Preschool Alternatives

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So there is a slight chance that DD will not be getting into town preschool for the 2013-2014 year. It is a lottery deal, with 54 applicants and only 20 available slots. Other preschools are either out of our budget or too far away. So what would you do as an alternative to preschool? I am thinking some music classes and some art classes if I can find them. I really just want her to go for the social aspect before kindergarten starts in 2014 for her. Ideas?

[karmasabiotch]

Community education and parks and rec classes. Also check for parenting meet up groups and things like that.

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I'm probably going to put her in some library classes too. Our town is on the small side (about 18,000 residents) so options are limited here. The other problem I ran into was getting DS on the bus and then scrambling to cart her another 15-20 minutes to preschool. I need more time dammit!

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Mar 29, 2013 14:27:49 GMT -5 puddleofgrace said:

Are there any daycare centers that have preschool programs?

There are but they are way out of our budget range. It ended up being between $4,000 to $5,000 for the year. The Montessori was $5,300 in town. Yikes.