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• Class Rings for Your Pre-Schooler?

  Who knew? All this time I was saving up my money to pay my daughter's pre-school tuition, and I should have been setting some aside for a class ring. Because every toddler needs a shiny piece of metal they will either lose or grow out of within the next six months, right? I said right? Read More... Posted May 20 2009, 04:37 PM by JeanneSager with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: preschool, kindergarten, bizarre, growing up, Jeanne Sager, nursery school, pre-school, graduation, grown up, class rings

• Nursery University: An Exclusive Clip from the Preschool Film!

  How far would you go to get your child into a good school? Nursery University, Marc Simon’s documentary about the hyper competitive admissions process in New York City, follows five families as they go through the cut-throat process of -- wait for it -- preschool admissions. Watch the drama unfold in this exclusive teaser from the film.  Read More... Posted Apr 01 2009, 03:25 PM by editors with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: toddler, parents, parenting advice, NYC, competition, pre-school, marc simon, nursery university, pre-school admissions, matthew makar

• Children's Laughter Bugs Pre-School's Neighbors

  There are plenty of valid reasons why a pre-school should not be placed in a particular area based on a town's zoning. But this one takes the cake.  Neighbors of the Montessori Farmhouse School said it had to go because they didn't want to hear "noise generated by laughter and screaming of young children during outdoor playtime." Oh, the horrors. Read More... Posted Mar 21 2009, 02:38 PM by JeanneSager with | with 9 comment(s) Filed under: Montessori, education, schools, nature, noise, Jeanne Sager, pre-school, laughter, residential, rural living

• Social Networking, the Next Hurdle to Getting Them Into College?

  As if getting them into the right pre-school, making sure they tie their shoes on time, and packing their adolescent days with just the right balance of after-school activities and opportunities to "give back" wasn't enough to stress about for the next 18 years. If you want to get your kids into a good college, you might want to make sure they keep those Myspace pages private. Read More... Posted Sep 29 2008, 03:58 PM by JeanneSager with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: teens, Facebook, MySpace, college, social networking, Jeanne Sager, pre-school, Kaplan, admissions officers