Around where I live, (NYC Tri-State Area) parents start pre-school pretty early, like 2 - 2.5 year olds are in programs. I've started to look around since there are waiting lists for some of the better schools in the area. I also consult part-time, so am looking for a pre-school to substitute my sitter time two to three times per week at this point. My DD is very active and is happiest around other kids and people.
Anybody else looking around? Starting soon? Don't have plans to start for a while? What are your thoughts?
Re: Pre-school?
our daycare offers preschool so DS will start that sometime after he turns 3. Our public school system offers preschool for 3 year olds but the center is in the opposite direction of work and we don't have transportation. He'll just stay at
Nora goes to a little licensed in-home, and the DCP does some curriculum with the kiddos; however, we have talked about putting her in an actual pre-school down the road. If we decide to do that, it will probably be just for one year before s
We've applied to put DS into a Montessori program that starts accepting kids around age 2.5. We just think he would love it. It suits his personality and interests really well. We like his current daycare well enough; he's very happy and we will be fin
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DS started at his preschool when he was 2.5 and DD will do the same. It's a school, not daycare and so it runs on the district school schedule. She'll start in Sept.
DS really benefited from the 2 year old program and I think DD will too,