Blossom Bilingual Preschool

Cannot say enough good things about Blossom International Preschool. Ms. Marie and her staff create an incredible experiential learning atmosphere—multiple times I came to pick my children up and Ms. Marie was humming as the children did artwork and played happily. Incredibly peaceful, nurturing, and empowering environment with lots of outdoor sensory exploratory opportunities. From a language perspective, my children are still singing songs in other languages even now a month after summer camp… wow, love the global exposure. Blossom is the best school environment I’ve found for my kids so far, would highly recommend to others.

Blossom has been a truly wonderful experience. Marie and the teachers are incredible. My daughter only spoke Spanish, and in less than two months she has already started speaking French and English. Every morning she wakes up with a smile on her face knowing she is going to school. The community, the atmosphere, the care, and all the thoughtful details can be felt every single day.

We started with our son in 2018… through COVID and our daughter through 2023… They are family… We’ve been “graduated” for two years and still go to many of their family events. If you are looking for a smaller setting with an international flair this is your place. Both our children benefited immensely!

In our second year at this school at their new location - couldn't be happier with the teachers, the beautiful indoor/outdoor playing environment, and the overall curriculum. Everyday my child plays instruments, sings/learns new songs, adorns a costume to act a role in the read-aloud story, goes on nature walks, and so much more. The parent community is wonderful with potlucks and school celebrations. The director - Marie - with earnest, dedicated, and bountiful experience has been a gift for my child's first years in school in the ways she creates magic and fosters the children's growth in themselves and as part of their school community.

It has taken me a long time to have the time and space to leave this review after our heartbreaking, terrible experience with Blossom and the school director/lead teacher Marie. I pulled my son out of his preschool program November 2023 because they didn't have enough hours and it was a very structured/indoor program. My son has sensory processing challenges which under the right circumstances are easily managed. I met with Marie and had her meet my son prior to making the decision to pull him from his old school and switch him to Blossom. At first, everything seemed great. But within a week, the negative feedback began around Leo's behavior. Ultimately, she wasn't set up to support his needs - she has the kids sit for 45 min during circle time which is INSANE for 3-5 year olds, and my son could not handle it. There was a lot of waiting in line during transitions and several other little things I noticed could only work for a certain type of child (one who is very good at following orders). The worst thing was he was aging out of nap time, but because Marie doesn't have enough staff to cover the school day, that was her break time while one other teacher would site with the nappers. While licensing only requires a 30 min rest, Marie was requiring them to be in there an hour and my kiddo was not able to handle it, he needed to move around and make noise. Anyway, in the end Marie kicked our family out after just 4 weeks of having Leo in her room, with ZERO notice. We were scrambling for childcare for months and it was also heartbreaking to have to tell my son he couldn't go back to be with his new friends. I did file a complaint over it with the state and you can view the details on the Colorado Shines website.