What are the costs of preschool in your area?
I'm not talking about daycare, but preschool. I want my daughter to go to preschool this fall, before she starts kindergarten next year. I really think it will help her out and get her ready for kindergarten. Preschool is only a couple of hours a day, usually 2 or 3 days out of the week. Well, my husband is starting to freak out that it's just going to cost too much for her to go. I think he's being ridiculous, it's not like we're paying for college at age four!
Public Comments
- 70 dollars a month
but its only for 3 hours a day 4 days a week
- its free where i live
- Its free here in Texas
- its here only about 100 dollars a month
- At fours year old full time, it's between 125.00 - 175.00 a week.
EDIT: I look at some of the answers above me and I wonder if the 'free' ones are states that have mandatory preschool.
that would be nice.
- 20 bucks a day or so.
I wouldnt ever send my kid though.
- They usually range from around $90/month to about $130-$140/month, also depending on if the school is private/Catholic (which usually run a little higher). It is a little pricey, but you can write it off on your taxes! And it is pretty helpful with getting a head start in Kindergarten. Good luck!
- Just send it to public school. What's wrong with that?
- I pay 100 dollars a month for 2 days a week.
- Preschool is free here in Nova Scotia!
- I will be enrolling Tyler into a special pre-school called a DART pre-school (it's a "hands on" preschool for children with disabilities) and it's $35 a week for 4 days. ($30 for 3 and $25 for 2). So that's what? About $100-$130 a month?
- There are many programs available and hopefully you have multiple to choose from. :-) I'm finding that with the new full day Kindergarten that many preschools are starting to change to all day or more days than just 2...to better help with the transition to full day Kindergarten. But I'm sure there will still be some that are 2-3 hours/2-3 days a week. It's going to vary from area to area. In our rural area community...it runs about 2.75/hr. Usually we pay by month...when my son went it was between 60-65/month for his 2 day a week program. My personal program runs 4 mornings a week at $11/day and I guess it does equal aout to 2.75/hr. Just call around...most will give you the information.
- Our daycare is a daycare/ preschool (separate building for each). For a preschooler 2 days a week, I want to say it's right around $120/ month. It has the title of daycare for the younger kids but even those receive a great education. They are far from just being a babysitter.
- 2-day class - $165.00 monthly
3-day class - $195.00 monthly
4-day class - $215.00 monthly
5-day class - $230.00 monthly
That's at Johnny's daycare. 9am-12noon.
- where I work in Ohio it is 90 a month for 3 days a week 3 1/2 hours and we are one of the cheapest.
- Preschool in our area which is called Headstart is free.
The children go to school half a day, five days a week.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_Start
http://www.nhsa.org/
Call in your area to see if there is one near you.
- in alabama it is 110 for 3 days a week 9-noon. snack included. For me it is well worth every penny. My goal: get my children to love school...that best prepares them for kindergarten. Plus, they get to experience sitting at tables, following directions, waiting in lines, listening to teachers and all of that doesn't even include the pure educational experience, arts and crafts and social experience. Believe me when they come home and say they fingerpainted the letter "A" today and it sounds like this...you will think to yourself, "would i have really did that this morning?" i am sure your answer is probably no especially when you have more than one child.
- My daughter is 4, and is currently in preschool. It costs me $65 a month - a total of $585 I believe for the whole 'year'. She goes for 2 1/2 hrs. - 3 days a week.
