preschool discussion

missyishere · January 2013

I am definitely hands on with Nora's learning, but the preschool discussion has been thrown around in our home since it's not that far away we would have to decide on registration.

Do you plan to preschool? What age? And do you feel any preschool will suffice? Or are you looking into a Montessori or something comparable?

missyishere · January 2013

SuperDeDuper:
OMG, we have to start thinking about school?!?!nbsp; [:] [:']nbsp; Nooooooooo!

IKR? But really, I know some preschools fill up fast, especially in a city. I'm debating whether it would be worth it to drive Nora to another town's preschool similar to Montessori or just take her locally. The one out of town has a waiting list...

LCass · January 2013

Since junior kindergarten is (for most schools and will be for all schools next year) full day, we won't do anything before that. Lily will be starting that the month before she turns 4. Tongue Tied

I like the theory and idea behind Montessori, but we won't be doing it. We will almost definitely send our kids to French immersion, though.

Fianschneid · January 2013

DD's daycare is a learning center. So, it sort of transitions to a preschool setting. I love that I don't have to think about moving her until it's time to look for kindergartens.

She moved from the infant room to the toddler room this week and I'm already seeing big growth from her spending more time with bigger kids and doing more focused projects.

amyc216 · January 2013

We are planning to put DS in a nearby church preschool at age 3. The one I will probably use said I need to register him in the winter of 2014 for that fall.

jonnygurl76 · January 2013

DD will start preschool in Sept for 3-4 days a week. She will do one year of preschool, one year of pre-k and then enter kindergarten at three months shy of turning 6. We will prob do the same for DS.

We were planning on sending her this past Sept but with the pregnancy and then loss, I lost track of time and we lost her spot. She really could have benefitted from it this year but I keep telling myself that she will be in school for so many years that it won't make a difference.

Scramblersmom · January 2013

DS's daycare handles babies through after school kids and they have a pre-school built in as a normal age and classroom progression. Given that, we will just keep DS where he is.

HappyAardvark · January 2013

Another mom friend of mine, whose dd is about a month older than Wes, is starting her in a Montessori school in the fall. 3 days a week, a few hours a day. I think I'm going to look into the same thing for Wes. Especially with me being home with him since he was born, I think a few hours a day apart, direct interaction in a learning type environment with other children, will be really good for him. And me!

pennysuedog · January 2013

Since Violet will not start school until almost 6 I won't put her in much until after she turn 4. IMO they can learn a lot being home with mom. Oliver and Audrey both did preschool for 2 years before kindergarten. Audrey started K at 6 and Oliver turned 6 at the beginning of Oct.

Oliver really needed to get used to being in a class setting. Audrey needed it more for the learning aspect. We did one ran through our high school it was a steal. I started signing the kids up for little classes here and there at about 2.5-3 year. They have little toddler play times and activities through my city's community center.

blu-eyedwife · January 2013

LBB's daycare is on a campus that goes from 6weeks-12th grade. So when he transitions out of the daycare, he transitions right into the preschool there. We'll probably just keep him in there since I have a feeling most of his friends will be staying. And eventually we'd like to have another and it'll be nice to be able to pick them both up at the same place.

Sammy-Mae · January 2013

No to the preschool, yes to some form of organized activity. Gymnastics, sports what have you. Enough exposure to other kids to socialize him but these years go by so fast, I am going to enjoy being at home with him as much as possible. I blinked and my little girl is suddenly 2 months away from being 4.

lkm2006 · January 2013

amyc216:
We are planning to put DS in a nearby church preschool at age 3.nbsp; The one I will probably use said I need to register him in the winter of 2014 for that fall.

This exactly.

BeesMomma00 · January 2013

B goes to KinderCare for daycare and they are infant through K. She will likely stay there until PreK since our local school is K8

Stewartandmaura · January 2013

HappyAardvark:
Another mom friend of mine, whose dd is about a month older than Wes, is starting her in a Montessori school in the fall. 3 days a week, a few hours a day. I think I'm going to look into the same thing for Wes. Especially with me being home with him since he was born, I think a few hours a day apart, direct interaction in a learning type environment with other children, will be really good for him. And me!

This is exactly what I am looking into for E.

ginamcp · January 2013

C's daycare transitions to preschool when she turns 3 so I don't have to think about it at all which is nice.

aml+japan · January 2013

I've already registered L to start in September at the preschool I work at. I teach 4 year olds and she'll be in the 2year class. I used to teach that one and it's more structured than day care but nothing they can't handle. There's only 12 kids so I'm glad she got in. Not having to commute between day care and work will be awesome!

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