How to Choose a Kindergarten

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Investigate local schools online.. Find a school that matches your child's temperament.. Compare locations and travel times to your home.

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Investigate local schools online.

Step 1

Investigate local schools online.

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Find a school that matches your child's temperament.

Step 2

Find a school that matches your child's temperament.

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Compare locations and travel times to your home.

Step 3

Compare locations and travel times to your home.

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Analyze the school's test scores.

Step 4

Analyze the school's test scores.

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Choose a school with an 18-1 student-teacher ratio.

Step 5

Choose a school with an 18-1 student-teacher ratio.

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Speak with other parents in your neighborhood.

Step 6

Speak with other parents in your neighborhood.

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Make appointments to tour your top schools.

Step 7

Make appointments to tour your top schools.

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Build a personal criteria.

Step 8

Build a personal criteria.

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Observe the classroom structure.

Step 9

Observe the classroom structure.

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Notice whether or not the teacher works with individual students.

Step 10

Notice whether or not the teacher works with individual students.

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Decide whether there is a balance between the arts and sciences.

Step 11

Decide whether there is a balance between the arts and sciences.

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Follow the children outside for recess.

Step 12

Follow the children outside for recess.

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Decide whether the curriculum is adapted for different children.

Step 13

Decide whether the curriculum is adapted for different children.

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Ask how the school measures progress.

Step 14

Ask how the school measures progress.

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Speak with the principal before you leave.

Step 15

Speak with the principal before you leave.

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Gauge how involved parents are in school activity.

Step 16

Gauge how involved parents are in school activity.

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Interact with other parents after the school day is over.

Step 17

Interact with other parents after the school day is over.

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