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Educational Advocacy
& Consulting:
Special Education & Gifted
(310) 314-2113
phone
info@lorenrgrossman.com
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HOW
TO SURVIVE PRE-SCHOOL PANIC:
LEARNING TO LOVE THE FLEXIBILITY OF PARENTHOOD
- Use your intuition
- Ask your pediatrician
- Get on the “mommy
tomtoms”: network in the park
- Call Connections
for Children for day care referrals
- Read through Los
Angeles Family, Wet Set Gazette, etc., for ideas
- Is the school within
walking distance? Will “playdate” logistics be easy?
- Is the director
open to frequent communications & observations?
- Do teachers have
something nice to say about each child at the end of the day?
- How are conflicts
resolved?
- How are children
with special needs accommodated?
- Try a parent-and-me
group or spend a day visiting to get a feel for the school: is it a
good fit?
- Review educational
philosophies for personal compatibility: Montessori, Waldorf, Reggio
Emilia, etc.
- Keep an eye out
for the next educational step:
- By age 3, start
looking at local public pre-K programs
- By 4, look at local
[LAUSD] magnet kindergartens
- Remember that student:teacher
ratios in CA public schools are 20:1 in K-3, rising to 32:1 in 4th grade,
& 35:1 in 6th
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