LittleSis will be three next school year which means now, January, is the time to start researching preschools. In the area where I live, most preschools open to in-house registration in late January or early February and outside/new family registration a couple weeks thereafter. Now is the time to make some big decisions.
I know it's just preschool and I'm only looking for 2 mornings a week to give us a break from each other and let her work on all those school preparation skills like sitting still, sharing, waiting in lines, etc. but I feel as if I am about to pack her backpack for kindergarten. Don't get me wrong, my oldest went to three different preschools in three different states and was still ready for kindergarten. BigSis went to the same preschool program for two years and though it was not overtly academic she is thriving in kindergarten. I know things will work out and in two or three years LittleSis will start kindergarten without much fuss.
There are a lot of factors that go into picking a preschool. Besides the obvious ones of costs and hours, I've been thinking about those little things like
a) will I have to walk her in the building every morning and pick her up at the classroom at the end of day or will there be a curbside system (because unloading a baby is always fun)?
b) are there other neighborhood moms who will be using this same preschool?
c) will she be able to attend and thrive at this one school for the next 2-3 years?
d) do they have before or after class programs?
I've just started the comparison spreadsheet, only having gleaned information from websites and flyers. Up next is the phone follow-ups and site visits.
Uck...so much input required for such an important, but maybe not that important, of a decision!
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