Clicky Poll - Preschool?

[graceinca]

I can't believe our kids are a few months away from being 2 years old!

[cl8badb]

I think i am going to send him to this new PS thats supposed to open in the near future. According to the zoning proposal we are zoned for it so hopefully we dont have trouble getting in.

Grace, can you set up a poll for full time vs part time preK? Like who is planning to do what?

Ive had some friends tell me to shoot for full time and that that fills up fast. Then ive had others suggest part time. Im curious to know what the moms on here have experienced or what they plan to do.

[peachey]

So I guess I didn't think preschool started til 3?

[musicalsilver]

I voted already enrolled in a preschool. The Montessori that LO currently attends goes up to age 6. If the Montessori style continues to suit him, we see no reason to switch before then (barring financial issues).

ETA: our state-funded preschools aren't until age 4, so real "pre-school" isn't for a while here. 

[cl8badb]

I can also have him go to preK where we are attending the toddler class too. You cant enroll yet.
I plan to send him to their young nursery and nursery programs first. I believe if we continue there we get priority when moving up bc we are in the toddler class.
(Thats why we are in the toddler class. Its very hard to get into the nursery and preK program there)

[cl8badb]

Jan 29, 2015 15:08:45 GMT -5 peachey said:

So I guess I didn't think preschool started til 3?

I think its 4 over here (public school) and 3 for some private schools.

[vasc]

She will be in whatever preschool program is at daycare. I haven't investigated it yet. To my knowledge it's just standard preschool, nothing fancy like Montessori.

[skk]

Our current daycare runs through age 5 and does preschool. We may decide to switch him to a different preschool at age 4, but for now we'll just continue on because it works well for all of us.

[sctiger]

She will keep going to daycare. We are on the waiting list for a place that has more of a preschool atmosphere but our current place is great so she will be fine either way. In SC public school doesn't start until kindergarten but there are 4K programs at many schools, but only for low income/at risk families.

[subliminalrabbit]

I picked the SS option because we have no idea where we'll be living come this summer. I definitely want E in part-time daycare/preschool within the next year, but don't have any options sorted yet because who knows where we'll be!

[daffy2k]

There is only 1 preschool in town, so no thought is really necessary, lol. We will enroll her after her 3rd birthday since that's the earliest they can start here.

[lioness13]

She can't go until she's 4 here so we are sticking with daycare until the time comes to enroll. It's a lottery.

[anw39]

G is in a preschool academy at our local church but it runs more like a mother's day out program!

[momofcatan]

If we were staying with our current DC she would start nursery (3 yo) at one of the Jewish schools in our area. If we switch to a DC center I might keep her in the center for nursery or send to one of the Jewish schools.

I won't need to make a decision until spring of next year, there won't be trouble getting in anywhere.

[trutru127]

The daycare we are currently in has a curriculum starting at 18 months and then official pre-school at 3 so for now, that's where he will stay for now. When he is 3 or 4, we will try to enroll him in the official pre-K for the district DH works for b/c I don't want him at the ones in my district. Pre-K is not mandatory here so the public pre-K's are limited. I am hoping b/c DH is staff, we can get in.

[michelin82]

Our daycare has a preschool room with an outlined curriculum. I love the center we're at, so we plan to stay there.

[islandgirl14]

Oh gosh... I've barely even given this thought... I have no idea when they are supposed to start preschool, much less where he would even go!? We use an in-home sitter so it's not something that is (or can be) part of his normal child-care... Oh dear...

[majwv8]

She goes to an inhome daycare so there is no "curriculum" there. She will probably continue to go there because there just isn't a lot of options where we live.

The public school offers preschool for 3 and 4 year olds - admission is based on need. All 4 years olds get in and then if there is space, they let in the 3 year olds that they think need more schooling. I know parents who bring their kids to the screening tired and hungry so they do poorly and get in. So if she can get in she wouldn't start until next fall - otherwise it wouldn't be till the fall she is 4.

[huckleberry08]

His daycare transitions into a preschool curriculum and a pre-k. Luckily. One less thing for us to worry about right now.

[phishgirl]

Daycare preschool. When he turns 4, they have a Spanish teacher and also offer (for extra money) piano lessons. We will be taking them up on that too. That was a big factor in us picking this daycare over others.

[callmeKD]

Our DCP does an awesome pre-K program.

[heelibrarian]

DD will go to the same preschool that DS goes to. We'll have one year off, so to speak, then in fall 2016 she'll go to preschool when she's 3.

[lingeringwithcoffee]

DD will most likely stay at her current daycare, which officially starts preschool at age 2. She will most likely stay there until kindergarten, but I might send her to the public school daycare when she is 4 because it is free (it is a lottery system as far as admission goes).

[stargazer763]

Once DH gets a job, we'll be putting G into daycare. Hopefully that will cover it.

Preschools are CRAZY around here. One woman was talking about a preschool that was $20,000 a year! That would put me well into the "can't afford it" category.

[kames12]

Our daycare also does preschool. So he'll go there.

[graciel79]

He'll either go to pre-k at the school I teach at or the elementary school near my parents' house. They're both in the same district. He'll go when he's four.

[sympkin]

Not necessary?

Full day public school starts here at 4 and many keep their kids in daycare until that time so I don't feel a big stress to find a program.

That said, she is currently taking classes with a facility that has half-day school prep program that I might look into if we are still in the area next year.

[ciahanna]

The plan right now is to homeschool. If we decide not to do that we'd probably send her to one of the Catholic schools in the area.

[dmlk413]

My DCP has a preschool curriculum that she starts with the kids when they turn 3. I'm actually pretty impressed with it.

[doodletwins]

We have a few early childhood teachers who've become sahms in the neighborhood. We've talked about setting up a mini preschool with our kids and taking turns teaching the curriculum. I haven't thought about it much other than that. We'll probably see how that goes and decide if we should change it.