https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 18 Jun 2026 04:55:21 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-los-preschool/page/3#post-2456975 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 13:55:38 +0000 bushelandapeck 2456975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Last year we did a church based preschool program and it was 9-12 two days per week @ $180/mo. This year we are at a private preschool from 8:30-1pm T/Th and it's $310/mo. We are north of Boston. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-los-preschool/page/3#post-2456964 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 13:49:49 +0000 cat620 2456964@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$360 a month for MWF 9-1. This is for a preschool in a large Southern city. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-los-preschool/page/3#post-2433689 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 19:11:14 +0000 FannyMae 2433689@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3 year old kinder is going to cost us $280 per term for 2 x 3 hour sessions per week ($1120 per year). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-los-preschool/page/3#post-2433516 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 16:40:02 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2433516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs Panda: That sounds great for that area! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-los-preschool/page/3#post-2433515 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 16:38:34 +0000 Greentea 2433515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours would be $1300 a month. Some of these prices are amazing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-los-preschool/page/3#post-2433513 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 16:37:24 +0000 pregnantbee 2433513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs Panda: That's amazing for the Bay Area. We are in the same area and pay way more than that :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-los-preschool/page/3#post-2433488 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 16:19:13 +0000 gingerbebe 2433488@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our son will be starting a 2's program at a local church preschool in September. Full days (700am to 530pm) is $750, half days (8am-1230pm) is $530. There's also extended day (until 230pm) and flexible day options (3 or 4 days a week) for less money. You bring your own lunch, they provide AM/PM snack.</p> <p>We're hoping to get him into a different school for preschool and pre-K, but he has be fully potty trained by 3 in order to go. Their program is 5 days a week, 7am - 6pm, with all meals and snacks provided for $655 a month, although they have 2-3 day or half-day options for less. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-los-preschool/page/3#post-2433444 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 15:48:00 +0000 Mrs Panda 2433444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We live in an expensive area - Bay Area - but I don't think our preschool is that bad. $1,000 a month, 5 days a week, open from 8am to 6pm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-los-preschool/page/3#post-2433393 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 15:21:28 +0000 MamaG 2433393@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Preschool? Pre-K? Hmm, pre-school (3 and under) was at our daycare and we paid $240/week which was a full day program. Pre-K (4) we opted into a private pay public program. We pay $580/month for 8-3:00 instruction. We pay an additional $160/month for afterschool program that goes to 6:00. Since it's in the public school it follows their schedule (2 weeks off at Christmas, Spring Break, etc). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-los-preschool/page/3#post-2433377 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 15:12:28 +0000 homestylecreations 2433377@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We go to a city run co-op preschool and it's $80/month for 3 hours a day 5 days a week. I have to volunteer once a week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-los-preschool/page/2#post-2433132 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 12:56:17 +0000 BelugaBean 2433132@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Last year, it was $90 a month for two days a week 9-12. This year we switched to a different preschool and it's $210 a month for three days a week, 9-12. Next year will be $265 a month for five days a week, 9-12:30. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-los-preschool/page/2#post-2433117 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 12:46:27 +0000 BandDmommy 2433117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours is not bad, I send full day Monday - Friday. $1,340 for the month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-los-preschool/page/2#post-2433112 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 12:45:04 +0000 BandDmommy 2433112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@knittylady: Co-ops really only work for SAHM. And even hard for them if you have more than 1 child. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-los-preschool/page/2#post-2433095 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 12:38:12 +0000 KT326 2433095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do full time preschool + daycare so it comes out to $1,220/month. Summer camp has an additional $50 fee and there is an annual $100 insurance fee and $100 enrollment fee. </p> <p>They offer just morning session preschool ranging from $485/month for 2 days a week to $895/month for 5 days a week. But since DH and I both work we need the daycare too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-los-preschool/page/2#post-2433037 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 12:08:10 +0000 kodybear 2433037@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ours is $1300/month full time preschool. at least 1.5 more years for the oldest and 3.5 years for the younger (his tuition is $1700/month right now). :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-los-preschool/page/2#post-2433022 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 11:57:28 +0000 JoJoGirl 2433022@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PrincessBaby: Oh trust me, if we could afford it, we would. DH and I also both work full-time with no family nearby, hence my absolute terror about what we're going to do with #2 when daycare alone will run us $50K in this area. DH will be solo parenting in the am, and I do in the evenings, so all I can think to do is get a 12 year old mother's helper who will be cheap to help out? I have no idea. Right now when school is closed or LO gets sick we either pay a high school sitter to come (for holidays) or I have to take unpaid time because I have no PTO left :-| it's really not a sustainable situation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-los-preschool/page/2#post-2433020 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 11:52:35 +0000 rachiecakes 2433020@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: we have a church preschool in an affluent neighboring town and it's $30/day half day and $50/day full, pretty amazing for this area, I'd say!<br /> J goes twice a week half days and we can add additional days as needed.</p> <p>ETA it's also an affiliate of one of the best private boys school in the country. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-los-preschool/page/2#post-2433003 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 11:42:17 +0000 winniebee 2433003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PrincessBaby: yup we've got the school plus nanny situation too. Yay. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-los-preschool/page/2#post-2432970 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 11:20:05 +0000 PrincessBaby 2432970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: I hear you...That is the nice thing that when they're closed, it doesn't matter, or if she's sick, it doesn't matter, bc she can just stay home with the nanny and the baby. I don't really have a choice though bc I work 50+ hours a week and I'd never be able to make everything work if I had 2 drop-offs and 2 pickups. Oh and I solo parent 50% of the time, with no family nearby, so I just have to suck it up and pay out the wahoo for a nanny until they're both old enough to go to preK every day, all-day. So we've got at least a year and a half more of paying for a nanny for LO2. She can go to summer camp at the private pre-K starting end of May 2017. Siblings get first dibs, fortunately, before outside children get in. That's why LO1 was wait listed for so long and we had to jump on the opening they gave us. </p> <p>It's all so crazy bc I just stayed in daycare until I went to kindergarten and I'm fine! But I feel like that isn't good enough, and I don't know why. That being said, my LO turned 3 in Dec and she knows ABCs, can count to at least 20 or so, and knows days of the week, months, can spell her name - it's amazing, so I tell myself it's worth it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-los-preschool/page/2#post-2432928 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 11:00:35 +0000 Periwinkle 2432928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>These posts make me want to cry and move! We're in the general NYC area and do a combination of in-home caregiver (2 days/week) and a full day nursery school with extended hours (3 days/week). When all is said and done, between the 2 programs it's scary expensive, like close to $1,700/month. Ouch. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-los-preschool/page/2#post-2432910 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 10:49:56 +0000 Trailmix 2432910@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: yup. I can't even read these posts bc I just want to cry :crying: </p> <p>I think ours comes out to about $40 per hour per kid (for 2 days a week at 2.5 hours each day). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-los-preschool/page/2#post-2432903 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 10:46:36 +0000 lovehoneybee 2432903@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We pay $179/wk for the preschool class (the younger classes are more...I think the infant room is closer to $275/wk) for about 9 hrs a day and includes 2 meals and a snack....which is just under $4/day. He's at a Hildebrant Learning Center, which was recently acquired by Bright Horizons. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-los-preschool/page/2#post-2432850 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 10:13:33 +0000 winniebee 2432850@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: will wall u! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-los-preschool/page/2#post-2432848 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 10:12:54 +0000 ShootingStar 2432848@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our preschool (which is really daycare) is $220/week. But we'll actually get a 20% sibling discount when he starts in the preschool class so it'll only be $176/week. </p> <p>Total for the two kids will be about $2k/month and we're considering doing daycare for 3 days and nanny for 2 days, and that would still be around $2k I think. Or maybe a morning nanny, and that will be more expensive but convenient every day. Decisions, decisions.</p> <p>@yoursilverlining: Wow, that's a lot for Kindergarten! We're in MA which is generally more expensive and the two closesest private kindergartens are about $13k (Montessori) and $8k (Catholic). Of course there's after school fees on top of that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-los-preschool/page/2#post-2432842 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 10:11:01 +0000 knittylady 2432842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: walled you :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-los-preschool/page/2#post-2432840 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 10:10:46 +0000 kiddosc 2432840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>4k is public in our city, 3hours/day 4x/week... so it's free. There are programs at some of the local elementary schools and at some of the local daycares. He'll go to the program at his current daycare, so we don't have to worry about transportation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-los-preschool/page/2#post-2432837 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 10:09:52 +0000 yoursilverlining 2432837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: @knittylady: what's PG? You have me intrigued!<br /> Yeah the after care fees get me, for real. I keep thinking I find a place and then it's the old switcheroo! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-los-preschool/page/2#post-2432828 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 10:05:21 +0000 knittylady 2432828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: @yoursilverlining: Yeah, just looked into the co-op more and it looks like a working moms nightmare. Sorry about that! We're looking at PG as well. Seems like the cheaper side (for the amount of hours) for the area. It's bonkers. :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-los-preschool/page/2#post-2432823 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 10:02:03 +0000 winniebee 2432823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: yup T goes to PG and you can pay extra for aftercare and before care but come on at 1300 for pre-k I've gotta pay an extra 20 bucks a day on top of that? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-los-preschool/page/2#post-2432821 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 10:01:46 +0000 Charm54 2432821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>:shocked: :shocked: ?!?!? i am floored at these prices !</p> <p>Our daycare has a morning preschool session and then regular daycare activities in the aftn...its $26 for the day, or $15 a day if you just want the am preschool </p>