Talk of Walnut Creek preschools  and most parents will automatically think of letters, numbers, and readiness to kindergarten. I used to think the same. I desired good reading capabilities. Clear handwriting. Early math confidence.  I thought that a good preschool would put emphasis on academics and at the bottom of the list, character. Then I entered a classroom whose motto was benevolence. The alphabet was there. Blocks a-counting blocks are neatly stacked away in shelves. Something...

The fact that I could type the words pre school near me   in a search bar was weirdly emotional. I was looking forward to a list of addresses. The knot in my stomach  did not come as an expected occurrence. The choice to establish a preschool herewith was as though a choice to have a future. Dramatic? Maybe. It was at 11:47 p. m. when there was cold coffee on the table, and a sleeping child in the adjoining room. Questions which would not go down my throat had their own way with me. Would my...

The name Preschool Walnut Creek   is childish to write. A building. A playground. Coloured pictures nailed on the walls, little chairs. But Walnut Creek preschool becomes a lot bigger for a child. It becomes an initial trial ground.  The first place that I can not make gradual turns turns into Watch me. Fireworks do not come with confidence. It sneaks in. It swells when it is snack time, when it is towers of blocks, when it is tremulous good-byes  at the classroom door. Ordinarily magic...