Heber is at the age of pre-school. He is old enough to start this September. I'm still debating the idea of it. Because we live at my parents and Brian is in school, we qualify for the headstart pre-school that is 4 days a week for 3 1/2 hours. They said they don't do much school stuff, it is just more of a socialization program.
Socialization for 14 hours a week for a 4 year old?! Is it necessary? I'm all for Heber doing school stuff. Not only is he so excited about school, but it would be a nice break for me. However, that much time just seems like too much. Especially when they aren't doing school stuff.
I kind of think that that much time away would not be good for him this early on.
Your thoughts...
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We had Hazel in pre-school for 2 hours on Tuesday and Thursday for $50/month. For as much as she learned it seemed dirt cheap. I would look into finding a pre-school for Heber where he can learn his letters and numbers and have the social interaction so he can be prepared for real school. I don't think this just social interaction stuff is cool--sounds like a day care. But whatever you decide is probably best for your family. The preschool we had Hazel in we were welcome to go visit anytime. She had a set curriculum that paralleled the elementary school's here. It was great! Good luck!
It could be maybe a lot or maybe not. Doesn't sound super crazy a lot to me. I have friends who have their kid in pre-school for about that amount of time. I think everyone benefits, in their situation. But what do i know, i have no kids. But yeah, the socializing thing sounds a bit sketchy.
Maybe you could just have him go a couple days a week instead of every day. Like twice a week. If it's mostly socializing anyway, it probably wouldn't mess up the curiculum or anything. I like everything as flexible as possible, so I say go when you want to go and keep him home when it doesn't work for you. And you could always quit after a week.
Is there another kind of preschool? that isn't as much time, but more learning? Heber would love it. He is a social kid, thats for sure.
I would deffinately not do that if he's not learning how to read. Heber is so smart that he could totally be learning letter sounds and how they form words. Putting him in a "Socialization" setting will teach him how to hit and say annoying things and how to act like kids that don't get any attention from their parents. If he needs some social activity get a Gold's gym pass. They daycare for 1 1/2 hours at the most while you can go exercise and get a break. It's a totally safe environment too becasue it's all open and there's lots of ladies in there to make sure nothing bad is going on. We did that for the 2 months we were in St George. I used their swimming pool and then relaxed in the hot tub and sauna. It was so nice and I was so much nicer to everyone. Anyway, I've blabbed enough. haha
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