Tell me about the GELS curriculum

SunMoon&Stars · August 2013

My DD is almost two, which means her current daycare will start her on the ABEKA curriculum, like almost every other daycare around Warner Robins. That's not a big deal now at her current age, but we would eventually prefer a secular curriculum over a religious one.

It's come to my attention that a fairly close daycare uses the GELS curriculum. I have viewed all the websites related to GELS and have found nothing to indicate it is religion-based. Is that correct?

Any into or thoughts are appreciated - thanks

gigiB · August 2013

ABEKA is outstanding! I'm a teacher and I think its the best early learning curriculum. My daughters were reading at age 4!!! Now that they are in school, they are reading far about their peers reading levels.

I really don't know anything about GELS.

SunMoon&Stars · August 2013

gigiB said:

ABEKA is outstanding! I'm a teacher and I think its the best early learning curriculum. My daughters were reading at age 4!!! Now that they are in school, they are reading far about their peers reading levels.
I really don't know anything about GELS.

Again, we prefer a secular curriculum so ABEKA would only be a default for us.

Also, how can you know ABEKA is better than GELS if you don't know anything about GELS?

gigiB · August 2013

My child's kindergarten teacher said to us that she can always tell when a child comes from an ABEKA preschool because they are so far ahead. From looking at GELS on the web, it just sets the basic standards. Its way different from ABEKA. I like the way ABEKA builds on basic blocks. Strong foundation!

If you don't want your child in a Christian based program, I would move.

SunMoon&Stars · August 2013

gigiB said:

My child's kindergarten teacher said to us that she can always tell when a child comes from an ABEKA preschool because they are so far ahead. From looking at GELS on the web, it just sets the basic standards. Its way different from ABEKA. I like the way ABEKA builds on basic blocks. Strong foundation!

If you don't want your child in a Christian based program, I would move.

Having read some of your other posts, I see you are usually this bitchy so I'll won't address the bitchiness of your last sentence.

However - you first said that you don't know anything about GELS, then you said it just sets basic standards. How do you know that's all it does just from just the limited info on the web than anyone can read, and I've already read? (and stated that I've already read in my OP?) How do you know it's way different from ABEKA just by looking at a few websites?

If googling is all you got, that means you don't know any more than I do because I can google too. I'm interested in opinions from people who know more - preferably from IRL experience - than what anyone can find by reading a few sites, which again I already did.

Also, your criticism of GELS is that it "just sets the basic standards" while your defense of ABEKA is that "it builds on basic blocks". Umm, that's the same thing in slightly different wording.

One of the things I want my daughter to learn is reading comprehension skills; for example, the skills to understand by reading my OP that I never asked for opinions on ABEKA. Doesn't sound like you would know what curriculum teaches those skills, since you clearly don't have them yourself.

yellowtulips80 · August 2013

Thanks for the entertainment ladies! Best cat fight in some time!

gigiB · August 2013

My bitchy-ness? You were in attack mode when I replied. Whatever! See ya!

SunMoon&Stars · August 2013

gigiB said:

My bitchy-ness? You were in attack mode when I replied. Whatever! See ya!

By your bitchiness I was referring to your comment that I should move if I'm not interested in a Christian curriculum. To anyone with critical thinking skills, that's an obvious slam at nonchristians and it would get you eaten alive on a lot of boards.

If you're comparing that offensive bull$hit to my so-called "attack mode" which was in reality just me restating that I'm not interested in ABEKA and asking how you know it's better than a curriculum you admitted to knowing nothing about...... well..........your reading comprehension skills and your grasp on reality are about as developed as your critical thinking skills.

Glad you're not my kid's teacher. See ya!

babycrackmachine · August 2013

SunMoon&Stars said:

gigiB said:

My bitchy-ness? You were in attack mode when I replied. Whatever! See ya!

By your bitchiness I was referring to your comment that I should move if I'm not interested in a Christian curriculum. To anyone with critical thinking skills, that's an obvious slam at nonchristians and it would get you eaten alive on a lot of boards.

You are seriously grasping here if you think her statement was a slam at non Christians. You are incredibly defensive about this whole thing.

If you don't want a Christian based program then you should switch your daughter to the school that has the non Christian based program. I don't know anything about either of these programs but it seems pretty logical that if you don't want religion involved don't send her to the school with the religious program. We didn't want a religious preschool so we found one that wasn't. Pretty simple.

SunMoon&Stars · August 2013

babycrackmachine said:

SunMoon&Stars said:

gigiB said:

My bitchy-ness? You were in attack mode when I replied. Whatever! See ya!

By your bitchiness I was referring to your comment that I should move if I'm not interested in a Christian curriculum. To anyone with critical thinking skills, that's an obvious slam at nonchristians and it would get you eaten alive on a lot of boards.

You are seriously grasping here if you think her statement was a slam at non Christians. You are incredibly defensive about this whole thing.

If you don't want a Christian based program then you should switch your daughter to the school that has the non Christian based program. I don't know anything about either of these programs but it seems pretty logical that if you don't want religion involved don't send her to the school with the religious program. We didn't want a religious preschool so we found one that wasn't. Pretty simple.

:blink:

Um.....yeah.....switching to a non-Christian based program was exactly my plan to begin with. I even have a particular daycare in mind. Just thought that it would be helpful to acquire some insight on the curriculum it uses beyond what is available on google.

I explained all of this in my OP (maybe you should read it) so I'm not sure why you're acting like I came in and said "I don't like this Christian-based program, what should I do?"

BTW, gigi didn't suggest I change daycares. She suggested I move. There's a difference. Since moving wouldn't be necessary considering there's already a local daycare that has the curriculum I'm inquiring about (I assumed she understood this since it was in the OP), the suggestion that I stay in a Christian-based program or move, coupled with her singing the praises of a Christian program I told her TWICE I had no interest in, DID make it sound like she has a problem with nonchristian based curriculums.

babycrackmachine · August 2013

SunMoon&Stars said:

babycrackmachine said:

SunMoon&Stars said:

gigiB said:

My bitchy-ness? You were in attack mode when I replied. Whatever! See ya!

By your bitchiness I was referring to your comment that I should move if I'm not interested in a Christian curriculum. To anyone with critical thinking skills, that's an obvious slam at nonchristians and it would get you eaten alive on a lot of boards.

You are seriously grasping here if you think her statement was a slam at non Christians. You are incredibly defensive about this whole thing.

If you don't want a Christian based program then you should switch your daughter to the school that has the non Christian based program. I don't know anything about either of these programs but it seems pretty logical that if you don't want religion involved don't send her to the school with the religious program. We didn't want a religious preschool so we found one that wasn't. Pretty simple.

:blink:

Um.....yeah.....switching to a non-Christian based program was exactly my plan to begin with. I even have a particular daycare in mind. Just thought that it would be helpful to acquire some insight on the curriculum it uses beyond what is available on google.

I explained all of this in my OP (maybe you should read it) so I'm not sure why you're acting like I came in and said "I don't like this Christian-based program, what should I do?"

BTW, gigi didn't suggest I change daycares. She suggested I move. There's a difference. Since moving wouldn't be necessary considering there's already a local daycare that has the curriculum I'm inquiring about (I assumed she understood this since it was in the OP), the suggestion that I stay in a Christian-based program or move, coupled with her singing the praises of a Christian program I told
her TWICE I had no interest in, DID make it sound like she has a problem

with nonchristian based curriculums.

Actually in your first post you don't say you are switching schools, you say you would eventually prefer a non secular preschool.

And I am pretty sure when age said "move" she meant to another preschool, not a new city.

But you seem pretty eager to jump all over anyone so there is no point in trying to discuss this.

SunMoon&Stars · August 2013

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SunMoon&Stars · August 2013

babycrackmachine said:

SunMoon&Stars said:

gigiB said:

My bitchy-ness? You were in attack mode when I replied. Whatever! See ya!

By your bitchiness I was referring to your comment that I should move if I'm not interested in a Christian curriculum. To anyone with critical thinking skills, that's an obvious slam at nonchristians and it would get you eaten alive on a lot of boards.

You are seriously grasping here if you think her statement was a slam at non Christians. You are incredibly defensive about this whole thing.

If you don't want a Christian based program then you should switch your daughter to the school that has the non Christian based program. I don't know anything about either of these programs but it seems pretty logical that if you don't want religion involved don't send her to the school with the religious program. We didn't want a religious preschool so we found one that wasn't. Pretty simple.

:blink:

Um.....yeah.....switching to a non-Christian based program was exactly my plan to begin with. I even have a particular daycare in mind. Just thought that it would be helpful to acquire some insight on the curriculum it uses beyond what is available on google.

I explained all of this in my OP (maybe you should read it) so I'm not sure why you're acting like I came in and said "I don't like this Christian-based program, what should I do?"

BTW, gigi didn't suggest I change daycares. She suggested I move. There's a difference. Since moving wouldn't be necessary considering there's already a local daycare that has the curriculum I'm inquiring about (I assumed she understood this since it was in the OP), the suggestion that I stay in a Christian-based program or move, coupled with her singing the praises of a Christian program I told her TWICE I had no interest in, DID make it sound like she has a problem with nonchristian based curriculums.
Actually in your first post you don't say you are switching schools, you say you would eventually prefer a non secular preschool. And I am pretty sure when age said "move" she meant to another preschool, not a new city. But you seem pretty eager to jump all over anyone so there is no point in trying to discuss this.

Um......if I were to go from the ABEKA to the GELS curriculum.....*obviously* that would entail changing daycares (I actually said nothing about preschool BTW). I'm sorry you didn't understand this, but it seemed like a logical conclusion to me.

It was nonsensical for gigi to suggest "moving" as an alternative, unless you're suggesting that she thought I'm trying to get the school to change its own curriculum from ABEKA to GELS.

If you feel there's no point in discussing this because you're still having trouble understanding, feel free to discontinue replying to me.

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