Preschool near Annandale/Fairfax/Little River Tnpk for 2 year old.

[Anonymous]

We're moving off of Little River Turnpike on the west side of Annandale.

I see lots of churches will preschool signs. Are recommendations for 2+ preschools?

[Anonymous]

Kindercare
Little River Day School
Annadale Methodist Preschool
St. Michael'sjavascript:void(0);

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JCCNV

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Hope Montessori (mornings and flexible extended care available)
St. Michael's Methodist (mornings only)
Ananndale UMC (mornings and flexible extended care available)
Montessori School of Holmes Run (morning or full day)
Calvary Hill Baptist Church (morning or full day -- I think full day required being PT?)
Braddock Baptist MDO Preschool (mornings only)

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you don't have to be Jewish to go to JVCC, correct?

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Anonymous wrote:you don't have to be Jewish to go to JVCC, correct?

correct

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If I lived in that area, I'd absolutely send my kid to the JCC.

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Any additional details on why the JCC is good?

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Anonymous wrote:Any additional details on why the JCC is good?

Our daughter has been in the infant room, toddler room, and now is in the preschool 2s room. What I like:

Reggio Emilia approach
Parents involved as partners in learning (part of the RE approach)
sense of community
teachers with long tenure
pool/gym facilities
excellent playgrounds
enrichment options for preschoolers (music, dance, etc)
part time preschool options
before and after school care and summer camp for when kids age out of daycare, with bus transport for the local schools
Kids night out program so parents can have a date night (usually once every month or so)

downsides--sometimes the jewish holiday closures can be rough especially in the fall (we are not jewish, we just use PTO and take the day off; you win some and lose some with jewish holidays, some years they are not on weekdays); they also do 1 and sometimes 2 teacher training days per year, but I view that as a small price to pay for having good staff; some people find the dairy/pareve lunch rules to be difficult to deal with, but we eat mostly vegetarian at home, so not a big deal at all to us.

[Anonymous]

We like AUMC CDC a lot.

[Anonymous]

We liked Providence Nursery School, however it's a co-op, so requires more commitment than a regular preschool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any additional details on why the JCC is good?

Our daughter has been in the infant room, toddler room, and now is in the preschool 2s room. What I like:

Reggio Emilia approach
Parents involved as partners in learning (part of the RE approach)
sense of community
teachers with long tenure
pool/gym facilities
excellent playgrounds
enrichment options for preschoolers (music, dance, etc)
part time preschool options
before and after school care and summer camp for when kids age out of daycare, with bus transport for the local schools
Kids night out program so parents can have a date night (usually once every month or so)

downsides--sometimes the jewish holiday closures can be rough especially in the fall (we are not jewish, we just use PTO and take the day off; you win some and lose some with jewish holidays, some years they are not on weekdays); they also do 1 and sometimes 2 teacher training days per year, but I view that as a small price to pay for having good staff; some people find the dairy/pareve lunch rules to be difficult to deal with, but we eat mostly vegetarian at home, so not a big deal at all to us.

What is the tuition for 2 year old 5x a week preschool?

[Anonymous]

These are expensive! I thought preschools were suppose to be cheaper than daycare. I'm paying 1,100 for daycare right now. And it looks like most of these preschools are $1,500+. I'm surprised!

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Anonymous wrote:These are expensive! I thought preschools were suppose to be cheaper than daycare. I'm paying 1,100 for daycare right now. And it looks like most of these preschools are $1,500+. I'm surprised!

Where are you moving FROM? DC just got called out as being the most expensive place to raise a family, largely because of the unbelievable childcare costs. $1100 is really low for daycare around here. I pay $1200 at a home daycare and it's so "unheard of" low that I don't share the provider's info for fear of a storm of people headed her way

Half-day, part-time preschools are "cheaper" in that one month costs less there than at daycare. But no, preschool is not going to be cheaper on a hourly basis when comparing full time daycare to full time/extended care preschool. I would expect to pay as much or more than what you pay now. Sorry!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any additional details on why the JCC is good?

Our daughter has been in the infant room, toddler room, and now is in the preschool 2s room. What I like:

Reggio Emilia approach
Parents involved as partners in learning (part of the RE approach)
sense of community
teachers with long tenure
pool/gym facilities
excellent playgrounds
enrichment options for preschoolers (music, dance, etc)
part time preschool options
before and after school care and summer camp for when kids age out of daycare, with bus transport for the local schools
Kids night out program so parents can have a date night (usually once every month or so)

downsides--sometimes the jewish holiday closures can be rough especially in the fall (we are not jewish, we just use PTO and take the day off; you win some and lose some with jewish holidays, some years they are not on weekdays); they also do 1 and sometimes 2 teacher training days per year, but I view that as a small price to pay for having good staff; some people find the dairy/pareve lunch rules to be difficult to deal with, but we eat mostly vegetarian at home, so not a big deal at all to us.

What is the tuition for 2 year old 5x a week preschool?

We pay $1235 a month for full day 5x week. You also have to have a JCC membership, which is like 80 a month.