My daughter has attended Tabula Rasa since she was 18 months old. Neither my wife nor I speak Spanish. Our daughter started to translate on our behalf in Spanish by age three and could read and write in Spanish by age four. She is now in Elementary School at Tabula Rasa. She started learning cursive handwriting in kindergarten and their English language education stays ahead of the public school standards by one year throughout the program. In short, she got double the language and all of the learning. In elementary school, her classroom size was 10 with half of the days in English and half of the days in Spanish. Math is done in both English and Spanish.\r
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Tabula Rasa is in my opinion twice the education at half the price because the elementary school tuition is half the cost of the other top private schools. It is closer to our home in Dunwoody so we are thankful that our daughter does not have a longer commute. Their lunch program is one of the healthiest and most affordable that I have seen in a school. Their after school program is top notch including Tae Kwon Do, piano lessons, Spanish learning, and even French afternoons.\r
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The school receives my highest recommendations for going the extra mile. The pre-school cost is comparable to other pre-schools, but the elementary school is one of the best values in Atlanta. To maximize value in the pre-school program, I highly recommend the all day program because the language exposure is phenomenal. The one gift that you can give your child at a very young age is that of a second language. The care is consistently excellent and all of the lead teachers in every classroom have certified education degrees.
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