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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not in this situation this year, my kids are older, but I might do a very part time masked preschool with lots of outside time, if one was available.  I wouldn't do a preschool in a larger school community, or a full day program where the kids ate together indoors.

I was a SAHM when my kids were in PreK and we did a small part time program and they thrived.  I think they would also have done well with homeschooling and some playdates, so if I didn't have a preschool program that felt safe I'd be fine with that as an option.[/quote]

Yes, we are in a half-day program with 1 hour spent outside. But I’m sure the kids won’t be perfect with their masks, so there’s still risk. It sounds like you would go for it if you were in my place?[/quote]

I'd probably make that decision based on both how well I thought we could pull of the homeschooling thing, and how high risk our family was.

So, like in my family, where I was a SAHM of just 2 (e.g. not struggling with triplets or something), educated and able to do some homeschool stuff, we live in a neighborhood with access to the outside and friends to play with, and we have a high risk household member?  I wouldn't, because while my kids liked preschool, it didn't add anything that they couldn't have gotten another way, other than a break for me.

But, lots of things would have tipped me over.  If I was really stressed with both kids at home.  If we lived in an apartment where getting out was hard.  If my kids were home with a provider who didn't feel up to homeschooling.  And most of all if we didn't have a high risk family member.  Then I'd probably have sent them.  I think that a small masked preschool is very low risk. [/quote]

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