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Greenwich Preschools, Readers' Choice: Little Friends Child Care

Greenwich parents and grandparents celebrate the town's preschools in this week's Readers' Choice contest (and a peek at next week).

The post emerged as one of the most discussed articles in Greenwich this week, drawing dozens of comments, ratings and reviews from town readers on why and how they chose their preschool, and what they love about the people to whom they’ve entrusted their children.

With so much feedback in all those areas, Greenwich Patch is naming Little Friends Child Care this week's winner in all three categories:

  • Single Best Comment/Review in Support of a Preschool: .
  • Highest Number of Patch Places Ratings and Reviews: .
  • Most Poll Votes for a Preschool: Little Friends Child Care.

For its specificity and for addressing such varied parts of the program, we determined that single best review was posted Thursday by  who had this to say about Little Friends.

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"This place is the best!!!! My Granddaughter lost her father when she was attending Little Friends, they truly came thru for her. They helped comfort her in ways people would never believe, they helped her through a time when a little one would not understand. Today she is 7 1/2 years old and a very happy and adjusted little girl. Without Little Friends help and support thru such a trying time I can not imagine how she would be today. It is so important that people truly care about our children and grandchildren and that is what Little Friends is all about! They truly care and when you have to work this is so important in your childs lif!!!"

This week, Greenwich readers cast more than 1,100 votes, and Little Friends earned more than 40 percent of those votes, while Selma Maisel Nursery School earned nearly 30 percent—the two schools distancing themselves in that category, though more than one dozen votes each were cast for seven other preschools.

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Little Friends supporters posted 23 reviews in the preschool’s Patch Places directory listing, including:

  • : Little Friends is a great place. My son has learned so much & comes home w/ new things every week. He loves it there, he loves his teachers & of course Miss Verna. All of the staff are wonderful, friendly & caring. We are very pleased.
  • : My son has been at little friends since he was 10 weeks old and now has just turned 5.. This school truly is like no other...like everyone else has said it really is one big family..they are family owned and you really feel as though you become an extended part of their family.

And here are three more noteworthy comments that celebrate our Greenwich preschools:

  • : "Christ Church Nursery School has an amazing, play-based program, fantastic teachers, an early-childhood whiz of a director and beautiful facilities. Best preschool in town, hands down!"
  • : “I vote for Selma Maisel Nursery School, not only for the stellar "whole child" curriculum, but also because the director and teachers are experienced and immensely caring. The spirit of community at this school is strong!”
  • : “The Preschool at Second Cong. has been a tremendously experience for 2 of my children. They are very caring. They are so well versed on helping to prepare our little ones academically, socially and emotionally. They think of everything from manners at the lunch table to excellent field trips. I highly recommend The Preschool at Second Cong.”

Thank you to everyone who participated in this week’s . Next week’s Readers’ Choice category: Places to Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Until then, Slán go fóill!


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