Raleigh Nursery School, Inc.

We can't speak highly enough about Raleigh Nursery School. We absolutely love everything about this school - from their incredibly thoughtful, creative, and loving teachers, their professional, welcoming, and engaging staff and volunteers, to their well-crafted programs.

We started our 5 year old and 2.5 year old at RNS in February. I'm thrilled with how much our 5 year old was prepared in just a few months to enter Kindergarten. His K teacher has even pulled us aside to say how quickly he adjusted to the class and curriculum. Our 2.5 year old was in the beginning stages of potty training when we started her at RNS. When I picked her up after her first day - she had stayed dry all day. By the end of the week, she was a pro and completely trained (I 100% credit her teacher for this!).

Their meals are well thought out and healthy. They serve a breakfast supplement, lunch, and dinner (at 3pm, so your child isn't begging for food the second you all get home). They also run a backyard garden, which they use to supplement their meals with - a couple of times in the summer, they had the children help prepare pizzas with basil they had grown themselves!

They go outside at least once a day - even if it's raining as they have a nice sized sheltered porch in the back - and on occassion take walks to one of the two nearby city parks. Often times, they are outside two times a day.

In addition to how much we love the school, our children have always been excited to go. They love their teachers, their friends, and their classroom.