This past week I have been introduced to a dizzying array of choices with names like, "Waldorf, Montessori, Reggio-Emilia, and others." It seems I had fewer options for college than there are around here for preschool. Yes, preschool.
I joined other moms (many I knew or recognized) as we visited with various schools at the local preschool fair. Want your child to be immersed in French? Maybe Japanese or Korean? It's all possible. Programs choices range from those with religious teaching or second language instruction, to those with outdoor exploration, cooking classes, music programs, and you name it!
One program caught my interest, as I think it would be oh so fun, given that I was a fish when I was a kid: one school offers a 30 minute swim lesson (pool on site) at the end of every class. How cool would that be? Go to school and play with you friends for 2 hours and then cap off the morning with a 30 minute swim class.
And then there are the other schools, which are more academic. Schools with things like "Center" or "Academy" in their name make me think they'll be turning out 3 year old prodigies who can read at a 3rd grade level. Hmmm. And the cost is out of this world, too. (Formal Name=High Cost) Maybe it's a pedigree thing. Though I'm not sure I would want to grow up saying, "I went to the Giggly Wiggly School."
And then there are Co-op programs, which I have mostly ruled out. I think I like this concept of dropping him off so I can go run errands. Alone. Without fussiness or distraction. Unless that distraction is a chai from Starbucks.
I've got some research to do!
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