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OP here.   These responses are super helpful.  I think the difference is that when I was looking at schools last year, I was primarily looking at schools that were preschool only, or primarily preschool so they did a really good job explaining their early childhood programs.  At the open houses I've been attending, school officials have been primarily selling their elementary programs.

Early childhood learning is so different because many kids do not have expansive language abilities and the socio-emotional aspects of learning are crucial.   I'm not really looking for something super structured and academic, quite the opposite. [b] I'm looking for a program that really caters to the whole child and uses different techniques: sensory, dramatic play, outside time to develop the building blocks of learning. [/b]

Really I guess what I want is our private preschool with a better commute, lower cost and more socio-economic diversity.   Probably not going to happen.

Maybe school within a school? [/quote]

OP, you really need to get over it. It sounds like you're spouting what your private preschool is [i]telling [/i]you they offer. If it's so great, then suck it up and pay another year. If you can't afford it, then stop trying to compare other programs to what you [i]think[/i] you have.

One thing you have not mentioned in your detailed criteria is the value of Inclusion programs that bring children with varying needs together with experts and additional resources that benefit all children. Private preschools are often fine for typically developing children. But that means the educators don't get a lot of experience in exploring how children learn beyond what's expected.

Try to keep an open mind and rest-assured that your child will likely turn out perfectly fine because of your involvement, regardless of where they are the next two years.[/quote]

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