"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.

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[bunnyjadwiga.livejournal.com]

I agree, try the Y. Becca was in the Y program for many years and it was inexpensive; it's just our Madison Y, for infant care, that's so pricey.

Because I work so close, I may be able to get Beekman into a 3 day a week, half day program when he's three that will be $5k for the school year, but since that will take some off his daycare fees, we may be able to swing it. (By that time we will, please the Gods, have sold the house and gotten Sarah transitioned to a new job, unless her employer suddenly strikes it rich)