https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:55:50 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-montessori-where-you-live/page/2#post-508377 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:27:18 +0000 daniellemybelle 508377@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm one of those weirdos that has looked at preschools before even TTC! I'd really like to send our LOs to a Montessori school We live in Nashville and infant Montessori is about $11,000/year. That's for a typical school year, so you pay more for extended care / summers. I'd say considering that the cost of living is much higher in CA, and also that this is year-round, that's a pretty good deal! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-montessori-where-you-live/page/2#post-494719 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:56:19 +0000 sunny 494719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup those are in-line with our local school that we signed up LO for. We put our name on their waiting list in March 2012 (when I was still pregnant) and we don't expect to have a spot open up for us until September 2014!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-montessori-where-you-live#post-494538 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:01:32 +0000 shopaholic 494538@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. High Heels: After baby meet-up! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-montessori-where-you-live#post-494490 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:45:18 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 494490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@brownie: I'd love to schedule a meetup with everyone, but with @shopaholic and I both due within the next month... its probably going to be tough to do in the near future! We will definitely have to do one though. Mrs. Checkers is also from the OC! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-montessori-where-you-live#post-494486 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:44:18 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 494486@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: I blogged about LePort in this post (it's preschool #2 and the Montessori Schools of Irvine that @me0wmeeh talked about was preschool #1, but the prices were different when I looked into them a few years back) - <a href="http://www.hellobee.com/2012/08/24/deciding-on-a-preschool/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hellobee.com/2012/08/24/deciding-on-a-preschool/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-montessori-where-you-live#post-494442 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:32:41 +0000 shopaholic 494442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. High Heels: Interesting, gotta remember that too! I know I asked when you posted about them on your blog, but I've been slacking on the schools. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-montessori-where-you-live#post-494440 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:32:09 +0000 shopaholic 494440@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@me0wmeeh: @Mrs. High Heels: @brownie: Totally down for a meet-up sometime too! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-montessori-where-you-live#post-494355 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:11:24 +0000 plantains 494355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>that is really reasonable, it is so much more costly in NYC. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-montessori-where-you-live#post-494318 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:01:52 +0000 keiki_mama 494318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That sounds pretty reasonable. It's about the same price in Northern California. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-montessori-where-you-live#post-494287 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:54:18 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 494287@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In my Houston suburb it is $840/month for a toddler, $750/month for early childhood, and $1k/month for elementary. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-montessori-where-you-live#post-494207 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:32:43 +0000 MamaG 494207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our local Montessori doesn't appear on the NAEYC listing. We use a Primrose School which is accredited by SACS CASI. It might be worth looking into alternate programs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-montessori-where-you-live#post-494202 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:32:14 +0000 kml636 494202@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow. Ours accepts 2 years old for Mon - Fri 9 -12, and the tuition is $600 a month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-montessori-where-you-live#post-494075 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:03:33 +0000 brownie 494075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. High Heels: @meowmeeh: I'd be up for a socal meet up. I'm not OC but we are down there all time time (and I'm sure there is on one else from up here). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-montessori-where-you-live#post-494060 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:59:40 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 494060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@me0wmeeh: You have?! Hahaa you can recognize us in real life? I don't know why that's surprising to me. :) LOL we should all do an OC meetup sometime with @shopaholic too!</p> <p>Speaking of LePort, it was actually pretty easy for us to sign-up and get in (but we ended up at a different school). They don't have the kind of waiting list that The Montessori Schools of Irvine have. They're not "all-inclusive" the way that the Montessori Schools are though - that's why I really liked the Montessori Schools. LePort has more hidden charges, but I guess it allows parents to really pick and choose what they're willing to pay for. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-montessori-where-you-live#post-494049 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:56:23 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 494049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked for one, our rates were $800-1200/m depending in days/hours. We didn't take infants. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-montessori-where-you-live#post-494036 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:53:16 +0000 SAHM0811 494036@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I looked at a Montessori school in Beverly Hills. It was around $1400/month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-montessori-where-you-live#post-494034 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:52:59 +0000 teamjse 494034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. High Heels: I think so, I've actually seen you at Tustin Marketplace having dinner with your DH and LO before. I'm not a stalker. Lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-montessori-where-you-live#post-494010 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:44:08 +0000 shopaholic 494010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@me0wmeeh: Thanks for that info! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-montessori-where-you-live#post-493985 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:34:59 +0000 teamjse 493985@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: I didn't consider Woodbridge Le Port because it's not an accredited program. Well, at least its not on the NAEYC list of programs. (I really need to find out if being accredited is important, anybody knows?)</p> <p>I have an appt to meet the director at Irvine Child Development Center, people had wonderful things to say about them on talkirvine. The rates are about the same as Montessori (I don't think Montessori offers a part time program, since they only gave me 1 set price).</p> <p>Classroom Fulltime MWF TTH<br /> Infant $1415 $960 $690<br /> Toddlers $1415 $960 $690<br /> Pre-1 $1215 $855 $625<br /> Pre-2,3,4 $1090 $775 $565</p> <p>Here is the website to do a search for accredited program.<br /> <a href="http://www.naeyc.org/academy/accreditation/search" rel="nofollow">http://www.naeyc.org/academy/accreditation/search</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-montessori-where-you-live#post-493978 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:33:00 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 493978@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I put LO's names down there too and its impossible to get in!! We must live really close to each other! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-montessori-where-you-live#post-493976 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:31:17 +0000 Bao 493976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Holy crap!! I have no idea how much it is around here... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-montessori-where-you-live#post-493964 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:27:57 +0000 littlek 493964@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think that is reasonable. We spend more than that on daycare. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-montessori-where-you-live#post-493955 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:23:32 +0000 shopaholic 493955@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@me0wmeeh: Yeah, major reason why we stayed in this city - for the public schools! I know the reviews on Woodbridge Le Port aren't as good as the other ones so there might not be as much of a wait-list there? One friend went there and didn't understand the negative reviews - said she liked it. Have you checked out the one at UCI yet? I was told to go sign up for that one for sure and I think it's less $. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-montessori-where-you-live#post-493954 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:23:06 +0000 mrsjazz 493954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The Montessori school near us doesn't have an infant program, just 3-5 year olds and it's $7,400 for a half day and $16,400 for a full day (and full day ends at 3:45 p.m.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-montessori-where-you-live#post-493943 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:19:58 +0000 Andrea 493943@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think ours is a couple hundred more per month here in NY so that sounds about right for Cali. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-montessori-where-you-live#post-493940 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:18:50 +0000 teamjse 493940@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: Doesn't our schools sound just like the housing market?! Over demand for both, but I guess it was the reason why we moved from Newport so LO have access to some of the best public schools. </p> <p>I only briefly read up on NAEYC programs, however the cost difference between the an accredited program and non was such a small difference, we were willing to pay more.</p> <p>DH's cousin was able to get her daughter into Montessori without being on the waiting list only because she was affiliated with CHOC and an executive "called in" a favor. Boo. I'm just jealous. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-montessori-where-you-live#post-493893 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:04:46 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 493893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was going to say that those prices seem incredibly reasonable to me. Get on the list as soon as you can :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-montessori-where-you-live#post-493882 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:01:37 +0000 shopaholic 493882@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@me0wmeeh: I definitely need to do my homework then. I don't even know what the NAEYC is? It's been on my to-do list for over a month to go check out the schools. I sent an email inquiry to 2 and never heard back - DH said that demand is way over supply so they don't even need to call me back. :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-montessori-where-you-live#post-493793 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:37:22 +0000 teamjse 493793@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: There's actually a lot of other options that are cheaper, but they're not NAEYC-Accredited program. I was set on sending him to Montessori (Northwood-they seem to hav the longest list out of all the Montessori, but its the closest one to our house). However, I drove around and stuck him on the waiting list of all the Montessori in our area. </p> <p>I didn't get callback from some of the other NAEYC programs. Yea, if you're still pregnant, get yourself on the list.</p> <p>I think I googled the average rate for daycare and got $1200.00, obviously didn't do my homework for OC. =/</p> <p>Newport Montessori doesn't have a waiting list. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-montessori-where-you-live#post-493791 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:36:43 +0000 Mrsbells 493791@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow why is it so expensive? </p>