Green Bean Preschool (161 Greenpoint Ave.) has started a new chapter. After opening in 2011 as a daycare center, the location has changed the name to Green Bean Preschool, better describing what they have to offer Greenpoint children. Director and teacher, Monica Madalinski, said, “We are just changing the name to preschool as our hours are 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m., and thus it better describes our program. The small class sizes, bilingual curriculum,…
Green Bean Preschool Offers Bilingual Adventures in Greenpoint
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Not specifically relevant to this post – but as a Greenpoint parent of a soon to be 2nd grader at PS 34, I continue to be surprised at how prevelant gendered dress is in children. Our daughter will occasionally wear a dress but mostly wears neutral / “boyish” clothing. Of course she is constantly assumed to be a boy, which annoys me, and I wonder what affect this may have on her in the future. But from my experience it is decidedly a “top-down” decison to really ramp up the gendered clothing/appearances of our kids. I guess I’m surprised that this fairly conservative practice still is dominant — i suppose I shouldn’t be surprised. My two cents.