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[quote=Anonymous]I put my kid in a NAEYC accredited daycare at my work (not Bright Horizons) which was a good choice for us. It covered ages 0-5 so, while it was not technically a preschool, they used Creative Curriculum and did preschool stuff.

However, commuting with a kid was the pits, so every year I toured daycares and preschools nearer my house. Most were not NAEYC accredited because, as a PP mentioned, it's expensive. I never switched to a local preschool because -- 
(1) hours and dates: lots of preschools take long breaks or weren't open for the hours I needed childcare;
(2) in some cases, concerns about how individual schools recruited and screened teachers, whether teachers had any education on early childhood development, and whether the "real" teachers were there for more than a few hours a day since several schools seemed to use teens from 3 pm on; 
(3) in some cases, concerns about the curricum, e.g., Abeka or their own made-up version of Montessori.

NAEYC was important to me, but mostly as a shorthand for teacher training and oversight. Otherwise, OP, you have to shop around and ask questions. [/quote]

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