My daughter attends Preschool and she has been going since she was 3 she is 4 now and will continue another year there, I don't know if I make a mistake because people are telling me Pre-K is better. My daughter attends school with 2 1/2 - 5 year olds and thery are seperated by age in the morning to noon basically school but after that pretty much day care. What should I do? Thanks for your help just like the best for my daughter.
2006-08-30 11:26:27 · 14 answers · asked by Pretty me :) 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Preschool starts from 2 to 3 years old. They are basically learning how to be in school. How to sit down for a period of time, how to walk in a line, how to share along with shapes, colors and so on. In Pre-K they are learning how to get ready for kindergarten which is a little more complex and is like real school like basic reading, writing, how to count etc. It doesn't matter because your child will go in preschool and pre-k. As far as daycare, it depends on the teacher. Are you seeing things at home that shows that she is learning, like do she know a few colors etc. this age is OK if she in not cause you can teach her at home. In my class, I taught my students their colors, shapes and had them tracing their name so it all depend on the teacher and how far the students can go.
2006-08-30 11:52:01 · answer #1 · answered by sweetiepye1919 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-24 19:55:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the school. Not all schools have Pre-K.
Ages 2 1/2- 4 are in Preschool if the daycare that they attend is not in their future elementary school. 4 year olds go to Pre-K if their school has it. 5 year olds go to Kindergarten.
2006-08-30 11:31:41 · answer #3 · answered by Cami the Awesome 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here in my town, they are basically the same thing. The preschool program is for kids 2-5 - the Pre-K program is offered to mainly 4 year olds (there are some 3 year olds - but only if space prevails) and is a pre-kindergarten program to get them ready for all day kindergarten. I never sent my kids to Preschool - I just sent them to Pre-K... I was very satisfied.
2006-08-31 08:25:31 · answer #4 · answered by Amy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same thing, different names. There's no reason for her to change schools based on that.
The same way that in some areas of the country, grades 6-8 are called middle school and other areas call it junior high, but they're the same regardless. It's another on the ever-growing list of those regional differences.
2006-08-30 11:36:38 · answer #5 · answered by Cinnamon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the center they go to.
in my son's school Preschool is for 3/4 year olds learning how to write, abc's, number, phone numbers, days of the week, season's
Pre-K is for the 5 year olds-- working on phonics, simple math skills, focusing on writing etc
2006-08-30 15:36:30 · answer #6 · answered by ktwister 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think so because Preschool is before school and Pre-K is before kindergarden(sorry about my spelling)which is about the same.
2006-08-30 11:32:51 · answer #7 · answered by masterchief0622 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here in the state of west Virginia, pre-k and pre-school is differant, Pre-k is like the secound year of Headstart and Pre-school is for childern that have learning disablities, but, all states my be differant.........
2006-08-30 23:20:33 · answer #8 · answered by crazy2have3kids 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Her preschool is daycare. Pre-K is in an actual school.
2006-08-30 11:30:43 · answer #9 · answered by Ontario_Mom 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, it's the same I believe.
2006-08-30 11:28:19 · answer #10 · answered by BeeFree 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋