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Next year Lorelei will attend the 2s/3s program 1x/week. They attend with parents. It's at the public school. Then the following year she will go two mornings/week.

I just submitted our application a few days ago.
DD is 3/27/11 and will be 3.5 years old when she starts!

Wha??? We've got time! Preschool here doesn't begin until 3 - LO will go to preschool at her daycare (bright horizons)

We are actually meeting with a preschool consultant in 2 weeks--insanity!!!! LO has an oct birthday so he's too young to start preschool this year; we will be applying this year to start in 2015 (when he's 2, almost 3). If he doesn't get in, we will do a pre school program at New York Kids Club (its a facility like the Little Gym or Gymboree).

Aw. I dunno about cool. It sounds small town! There is only one local preschool program, and that's it. The fees are really nominal. Ellie did it, and I appreciated that she was able to get used to the classroom and teachers for a year with us present before going on her own. They do some really fun activities, and Ellie has had great fun imagining what Lorelei will prefer and want to do. I like that it builds year after year so that full-day K isn't a huge shock. I don't suspect that will be quite as important for Lorelei, because she's much more easy-going, but for Ellie it was very important. Lorelei is just very excited to go to school with Ellie. She has decided that all you have to do to ride the school bus is wear gloves, so she patiently puts some on several times a day to "wait" for the bus. Poor kid.

I don't think I'll start E until she's 3. That's what I did with her big brother too.

She's so attached to me so I don't think it would go over well yet. She's also not speaking clearly (has about 45 words at 19 months but speaks way more at home than in public) and she's not potty trained. We do story time at the library or a learning group once a week and she has regular play dates so I feel like that will hold her off until 3.

@hilsy85: WHAT are you kidding me!?

I'm a late November 2012 mom, so this is not even on my radar yet! I'm hoping we will have moved by then so I have more options

Are you guys talking about aomething other than daycare? Our state voluntary PreK doesn't start until age 4 so we've got another year and a half for that.

Whoa is it time?? We are still in the infant room at daycare. LO is a Nov baby so we have lots of time. Depending on how other classes are at her daycare we will probably keep her at the center.

@T.H.O.U.: yeah, our preschool is private but not like a daycare since it's only 2 hours a day. Near us, there are preschools that serve as a daycare as well...they start with 2's classes and go up to 6. We opted for private just because it was less expensive and the teachers were still certified.

We aren't sure if she will go to preschool or not (gotta see how the financial situation goes), but we won't even think about it seriously until she is 3 and maybe she will go when she is 4. She would just turn 4 when the year would start.