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that would def be strange for me? is proximity really the only reason you guys went with a church?

My daughter is only 20 months and she has gone to a church preschool for nearly a year. They don't do much overtly religious stuff at this age. The music teacher includes some Bible songs but the songs that she comes home singing are usually nursery rhymes. Once they move up to preschool, they do chapel once per month.

We are kind of on the fence religiously so it is not an issue for us. I grew up with all the songs and stories so they are familiar to me and I am glad LO is learning them. I'm not sure how I would feel in your position... Do you just wish you knew the context of what she is learning or do you have concerns about it? If it just the former I would just google. To be honest, unless you are reinforcing it at home, I think it is all going to blend into the magical realm of childhood for her and the stories will be the same as Jack and the beanstalk.

We've had an amazing experience with our church daycare. We know a couple families who sent their kids to the big fancy center in our community and switched them to our little church preschool and have been a lot happier. I don't know if yours is like ours, but the teachers are so sweet and the setting is very loving and homey. I feel like in our case, there is something about it being their "ministry" to love on these kids that makes it really special. If you are happy with everything else I wouldn't worry about it.

We actually took our daughter out of a church preschool because it was TOO religious for our tastes. She would come home talking about bible stories more than the ABCs. We decided the time they spent studying the bible should have been spent working on academics and took her out.

I went to a presby preschool and attended a semester of private school at a Baptist church when I was a kid.

I recall singing biblical churches and reading the bible, but once I went into the public school system, I forgot it all. I did inquire with my parents why we didn't go to church, and I can't recall their response, but apparently it satisfied me.

@BeachMama: We recently got this one and it works well for when we follow up. The only thing I don't like is it doesn't show the actual verses for me to look up if I wanted more details but it works good for her.

http://www.amazon.com/Beginners-Bible-Timeless-Childrens-Stories/dp/0310709628/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1436541208&sr=8-4&keywords=childrens+bible

This is a super cute book and it's written well - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/140032033X?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00. I'm really illustration picky and these are beautiful. It covers every major story from Genesis - Revelation.

Spotify has some children's worship song playlists which might help you out as well!