Seeking a GREAT Preschool for My 2-3 Year Old

Hi - I just moved here also from overseas and so I'm not really speaking from experience but I ended up enrolling my 3 yr old daughter in Holy Comforter Episcopal Preschool. We really like it so far, and they actually have openings in my daughter's class right now b/c two girls moved away. They only allow ten in the class and try to keep an even number of boys and girls. I am sure they would be thrilled to have another girl to even it out. I'm not sure what the availability is for other ages right now at that school, but you might want to check it out anyway. The director, Sue Gosline, is very nice and helpful and I'm sure would be happy tot alk to you. I highly recommend it!

I have had an excellent experience at Appletree II on Tapawingo Rd. They do have a waiting list most of the time so give them a call sometime soon.

Since you just moved here, you should take a look at http://JustSettling.com, it has tons of advice for newcomers to this area (schools, doctors, activities for children, home help, etc.)

Welcome and good luck!

My sister sent her daughter to what began as a home based preschool in Vienna many many years ago. The lady that began the school and runs it is named Mrs. Vickery, she is phenomenal! Its located across the street from Vienna Baptist Church. They use 3 or 4 houses that the Vickery's have bought up in years past to use as 'schools'. There is a common backyard with a huge playground. They had low teacher turnover and my neice just blossomed there! I would highly recommend it. Here is the contact info:
Vickery Raymond E
601 Marshall Road Southwest
Vienna, VA 22180
Tel: ###-###-####

You should definitely join the Vienna Moms group posted earlier- it is an awesome group and they can help you with all sorts of things like this question, playdates, etc.

It depends where in Vienna you are. We really like Parkwood for our potty-trained 3 year old and they accept more kids in January, I believe... (for the current year... so if you want your child to start in January, I think Parkwood would be the place.)
My un-pottytrained girl goes to Vienna Baptist children's center and my first daughter went there too. I have a huge affection for this place- for a million reasons! Feel free to contact me if you want, but I think these two places are amazing and very well thought out.
If you want to be a big part of her school, you might try Vienna Baptist where you can co-op once a month and really belong to a nice community feel. We don't belong to the church, but the place is really great and i cannot say enough great things about it! (they might even have some placement for this year still. they have a 2 day and 3 day program and 4 or 5 day program for older kids...
also you might wanna get on the mailing list for dc metro mommy which is a great resource for any mommy in the area to find out what sorts of cool things are happening in DC. The site is run by a vienna Mom from the Vienna Moms Org...

http://www.dcmetromommy.com/

Good luck! vienna is a cool town!

We absolutely LOVED Christ Lutheran Preschool in Fairfax. They are just off 123 so hopefully not too far from you. They had a few openings last time I checked. Call Ginny Trygstad (the director)at ###-###-####. Good luck and welcome to NoVA!

Hi -- We love Andrew Chapel Preschool on Trap Road (between Route 7 and the toll road). They have a mother's day out program for 2s that transitions the kids well into the preschool. It's a great program with lots of activities for the kids (playground, music teacher, etc.). The director is Linda Idol ###-###-####). There is usually a wait list for preschool, but if you are in the MDO program you get priority. School just started this week, so you might still be able to get into MDO a couple of mornings a week. Good luck!

There are lots of preschools in vienna. so there are many choices. last year i started our preschool search. we got into the 3 chosen schools, which i thought would not happen. i considered the fees disposable. some are church based, some are co-op, and some are independent. i'd also consider where you live in vienna as getting from one end to the other at 9am can be challenging. i'd be happen to help you. just contact me offline. typically most schools in the area have their open houses in january/february.

there is a mom's group in vienna - viennamoms.org. there are 200+ members and a nominal $25/year charge.

C.