Preschool....half day only?

PhDMomma · April 2012

So I am starting to look into Pre-school programs (3 and 4 year olds, kindergarden in our state isn't allowed up 5), and all of them seem to be part day with no after care options. For example, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9am until 11am. My question is, how do you work around this? I get that going to a pre-school would be good for LO, however, this doesn't really jive with my husband and I working fulltime. The only thing that we've come up with is some sort of nanny situation. Any thoughts?

LoCarb · April 2012

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We have a nanny so it isn't really an issue. I would look at daycares that have a preschool program baked in.

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itsmevkb · April 2012

We actually have K3 in the public schools here but it's the same as you describe, from about 9 to 11:15 with no before or after care. We have a babysitter who would watch our son after he was done with school but the tricky part was always the transportation. We were lucky that my husband's schedule the year our son was in K3 allowed him to take him to school everyday and then I had a long list of people who I would ask to pick him up. Sometimes it was my husband, sometimes it was my parents, sometimes my sister, etc. It was stressful.

Temp299646250008046 · April 2012

I think some pre-school do have after care programs. Some daycares even have pre-school check into it when you do your reseach. I have my LO in an early learning/ Preschool program. She was in the same school the daycare is ran out of, but split into age groups.

Good Luck with your search!

kms34 · April 2012

We are lucky that our daycare (an in-home) is also an accredited preschool. BUT he will only do one year there before going to a more traditional preschool setting. I have no idea what we'll do for transport, etc at that time. Ugh.