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Kindergarten, preschool or school?

vasilev

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Hello ,
Me and my family, we finally resave our documents, and at the end of the summer we will move in Calgary, but I have some questions about the education there. My son will become 5y old in 13 of May 2013- this means that in September he won’t have full 6y for school, so in this situation where should I sign him – in kindergarten, preschool or school? And what is the situation about the kindergartens, schools and preschools- are they private, or there is some that the government provides for the kids (like hire in Bulgaria) for free. Some friends from Calgary (there child now is 9-10y old) said that their kid use to visit government kindergarten and preschool every day from 9.00h to 15.00h for free and they only pay the after school from 15.00h to 18.00h (350$ every month ) but now its all private and very expensive like – 1000 $ every month. So …what is the situation, how the parents go to work, when they have to take care of the children all day every day , if they cannot afford private kindergarten , at least in the beginning , before they find a good job, and be able to afford the private preschool (kindergarten or school )? And especially in this age (5y and few months) what institution the child should visit, especially in our case when the child DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH?
Thank you very much for your help!
 

vasilev

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vasilev said:
Hello ,
Me and my family, we finally resave our documents, and at the end of the summer we will move in Calgary, but I have some questions about the education there. My son will become 5y old in 13 of May 2013- this means that in September he won't have full 6y for school, so in this situation where should I sign him – in kindergarten, preschool or school? And what is the situation about the kindergartens, schools and preschools- are they private, or there is some that the government provides for the kids (like hire in Bulgaria) for free. Some friends from Calgary (there child now is 9-10y old) said that their kid use to visit government kindergarten and preschool every day from 9.00h to 15.00h for free and they only pay the after school from 15.00h to 18.00h (350$ every month ) but now its all private and very expensive like – 1000 $ every month. So ...what is the situation, how the parents go to work, when they have to take care of the children all day every day , if they cannot afford private kindergarten , at least in the beginning , before they find a good job, and be able to afford the private preschool (kindergarten or school )? And especially in this age (5y and few months) what institution the child should visit, especially in our case when the child DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH?
Thank you very much for your help!
Anyone???
 

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Child care is very expensive here. School is free, you would find a public school that has all day kindergarten as opposed to half day cause then you will pay child care half day or take kid home for half day. You will have to go to a designated school based on where you I've in town, so be careful where you move to. Not speaking English,, your child will struggle a bit at first, there are areas like NE where a lot of immigrants live so people in the same boat as you. Preschool is never all day everyday and can be costly to get into some places.
 

Mr. Lone

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hello reader,
I am shifting to Canada with my family i have a 15 year &11 year and a 4 year old,and we will be probably settling down in Mississauga, can anybody suggest some schools for them and if you do not mind please tell me why you selected those schools.it would be a great help. ;D
 

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Our daughter was not speaking English at all when she started school - JK. She never had problems and speaks English fluently being in Grade 1.