCherryHill.com.
We aren't just a daycare in Cherry Hill, we are a premier early education and child care experience for children and families. We are conveniently located just minutes down the road from James F. Cooper Elementary School off of Route 70 East.
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The children selected paint to match their own skin color. They mixed paint together to get the perfect color. After they made their paint, the older children asked a friend to help them paint their hand. Teachers painted the younger children's hand. The picture shows the 'Heart of Primrose', where we all belong.
Practicing kindness in and outside of the classroom will help children's character development. Learn more about nurturing compassion in this parent resource.
The teachers had an evening out after work. They decided to all go to Pinot's Pallett, as a painting party. You can see their creative talents in the beautiful art pieces.
Each February, students at Primrose schools across the country collect their favorite books to donate to local libraries, hospitals, schools and nonprofit organizations.
The Prekindergarten children were given tubes, tunnels, ramps and balls to explore. This was a great way to give children the experience to work together to create a complex ramp system. They used other materials in the classroom to help make the balls start at a high point and use the track to make the ramps go further.
To better meet the individual needs of every child, we’re proud to implement Ages & Stages Questionnaires® (ASQ®-3 and ASQ®:SE-2) in Primrose schools across the country.
During Martin Luther King, we gave the parents a chance to share their dream for their child. We displayed the parent's responses in the hallway and many parents, during pick up, stopped to read letter their child.
Each Primrose school is held to high standards of safety and cleanliness while maintaining a caring and nurturing environment where children can thrive.
In celebration of Martin Luther King Day, the children read books, saw a video about his dream of love and heard songs about his dream. As a home school connection, we asked the parent to write a message to their child about the parent’s dream for their child. The template was “For you I have a dream”. The letters were read to the children prior to naptime and then hung in the hallway for all to read.
There’s no question that parents want their preschoolers to grasp the basics of colors, numbers and letters to foster a lifetime of learning.
Today we discussed what we should do if we every got lost. One very important thing you should know is your phone number so that you can have a trusted adult, such as a teacher or police officer, help you call your parents. Then, we practiced dialing a phone number (Primrose phone number) on our large floor keypad.
It might seem odd to think about your preschooler exploring data analysis and algebra.
Our Unit about 'Push and Pull', gave the infants practiced with toys to pull them so they could be closer to them. Then the infants practiced pushing the toys away from themselves. This exercise gave the infants hands on experience to notice the difference while introducing new vocabulary words.
It's a fact: children learn better when they are engaged. That's why purposeful play and nurturing guidance from teachers are key components of Balanced Learning. See how this time-tested approach with a strong emphasis on life skills and character development can help your child develop and excel.
Each week, a child gets to take home the Og's Reading Bag. It is a very special bag. The child takes the bag home and selects their favorite book to draw a picture about and put it into Og's Reading Binder. On Monday, the child brings the book and the bag back to school and shares the book with the class. This week it is Luke's turn.
In counter-balance activities, the children will extend body parts out from their bodies to remain on balance. Extensions to one side of the body require extensions to the other side in order to stay on balance. The children were scattered in the space where they had room to work safely.
We have a new lunch provider. The school is supporting a local restaurant by switching to having them provide lunch. Today's lunch was a veggie patty, sliced tomato and lettuce on a soft bun. The side dish was cucumber strips. The children's review of the new lunches is an empty plates.
Today we made a shopping list of healthy foods so that we have a balance of all of the five food groups.
Students rolled a die and placed that number of buttons on the middle section of the snowman template. Then, students repeated this process for the bottom section of their snowman. Then, we counted the total number of buttons and stated our addition sentence represented by the snowman to our group members.
On Election Day, the school had an Election for favorite Primrose Friend. The children had a chance to go into the conference room and cast their secret ballot. When the voting was over, the Kindergarten class counted all the ballots. Counting the ballots gave the Kindergarten class a chance to practice making stroke counts and tallies. The announced winner on Election Day was Mia the Mouse.
Today, the Preschool class, went outside and observe carefully for signs of fall. We used paper and writing utensils to sketch something interesting about fall. We learned sketch means to draw.
The infants have their own playground so they go outside everyday. They have a musical playground piece that plays music by tapping the keys. It is such an advantage having a playground just made for infants.
The Primrose School hosted a 'Bea' Gone with Childhood Cancer Fun Walk' on October 2. The walk was to support a child who was enrolled at our school that was diagnosed with cancer. The children had worked all week to collect pennies to donate and they earned $726.00. There was an obstacle course, raffle baskets, Penny Chase and food. The event collected $3000.00. Mr. Patel, the owner, matched the donations collected and in total raised $6000.00. A check was presented to the family surrounded by teachers who gave their time and heart to this event.
Today we read, "Apple Farmer Annie" by Monica Wellington. We talked about the beginning, middle and end of the story. We used pictures to retell the story. The children were asked guided question such as: What is the first thing Annie did? What did Annie do in the middle of the story? What happened last? How did the book end?
The toddlers were outside when they found a different bug. It was a praying mantis. They noticed the long legs and watched how it moved. It was the perfect chance for a teachable moment while playing.