Child-to-Teacher Ratios
Cottage Co-op offers a learning environment with very low child-to-teacher ratios. As a co-op, parents participate in their child's classroom experience working along side experienced early-childhood educators. Typically, a class has two parents along with two full-time teacher to maintain the ratios listed below:
Mulberry Tree Class
12 children for a 3:1 ratio
Olive Tree Class
14 children for a 3:1 ratio
Oak Tree Class
16 children for a 4:1 ratio
Rainforest Class*
20 children for a 4:1 ratio
* Rainforest has three full-time teachers and two parents working each class to maintain the 4:1 ratio.
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Kid Talk
Conversation between two children:
Child #1 said, “You need time out!”
Child #2 protested “She said that I need time out, but I do not want time out. Why do I need time out?”
Child #1 explained, “…because she does not do things the way I want her to do them.”

