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RedVines




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jun 01 2005, 12:28 am
Heres the short version: The Chabad preschool shut down for next year. The only other available "option" is the JCC. Which lets in jews and nonjews, kashrus is not my standards etc. I offered to teach but all their positions have been filled. The only reason I am even slightly considering it is for my son to have some kids his age to play with. I teach first grade in the afternoons so I could take him with me everyday but it isnt the same. The JCC really isnt up to our standards at all. But is it terrible to send him for 3 hours in the morning?? He is 3 1/2 years old...Any comments or advice would be really helpful!
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IndyMom




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jun 01 2005, 12:47 am
The biggest concern to me would be the kashrus. Is there anyway that you can offer to provide the snack for his class? I get very nervous about that kind of thing. Even if I would send "special" food for my kid - whats really stopping the staff from just giving him their food if he is begging or crying for it. That's why I would say if you could make sure the class snack is up to standards then it would be better.
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RedVines




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jun 01 2005, 12:54 am
EXACTLY! I offered to bring in snacks but there is always a special party or event...you never know! I feel like I would be so nervous..Even though he would be home for lunch and only there for snacktime. So you think its not worth it?
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IndyMom




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jun 01 2005, 1:00 am
It is worth it to have your 3.5 year old socializing. I can't imagine not sending mine to preschool next year, he would go crazy!

Will the administration work with you on the kashrus thing, or will they be offended that they aren't "kosher" enough for you? Or are there other frum families affected by the chabad preschool closing that you can possibly make a rotating playgroup?

I am having a similar problem that they cancled the 2 year old preschool class at our day school and I don't know what to do with my son next year. I go to school twice a week and was counting on him being in school those days. At first I considered the college childcare center since he would only be there for an hour but they require that the children eat their food and can't bring their own. When I told them that it is not kosher they told me they can make kosher food for him - just fill out a form with how to make it. Rolling Eyes I will probably ask someone in my community who has a similar age child to watch him instead.
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RedVines




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jun 01 2005, 1:05 am
Unbelievable, fill out a form...

Yes there is another family here who is strictly kosher and the JCC is "accomadating" meaning I can bring his food and they would inform me about shabbos parties and other things etc.

what about the issue of jew/non jews in the class?
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IndyMom




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jun 01 2005, 1:13 am
Good question. At first I was thinking it is not sucha big deal at 3 years old to socialize with nonfrum and non jews, but then I look at my 3 year old who is in a class with all frum kids and I love how he doesnt come home screaming "I'm spiderman!" or some other "normal" preschool thing. He did come home around purim time and run around the house screaming "I'm Haman", but that just shows me that he is prone to wildness and identifying with the "bad guy" so how much more so am I happy that he doesn't know about all the bad guys on tv from his classmates.

However, when you are stuck, your stuck. If you need him to go to preschool and you don't have options, you do what you have to do. Will it be detrimental to him for the rest of his life if he goes and comes home talking about superheros? Probably not.
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RedVines




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jun 01 2005, 1:29 am
I completly agree with you on the "normal" preschool thing, I love that he doesnt kn ow any of that. I work in the afternoons so he can socialize with my first graders, I assumed thatI can home school him in the mornings...but you know how these things go...household stuff plus I have my one yr old at home with me, I personally think its good for both of us for him to get out in the morning, to have that routine, but only if it would really be ok, and that I am just not so sure about.
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Tefila




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jun 01 2005, 2:09 am
mommyoftwo I would take him w/h me. You never know what they will share w/h each other food and not food wise.
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curlyhead




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jun 01 2005, 5:27 am
how about make a moomy and me so he could socialise
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BlumaG




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jun 01 2005, 8:54 am
I would get a babysitter for times when I am out and make playdates for socializing
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RedVines




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jun 01 2005, 9:40 am
Thank you all, I was starting to feel like a nut b/c everyone here is just sending there kids to the JCC...Altough they arent as strit as we are in kashrus and frumkeit, thanks for the reality check!!!!!
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roza




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jun 01 2005, 10:04 am
3 year old will get snack from other children. it's unavoidable. they share.
if u will decide to keep him home, then u can find homeschoolers in your area and get together with them.
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