How did you find a preschool for LO?

~Lily~ · June 2012

Everyone I know in the area uses daycare for their LO, not preschool. How did you find a preschool for LO?

Temp6313048411121614 · June 2012

The YMCA has a preschool and our local school district has a preschool.

regenab · June 2012

I looked at the church preschools. My area all the daycare centers don't offer a part time morning class. The only places that do are the churches and the YMCA. We are members at the YMCA but they only had a 3 day a week program and I was looking for a 2 day a week because of the cost since I have twins. My girls went to the preschool at the Methodist church. They will be attending Pre-K there in the fall as well. It is a great school and has a lot of other Coast Guard families at the school. Their testing scores for the Pre-K class (they evaluate all the kids before registering for Kindergarten) are the highest in the area and they turned out to be the cheapest price. So it was a win-win for me. I was raised Lutheran and the Methodist Church is very similar (I attended a Methodist church on occassion with other family members growing up). They are religious based but it is not pushed on the kids. I knew several other Mom's that have kids there that are not religious at all and they don't have a problem with the program and what they teach. They do have music class in the chapel and they explain to the kids what the chapel is and what goes on in service but they don't go into religious teaching at all.

Since the girls have started preschool at this school we have started attending church there as well and I am really happy to get back into the church, I have missed it.

I would look into the churches and synagoges (sp?, sorry), you might find a great preschool program for your family.

Art Teacher · June 2012

We looked at 2 of our local school districts and picked one of them.

Court0026 · June 2012

Word of mouth, google search, phone book search, phone calls and tours. We looked at 3 and ended up going with the one with the strictest food policies to keep DS safe. And they have a 2 year old program for DD next year. Find a couple that meet your criteria, call them up and meet the director/go on a tour and then go from there!

Ready4life · June 2012

We did an online search for preschools in the area. Found a co-op one in a church and a city one in the local high school. After visiting both with DD she made her decision of which one she wanted and we liked it as well. So that made it easy. But it's only 2 1/2 hours a day 3x a week. So it's not convenient to use as daycare. The daycare ones I looked at online near us seemed really expensive since they were longer hours. And we don't need her to go more hours with our schedules.

jonihelen · June 2012

I looked at different types first, public, Montessori and Catholic... etc.

We live in a city and weren't excited about public and since we attend a Catholic church just decided that was the way to go for us. Then I started looking at price, curriculum, distance etc. and eventually went to open houses... Found one we love!

KL777 · June 2012

It was close to where we live. I did some research on it online and then made an appointment with the principal for an interview.

bklynbridecesh · June 2012

Using an independent guide to public schools website and purchasing a book, searching the dept of ed's website for stats, asking colleagues and friends ( I work for the Dept of Ed so it's easier for me I guess) and visiting 13 different schools. I also searched for and visited naeyc accredited programs in my area. You can go to naeyc.org for more info. It took a year for my search since I wanted a free, appropriate or even exceptional full day program. Good Luck!

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