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S/O Preschool...
Honestly as niave as this sounds I never really considered the fact that you have to pay for preschool...reading the post earlier made me wonder, if you don't mind sharing, how much you pay a month or year for you LO?
I was thinking we would start one half day per year:
2 years=2 half days
3 years=3 half days
4 years=4 half days
Is that reasonable, or from your experience too much too soon? TIA for any help 
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Re: S/O Preschool...
Maybe it's different where you live, but most programs I know of don't allow you to pick how many days a week you send your child like that. A very common set-up is for 3 year olds to go 2 half-days on Tues/Thurs and 4 year olds to go 3 half-days on Mon/Wed/Fri. In my state, preschools aren't allowed to take kids younger than 2 years 9 months.
I haven't researched too many preschools yet for DD but I'm expecting to pay between $200 and $300 per month.
I'll be sending LO to church preschool two half-days a week. The cost is $130 a month for this, which I think is a great deal. They offer the option to send your child as few as two half-days or as many as five each week, which is different from most of the other preschools/daycares in the area.
This is their price for an infant, by the way. Although I think it actually goes down when the child gets older.
BFP #1 9/7/10, EDD 5/14/11, Violet born 5/27/11.
BFP #2 4/9/12, EDD 12/16/12, M/C Rory 4/24/12.
BFP #3 10/6/12, EDD 6/16/12., Matilda born 6/17/13.
Preschools vary by area. Some preschools are more flexible than others and have many options.
The way our preschool works is that they will take kids that are 2.5. It's for 2 half days and it's called an "intro" class. At 3YO you have the option of 2 or 3 half days and at 4-5 YO, you have the option of 4 or 5 half days.
for our preschool (which is private and on the pricier side):
2 half days : $340/month
3 half days : $450/month
5 half days: $750/month
GL in your quest!
It's the same here. But I believe you can pick the days of the week they go rather than MWF or T/TH
My DD is 2 and she goes 5 mornings a week. She goes to a Montessori school and the Primary Program age 3 costs about 6 grand a year.
This is 1/2 days. She will not be required to go full days until she turns 4 then i think the tuition goes up a 2 or 3 thousand dollars.
Same here, except at our school, the 3's go thurs/fri and the 4's go mon/wed/fri. We pay $145 a month, but it's a co-op and we're expected to work in the classroom once a month, along with fundraising, etc.
I honestly think it depends on your region.
There is a Temple preschool that starts it's program for kids 22 months old in the next town over for two mornings a week. I am not sure of the price, but imho, it wasn't worth it at that age. I feel like I do enough w/my girls that they didn't need to start school so young.
The nursery school my girls will be going to is run at the local Methodist church. She will be attending school this fall at 3 for two mornings a week T &R for 2.25 hours a day. It costs $1050 for the year, which I have been told is on the low end for our area. As a former K-1 teacher, it's exactly the type of program I was looking for.
DD goes to a private montessori and we can choose how often she goes and even full or half days.
Right now she goes 5 afternoons a week and we pay $310 a month.
I am in Texas here is the way it works here.
My kids start MDO at 12-18 months for one day a week.
At 2.5 they start preschool 3 days a week from 8:30-2:30 for $280 a month. DD went three days a week for three years and next year will be in private kinder instead of pre-k because she has mastered the pre-k curriculum then will do public K. I will pay $500 a month for DD for private K from 8:30-2:30. DS will not do private and public kinder so he will go 5 days a week for pre-k.
For me, I would never homeschool. I am not the type. Just not for me. So I want a preschool setting.
There was never a doubt that we were sending our kids. I need them to listen to their teacher, be able to sit still, get ready, etc. And more importantly, be away from me and behave......
I considered just homeschooling him for preschool, but I plan to send him to public school for kindergarten. So, for us, it makes sense for him to get used to the school environment earlier. Especially since public kindergarten around here is full day. Preschool is a good 'practice run' for him.
4 hours to myself every week :-)
There is no requirement for preschool, IMO. My dd goes because she enjoys it.