Hellobee Boards Topic: If your childcare provider has a kindergarten option, will you keep them there or do public school?

Hellobee Boards Topic: If your childcare provider has a kindergarten option, will you keep them there or do public school? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 03:44:44 +0000 hellobeeboston on "If your childcare provider has a kindergarten option, will you keep them there or do public school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-childcare-provider-has-a-kindergarten-option-will-you-keep-them-there-or-do-public-school#post-2340008 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 09:57:44 +0000 hellobeeboston 2340008@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Ours does not, but if it did I would send to public kindergarten for sure. Ree723 on "If your childcare provider has a kindergarten option, will you keep them there or do public school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-childcare-provider-has-a-kindergarten-option-will-you-keep-them-there-or-do-public-school#post-2339982 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 09:43:45 +0000 Ree723 2339982@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Cherrybee: Wait a sec, is it different where you are? We start nursery/preschool at 3 and then full time school (Reception) the September after they turn 4. School isn't compulsory until 5, but then you miss the Reception year and aren't likely to get a spot at your catchment school if they're oversubscribed as you'd be coming in outside normal intake. I thought this was the case across all of England? Sorry for the threadjack, this is just a topic I'm passionate about as I'm fighting for my summerborn LO to start school at 5 in Reception, not Year 1. youboots on "If your childcare provider has a kindergarten option, will you keep them there or do public school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-childcare-provider-has-a-kindergarten-option-will-you-keep-them-there-or-do-public-school#post-2339976 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 09:38:13 +0000 youboots 2339976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Our daycare feeds into pre school then private k-8. Not sure if we are going to do public or private elementary school yet. Mommy Finger on "If your childcare provider has a kindergarten option, will you keep them there or do public school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-childcare-provider-has-a-kindergarten-option-will-you-keep-them-there-or-do-public-school#post-2339971 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 09:34:55 +0000 Mommy Finger 2339971@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Public school FTW! I know the school has before and after school care so that's a plus. The only annoying part will be having the kids in two different schools since the little one will still be at daycare.. catlady on "If your childcare provider has a kindergarten option, will you keep them there or do public school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-childcare-provider-has-a-kindergarten-option-will-you-keep-them-there-or-do-public-school#post-2339936 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 09:11:04 +0000 catlady 2339936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We aren't in this situation exactly, but our Montessori daycare goes up to age 6, and we have the option to send our DD to pre-K at age 4 (although she is an Oct kid, so she will basically be 5). Our city has a lottery for schools, so we are going to see which school she gets into for pre-K and then decide. There is wide variability in the schools in our city, so it will probably come down to whether or not we feel comfortable sending her to the school she is assigned to. We are already planning to probably move if she doesn't get into a good school, so that gives us an extra year to sell our house and find a new one. mediagirl on "If your childcare provider has a kindergarten option, will you keep them there or do public school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-childcare-provider-has-a-kindergarten-option-will-you-keep-them-there-or-do-public-school#post-2339881 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 08:39:24 +0000 mediagirl 2339881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We are still debating this. If we end up moving and send her to the daycare that has private kindergarten, we may just send her to that. They have a wonderful program and they keep the play in Kindergarten like public schools can't anymore. We'll see. Mama Bird on "If your childcare provider has a kindergarten option, will you keep them there or do public school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-childcare-provider-has-a-kindergarten-option-will-you-keep-them-there-or-do-public-school#post-2339852 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 08:19:57 +0000 Mama Bird 2339852@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We can't do public school because they let out at 2:30 and I might as well not go to work if I have to pick up DS that early. No one else can pick him up for us, unless we find a nanny. So the simpler option is to keep him in private day care. We'll probably switch him to one where part of the tuition is covered because they're in the government pre-K program. Mamaof2 on "If your childcare provider has a kindergarten option, will you keep them there or do public school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-childcare-provider-has-a-kindergarten-option-will-you-keep-them-there-or-do-public-school#post-2339815 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 07:42:17 +0000 Mamaof2 2339815@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No - only because we have great public schools so why pay? I did/do have to pay for after care though since K is only 1/2 day looch on "If your childcare provider has a kindergarten option, will you keep them there or do public school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-childcare-provider-has-a-kindergarten-option-will-you-keep-them-there-or-do-public-school#post-2339810 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 07:34:32 +0000 looch 2339810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Our preschool has a 5's option and that's where my son is this year, instead of being enrolled in public K. The thing is it doesn't count as kinder, so he'd have to go to Kinder next year anyway, he couldn't skip and go to first grade...not that I would want him to. Andrea on "If your childcare provider has a kindergarten option, will you keep them there or do public school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-childcare-provider-has-a-kindergarten-option-will-you-keep-them-there-or-do-public-school#post-2339788 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 07:02:14 +0000 Andrea 2339788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We moved DD1 from Montessori to another private school for K. We're planning on doing the same for DD2. lovehoneybee on "If your childcare provider has a kindergarten option, will you keep them there or do public school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-childcare-provider-has-a-kindergarten-option-will-you-keep-them-there-or-do-public-school#post-2339785 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 06:59:50 +0000 lovehoneybee 2339785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Our daycare/pre-school doesn't have a kindergarten option, but even if they did we would send him to public school. The elementary school is literally less than a 5 minute walk from our house (instead of a 15-20 minute drive) and we'll want to drop the tuition, especially since we'll have two kids soon. The kindergarten is full-day, and my mom will watch him after school until I get home from work. Corduroy on "If your childcare provider has a kindergarten option, will you keep them there or do public school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-childcare-provider-has-a-kindergarten-option-will-you-keep-them-there-or-do-public-school#post-2339686 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 23:37:59 +0000 Corduroy 2339686@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Our daycare doesn't have a kindergarten option but I might look for a preschool that does. Public kindergarten is half day. I could be ok with that if the aftercare program was good. Unfortunately the school's after program had a 40 kid wait list this year. I don't want to scramble and end up sticking DD in a lousy situation for 7 hours a day. sunny on "If your childcare provider has a kindergarten option, will you keep them there or do public school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-childcare-provider-has-a-kindergarten-option-will-you-keep-them-there-or-do-public-school#post-2339653 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 22:46:41 +0000 sunny 2339653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Not sure yet! We are in a Montessori program so the Kindergarden year is the 3rd year of the program. I think we will decide toward the middle of next school year on whether or not we will enroll in public K or continue with Montessori. MamaG on "If your childcare provider has a kindergarten option, will you keep them there or do public school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-childcare-provider-has-a-kindergarten-option-will-you-keep-them-there-or-do-public-school#post-2339628 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 21:49:26 +0000 MamaG 2339628@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Definitely public. We already left our daycare at 4. She's in a full day pre-K program in our district (plus extended day at the school). It's private pay, so we aren't saving much but she's already learned her way around school, about having different teachers, eating in a cafeteria, etc. T-Mom on "If your childcare provider has a kindergarten option, will you keep them there or do public school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-childcare-provider-has-a-kindergarten-option-will-you-keep-them-there-or-do-public-school#post-2339620 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 21:36:46 +0000 T-Mom 2339620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My DD did private Montessori K and entered public school in 1st grade. She was way ahead of her peers in reading and math. We mainly did it because she's the youngest in her class. She didn't have any issues being new- it was harder on me. We plan to do the same for my DS. Miss Ariel on "If your childcare provider has a kindergarten option, will you keep them there or do public school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-childcare-provider-has-a-kindergarten-option-will-you-keep-them-there-or-do-public-school#post-2339595 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 21:00:15 +0000 Miss Ariel 2339595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Our daycare doesn't do K. However most elementary schools around here do prek, which our daycare does have, so that will be the question. I'm not sure what we'll do since well probably go private anyways, but dd isn't even 1 yet so we have some time to decide. travellingbee on "If your childcare provider has a kindergarten option, will you keep them there or do public school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-childcare-provider-has-a-kindergarten-option-will-you-keep-them-there-or-do-public-school#post-2339576 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 20:48:14 +0000 travellingbee 2339576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Definitely public. I'm a public school teacher and every year we get a couple kids in first grade that went to private K and they are always behind. Plus why pay for daycare when public is available? Our K is full day in Texas. lawbee11 on "If your childcare provider has a kindergarten option, will you keep them there or do public school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-childcare-provider-has-a-kindergarten-option-will-you-keep-them-there-or-do-public-school#post-2339572 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 20:40:53 +0000 lawbee11 2339572@https://boards.hellobee.com/ She'll go to public K. Saves money and she won't be the "new kid" in first grade. red_seattle on "If your childcare provider has a kindergarten option, will you keep them there or do public school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-childcare-provider-has-a-kindergarten-option-will-you-keep-them-there-or-do-public-school#post-2339565 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 20:33:01 +0000 red_seattle 2339565@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DS will do the 3rd year in his Montessori classroom, which will be his Kindergarten year at the school. However, because of his birthday, he could do kindergarten again the following year at the public school-- the public school wouldn't consider him a 1st grader. So, it seems to us that it makes sense to keep him in his current school in order to keep his academic momentum. But also, the school is quite affordable and goes up to 8th grade, and the public schools here aren't good. So if we stay in the area, it's entirely possible he'll stay at the school long term. regberadaisy on "If your childcare provider has a kindergarten option, will you keep them there or do public school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-childcare-provider-has-a-kindergarten-option-will-you-keep-them-there-or-do-public-school#post-2339345 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 18:14:36 +0000 regberadaisy 2339345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My daycare does have a kindergarten option but we will absolutely be sending her to the full day (I hope!) public kindergarten. We'll have to figure out after care but it'll be a hell of a lot cheaper than full time daycare! I know my daycare offers after and before care but not sure if they bus to our elementary. That would be super convenient! BandDmommy on "If your childcare provider has a kindergarten option, will you keep them there or do public school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-childcare-provider-has-a-kindergarten-option-will-you-keep-them-there-or-do-public-school#post-2339333 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 17:51:36 +0000 BandDmommy 2339333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @mamabolt: half day here too :bummed: BandDmommy on "If your childcare provider has a kindergarten option, will you keep them there or do public school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-childcare-provider-has-a-kindergarten-option-will-you-keep-them-there-or-do-public-school#post-2339331 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 17:51:16 +0000 BandDmommy 2339331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We will send him to private kindergarten because kindergarten in our area is only half day. blackbird on "If your childcare provider has a kindergarten option, will you keep them there or do public school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-childcare-provider-has-a-kindergarten-option-will-you-keep-them-there-or-do-public-school#post-2339326 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 17:47:07 +0000 blackbird 2339326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ $250 a week or district kindergarten my taxes already pay for?.....the latter for sure :) mamabolt on "If your childcare provider has a kindergarten option, will you keep them there or do public school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-childcare-provider-has-a-kindergarten-option-will-you-keep-them-there-or-do-public-school#post-2339314 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 17:35:13 +0000 mamabolt 2339314@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'm not sure. Our school district is fantastic and we pay $$$ in taxes for it, and I don't want her to miss bonding with classmates, but it's half day in our district and our daycare has a full day option and would keep both kids in the same place another year. kodybear on "If your childcare provider has a kindergarten option, will you keep them there or do public school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-childcare-provider-has-a-kindergarten-option-will-you-keep-them-there-or-do-public-school#post-2339299 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 17:16:34 +0000 kodybear 2339299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ in CA we have the option of transitional kindergarten for those kids that miss the cutoff by a couple months. i'm still debating on whether to send dd to that or preschool. the only problem with TK is that its a halfday program in our school district so i'd have to find an after school program for her. we'll revisit this in a couple years but i am loving the idea of saving some $$. we'll def send her to K once shes eligible the next year tho. luckily ds won't have the TK issue and we can send him right into K. Truth Bombs on "If your childcare provider has a kindergarten option, will you keep them there or do public school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-childcare-provider-has-a-kindergarten-option-will-you-keep-them-there-or-do-public-school#post-2339293 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 17:11:29 +0000 Truth Bombs 2339293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Our pre school doesn't have this option but we definitely wouldn't take it even if it was available. We moved recently to a county with amazing public schools, so I can't see anyway we would choose to continue paying $13k/year when she can go to kinder for free. I'm really hoping by the time she starts school my parents will have moved here and they can watch her for the hour between the end of school and when I get home so we can avoid paying for after care. Cherrybee on "If your childcare provider has a kindergarten option, will you keep them there or do public school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-childcare-provider-has-a-kindergarten-option-will-you-keep-them-there-or-do-public-school#post-2339292 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 17:11:05 +0000 Cherrybee 2339292@https://boards.hellobee.com/ In the UK, children start school at 5 but there I an optional additional year beforehand that we call "nursery" or "pre-school". I'm presuming this is the same kind of thing you're talking about? If so, I had intended to send E to the local school for her nursery year but its only mornings (5 mornings a week) and I work FT so she is going to have to stay at the daycare setting. Freckles on "If your childcare provider has a kindergarten option, will you keep them there or do public school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-childcare-provider-has-a-kindergarten-option-will-you-keep-them-there-or-do-public-school#post-2339287 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 17:02:06 +0000 Freckles 2339287@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We are going to continue DD in Montessori kinder instead of putting her in public kinder + out-of-school care, even though the public school is right across our home. DillonLion on "If your childcare provider has a kindergarten option, will you keep them there or do public school?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-childcare-provider-has-a-kindergarten-option-will-you-keep-them-there-or-do-public-school#post-2339256 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 16:18:10 +0000 DillonLion 2339256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ When I was a kid, I stayed at my pre-school location for kindergarten and started elementary school in 1st grade. I probably had a leg up, but I don't think it mattered that I started at the pre-school an extra year. I think it was just the fact that I was in pre-school at all that helped. LO's school currently has a kindergarten option, but I'm anxious to drop the tuition bill so I expect LO will attend public school for kindergarten. The school district we live in is decent, and I anticipate it improving a lot in the next few years (lots of new homes being built and transplants moving in because some corporations are moving here). Do you plan to keep your LO at the same facility for kindergarten if that is an option or send them to public school for kindergarten?