Article: Preschool provides good examples The Montessori preschool and day care opened in April after winning a $50,000 grant last year.

DAYTON -- Their eyes fixed on the yellow foam noodle in her hands, the children jump and duck as Summer Gales spins around inside the circle they have formed around her.

As she lifts the noodle over her head, down go the kids. When she lowers the noodle, everyone jumps, or at least those who have kept their eye on the undulating strip of yellow foam.

The game continues until only one child is left standing. Gales passes the noodle over to the boy who will start the game anew.

"I'm the biggest kid here," Gales said.

Gales is much more than that; she's the owner and Jill-of-all- trades at her Early Childhood Academy (www.childhoodacademy.com), a preschool and licensed day care facility ...

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