| Selecting a preschool is a big decision. Your child's | | | | greater expectations of what will be taught than if you |
| preschool experience will have a significant impact on | | | | require a couple hours each day and will otherwise be |
| how they view going to school later in life. This will | | | | home with your child. |
| impact your child's friends, his or her quality of | | | | Shopping for a preschool can be chaotic. First |
| education, work ethic, other interests, and many more | | | | impressions are not always accurate, and it can be |
| factors that stick with him or her throughout the | | | | easy to forget one of your questions while watching a |
| duration of their childhood and beyond. Therefore, it's | | | | room full of small children. Meet with the senior staff |
| important to put some careful thought and | | | | member and find out everything the preschool offers, |
| consideration into the process anytime when selecting | | | | and anything it does not offer. Ask to meet the other |
| the best method of pre-school for your child. You'll | | | | teachers as well. Most likely you'll be offered a tour, |
| have several options to choose from, and possibly | | | | but if not, just ask for one. |
| more depending upon the population density of the | | | | Don't forget to look around the classrooms. Take a |
| area that you live in. While each circumstance is | | | | look at the information hanging on the bulletin boards. |
| different, there are many things that all parents should | | | | Don't forget to look at how the children are acting. Do |
| consider when selecting a preschool. | | | | they appear happy? Meet with the teachers as well. |
| The first thing to consider prior to selecting a preschool | | | | Are you comfortable leaving your child with them? |
| is your own unique needs. Would you prefer to teach | | | | Visit all of your prospective preschools and take notes |
| things like letters, colors, and shapes at home or do | | | | on each one. Then compare your notes and decide |
| you want the preschool staff to do this? How are | | | | which one best meets your needs. Before making |
| your child's social skills? Is this another area you'd like | | | | your final decision, take your child to the preschool to |
| the preschool staff to work on? How many hours a | | | | see how he interacts with the teacher and the other |
| day do you want your child to attend preschool? If | | | | child. You'll be able to see very quickly if he is |
| they will be there all day, every day, you might have | | | | comfortable in this environment. |