"Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire" - W B Yeats

[anastasiav]

I'm starting to realize that I really, strongly (more strongly than I had realized) want E to go to a good pre-school starting in the Fall. Something with a Montessori or Waldorf theory behind it. Unfortunately, any such school in my area that offers such a program is also far out of our financial reach -- around $13K (including extended day fees, because we would need him to be there for an entire workday, not just the half-day formal preschool). And that's only for a school year ... we'd still need to find and pay for care for him in the summer. A couple of schools do offer financial assistance, but only once the child is school aged. No assistance is offered for pre-K.

So, yeah, another way I'm failing him, I guess.

Comments

[kuzu-no-ha.livejournal.com]

"I understand that you want whats best for him but you being an active and involved parent, reading to him daily, and helping him be creative are with much more than a private education - You rock."

Totally. That is the most important thing you can do and you are doing. Therefore you rock.

I also prefer Montesorri to Waldorf. But Nathan had a really bad experience so he has his own opinion. We went to different schools.

[goodscagirl.livejournal.com]

My mother said that her biggest concern with Montessori is that I became far too independent and free-thinking : ) I started to question the teachers - oops!