We couldn't have asked for a better school than the Awakening Seed. My daughter started over the summer in the Preschool 2.5/3's class, and then moved to the 3's in the fall. We enrolled her the following year with the preschool 4's. The school has a strong focus on social-emotional development, which was exactly what we needed. Instead of focusing strictly on punishment tactics to moderate behavior, teachers employed a variety of techniques to help students learn positive, adaptive reactions to stressful situations. One technique I liked was simply to show students the consequences of their behavior (e.g., what happens when you hit another child) and to suggest more effective strategies to expressing yourself. The school has a vast play area in the back. Both years, my daughter's class had a class garden. At times, the teachers would design the curriculum to follow the interest of students. In preschool 3's, my daughter's class hosted parents and the other grades in a restaurant with chefs, greeters, servers, and a Mariachi band. The school fosters a community environment by inviting parents to participate in activities and holding periodic school-wide events. My family had recently moved to Arizona and was thankful to meet some other parents and schedule play dates for my daughter. I will always have fond memories of the Seed.