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IHOSM: in-home preschools?
Ok, well, not sure this really has to do with SM but why not.
Would you or have you send/sent your child to an in-home preschool? I mean with an accredited teacher/director. But the physical environment is a house, not a commercial building. We have a couple in our neighborhood and I am intrigued but since he will only do one year of preschool before kindergarten, I am wondering if this will be a negative. The huge plus is these are both within several blocks of our house. And we'd get to know more neighbors which is also a huge bonus.
Thoughts?
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Re: IHOSM: in-home preschools?
how many kids attend?
DD goes to a licensed in-home preschool. The school portion is in the finished basement of a home with a separate entrance. It looks like any other small preschool would - small tables and chairs, class pets, plenty of toys and art supplies, a restroom, a kitchenette, a "circle time" area, and a big backyard with a swingset, play house, and all kinds of outdoor toys. I'm not sure how having her preschool in a basement is significantly different from having it in a church or a strip mall.
ETA: Her class has 14 kids and there are three teachers.
I don't know. I just emailed them for info. I have a feeling they're just getting started. I can't imagine it's going to be huge. Do you think that is the deciding factor? The class size, not the classroom?
If it is licensed, set up like a preschool classroom and had at least 7-8 other kids in the class, I think it would be okay.
Also, I would want the kids to be the same age as DS. I have a friend who has a "preschool" in her basement. It is set up just like a preschool classroom but she has children ages 6 months to 5yr. She calls it preschool but IMO it is a daycare.
Yeah I agree. I don't need a daycare, I can do that for free. I am looking for a real preschool curriculum that happens to be in a home. From their website, the director appears to be legit. She won some award, has an MA and has a director permit from CA (my state). I will definitely need to get more info on them but am curious what others think.
I would, as long as it wasn't spread out into so many different rooms that it made it difficult to supervise.
We actually have two different preschools that are in Yurts. This is such a hippy town! I've considered those. Since they're in backyards I guess they would be in-home.
Haa. I'm in the East Bay, so it's more uppity suburban out here. No yurts that I can see.