https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 21 Apr 2026 02:56:28 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-preschool/page/2#post-2088761 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:05:25 +0000 Ree723 2088761@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All kids are entitled to 15 hours of free childcare/education from their third birthday (we're in the UK). You can choose to use it in a public school, private nursery (preschool), childcare setting, or an in home childminder. We don't want to send our children out for that many hours at such a young age so we are going with a private nursery for two mornings per week, 2.5 hr sessions. Totally free. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-preschool/page/2#post-2088608 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 13:33:43 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 2088608@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@macintosh: our area has free public preschool for 3 and 4 year olds. We actually enrolled our 3 year old but then very quickly pulled him out because it was pretty bad! :/ Private schools here are insanely expensive, so we kept him home and supplement with some classes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-preschool/page/2#post-2088584 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 13:18:29 +0000 littlejoy 2088584@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We start Monday. It's $896/month for 4 days a week (29 hours). :crying: ... They take 5 weeks off a year, and we pay for 52 weeks, which is annoying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-preschool/page/2#post-2088529 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 12:46:15 +0000 Mrs. Pickles 2088529@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we have both public and private, the public programs are with the elementary school and are tuition based unless the child qualifies for speech etc.</p> <p>the tuition slots are highly coveted and based on a lottery system, we're hoping we get in!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-preschool/page/2#post-2088515 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 12:36:20 +0000 chopsuey 2088515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is in 3 days a week for roughly 3.5 hours/day.<br /> Tuition is $705/month + 50 bucks for playball. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-preschool/page/2#post-2088500 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 12:29:16 +0000 birdofafeather 2088500@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$275/month for 2 full days a week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-preschool/page/2#post-2088491 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 12:20:00 +0000 mrsjyw 2088491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The school we are looking at is $600-$800/month for 5 half days 830-1130. Depending on age, the price decrease happens at 30 months, Ds is 27 now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-preschool/page/2#post-2088481 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 12:12:06 +0000 HLK208 2088481@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: wait, Is W doing 2 day?!? I thought she was doing 3! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-preschool/page/2#post-2088480 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 12:10:59 +0000 HLK208 2088480@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our new preschool is $165 for 2 days a week, 3 hour days </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-preschool/page/2#post-2088471 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 12:01:34 +0000 pinkcupcake 2088471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The preschool we are planning on sending her to next year is $400/month for 3 hours, 3 mornings a week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-preschool/page/2#post-2042392 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 16:30:25 +0000 PinkElephant 2042392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$570/month plus a hefty registration fee for a 2.5-3.5 yr old to go for three hours a morbing 2x/week. And that's cheap for this neighborhood. The places with flashier classrooms are close to double. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-preschool/page/2#post-2042371 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 16:17:01 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2042371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$165 a month for two 2.5-hour sessions a week (Tues thurs). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-preschool/page/2#post-2042346 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 15:48:30 +0000 erinpye 2042346@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Montessori for next year, 3 days a week for a couple of hours, and private pre-k for the next, 5 mornings a week, both $300-$599/ mo. range. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-preschool/page/2#post-2042345 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 15:47:37 +0000 Anagram 2042345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pregnantbee: same for us. Even part time programs here are expensive BUT it's kind of a bad school district so we get free pre-k 3 and pre-k 4 here, and then you just have to pay before and after care.</p> <p>Full time preschool is over 2000/month and all the part time programs I've seen are over 1000 for just a few hours. Sometimes I wonder why we live here when we're about to have 2. Blah. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-preschool/page/2#post-2042341 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 15:43:11 +0000 Anagram 2042341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just looked up the tuition for the Montessori closest to our house and tuition is 14000/year for a half day schedule from 8:30-11:30, 5 days a week. So 15 hours a week is 1,167 a month. Yikes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-preschool/page/2#post-2042327 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 15:29:49 +0000 jedeve 2042327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pregnantbee: I think full time care is a whole different ballgame! That's why I was just asking about part time programs.</p> <p>Eta: I just noticed this got moved from education to child care. That might be why it's confusing. I wasn't talking about child care though! (Even though some child cares do have preschools!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-preschool/page/2#post-2042326 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 15:29:44 +0000 BandDmommy 2042326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pregnantbee: mine is only 2 days for 3 hours and it's $500 a month.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-preschool/page/2#post-2042317 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 15:19:42 +0000 pregnantbee 2042317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't believe these rates. You really don't want to know what we will have to pay annually for full-time care at the new preschool we're looking at. It is insane in the San Francisco Bay Area. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-preschool/page/2#post-2042297 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 15:06:38 +0000 mrsjyw 2042297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BandDmommy: yep, it's definitely regional, we're in MI. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-preschool/page/2#post-2042296 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 15:04:24 +0000 BandDmommy 2042296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: that's cheap! Goddard in our area is more than double that </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-preschool#post-2042290 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 15:02:24 +0000 BandDmommy 2042290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@macintosh: no public preschool unless special needs </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-preschool#post-2042190 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 14:10:48 +0000 Pancakes 2042190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@su9su9: That's a great price for this area! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-preschool#post-2042186 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 14:09:41 +0000 mrsjyw 2042186@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The Goddard preschool we're looking at for DS is $650/month for 5 - 3 hour days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-preschool#post-2042181 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 14:07:24 +0000 ValentineMommy 2042181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@macintosh: They don't exist here either. Public school starts at Kindergarten. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-preschool#post-2042176 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 14:02:34 +0000 KT326 2042176@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We pay for full time 5 days a week but if we were to just do the preschool hours from 8:30-12:30 it would be $700/month for 5 days a week, $550/month for 3 days a week and $450/month for 2 days a week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-preschool#post-2042128 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 13:41:33 +0000 su9su9 2042128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$360, 5 days, 3 hours a day. We are in Northern VA, just outside of DC. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-preschool#post-2042103 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 13:21:15 +0000 littlejoy 2042103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The preschools we are looking at are between $700 and $1,000 per month. It's horrible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-preschool#post-2042101 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 13:20:59 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 2042101@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: that's what I've always meant! Maybe I'm in the wrong. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-preschool#post-2042073 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 13:05:48 +0000 Jess1483 2042073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jedeve: I hope it passes, too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-is-your-preschool#post-2042069 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 13:04:34 +0000 jedeve 2042069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: that's what I meant in the poll. </p>