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Preschools in Fairfax area
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Anonymous
| Looking for immediate preschool care for my 3 1/2 year old son. Want good teachers and not just a babysitter. Considering full or part time. |
Anonymous
| DON'T choose Fairlakes Children's Center (more like a babysitter plus has other issues I won't go into). I've heard good things about Bean Tree (although I've heard it's pricey). |
Anonymous
| Our neighbors go to sleepy hollow preschool out in Annandale and they love it--not sure if that is near you since "Fairfax area" is pretty broad. |
Anonymous
| Fairfax Presbyterian has an excellent program, plus it's accredited by NAEYC. I also liked Providence Nursery School. Both of these schools are co-ops, but Providence's involves more work. We had considered moving to Fairfax and then moved elsewhere, but these were my top two choices. Good luck! |
Anonymous
| where in fairfax? big county. My neighbor teaches at Parkwood in Vienna and it's got a good reputation - it's part-time. My friend has her kids at United methodist Wesleyan in Oakton - also part-time - and raves about it. I've heard good things about the Appletree schools, which offer part and full-time. I've heard mixed things about Merritt on rt 50. If I lived closer, I'd probably send my kid to Hunter Mill Day School - full-time, not very expensive, and seems really cool. There are also a bunch of Montessori schools, but most of them don't seem to have summer programs, which could be a problem for working parents. |
Anonymous
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My older DD went to Parkwood in Vienna for K and it is a lovely little school. Cheap as can be too LOL! It is, to say the least, quirky, but a very nice little school.
For preschool, both my kids went to the JCC on Little River. A well run, very solid, developmentally appropriate school. You do need to be a JCC member, but you do not need to be Jewish (there are MANY non-Jewish families there). Older DD went a few years ago, younger DD is still there. They also have a very large and popular summer camp program. My neighbor sends her kids to Cedar Lane Montessori School. They have full time available and also a summer camp program. I hear good things about Annandale Coop. But I agree it depends very much on what you mean by "Fairfax". |
Anonymous
| Thanks for all the information. We live in the Fair Lakes area but could travel a short distance if the school was right. |