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[quote=kaybn]Have you looked at cooperative (AKA parent-participation) preschools? There's usually a play-based curriculum at most of them, and our experience at RCNS has been that there is lots of information on the curriculum (they use the "Creative Curriculum" which is really good) and child development available for parents who are interested in learning more about what their child is doing/learning, and it gives you lots of ideas for how to extend beyond the school day - really sets you up to be your child's best teacher for life. You help the teacher in the classroom on a regular basis, and the teachers all have education degrees & lots of training, so you learn a lot there about your own child and how to support their learning, but you're also surrounded by parents who think education is important, and so there's lots of peer support for a rich environment for your child. I hear Montessouri is great, and I know parents who love it, but I used to be a K-4 science teacher and saw more than one kid have lots of trouble transitioning to structured schools from Montessori's freeform environment (even though the school I taught at was an independent school so small classes, etc). I'm sure that depends on your child, who you know best! Coops are usually a lot cheaper than Montessori, as a bonus benefit, but they aren't usually long enough hours if you really need childcare coverage. [/quote]

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