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[quote=Anonymous]Looking for a preschool for my 2 year old in the area where, even though it might be play-based, children at 4 years old still have some academic experience - how to hold a pencil, phonics, basic math concepts etc before pre-K (I mention Montessori as that's the only experience I've had myself growing up).  Would love to hear about your experiences, and why you'd recommend your particular preschool. My child would be going 5 days a week 830-4 at least.

For background, my older child is at a small, costly, private preschool, but we have limited feedback on what goes on in class. They have art and music, but other then a letter of the week, there has been no other academic experience (intro to math/phonics/science etc) in this 3/4 year old class throughout the entire year. The art/music is also very basic - what I could afford to do at home when I was a stay-at-home mom. She is happy, its a cozy small environment, but I feel like what she's learnt (academically) has actually taken a dive since I stopped staying home and they started going to this school over the year (her writing is worse!). The social emotional skills and experience of being in school is priceless, and is the priority at this age for me, but I've just been surprised at the complete lack of anything academic (or anything beyond what I'd do at home).

I understand people have reservations about the franchises, but do wonder whether the more structure they provide (compared to the smaller, private preschools) provides more opportunity for learning/fun as well. However, I also wonder about teacher turnover and whether they can create the warm, cozy environment of a smaller pre-school. Thank you![/quote]

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