Some kids are happy in preschool. Some are miserable. And not surprisingly, the happiness or misery of a child in a preschool usually correlates to how good or bad the preschool is.
The quality of different preschools varies tremendously. Tremendously. And if you are a parent, it can sometimes be hard to know, based simply on the tour they gave you, whether it is a good, mediocre, or bad preschool. As a preschool teacher who has worked in various Centers, I've seen those places from the inside, and often knew things that the parents did not.
I've seen many parents base their evaluation of a preschool on the cleanliness of the place. That's not enough to go on! Trust me.
I've heard parents on a tour ask question after question, the only problem being they were asking useless questions, not revealing ones.
Unfortunately, I've also heard a director basically lie to parents on a tour, telling them nice-sounding but untrue things about the preschool.
As tricky as it might be, there are ways to correctly evaluate a preschool, thus enabling you to make the best decision for your child. In future days and weeks, there will be a series of articles on this blog about this subject. It is hoped that these articles might become useful to parents.
