Mom's Day Out That Is Not Affiliated with Any Church in Dallas?

Metroplex gymnastics has an mdo program for 2 year olds and still had a couple of spaces left yesterday, they are in Allen, just off 75, which may be too far for you, buy maybe try other gymnastics schools in the area, they may also offer mdo. My son is starting academic preschool and gymnastics there next week. He took tumbling all school year last year at 3 and loved it so much, he has been asking to go back to gymnastics all summer. They get lots of active play and learn coordination and social skills, as well as how to follow instruction. I hope this helps.

Try Spanish Schoolhouse. Not sure where they are all located though.

Hum, probably wont find a mothers day out without a church. That is part of their outreach (and where these programs started) to the community and I think your only other option would be to do a day care part time. Maybe a google search would help.

Have you tried searching on Savvy Source? You can search for schools by zip code or address: http://www.savvysource.com/. It sounds like what you want is actually part-time day care rather than MDO. Depending on your son's age, this may be difficult if he is very young. I agree with other posters that MDO's are done by churches as part of their programs (and is why their prices will be lower than the private schools).

My husband nor I are very religious, and we have had our daughter at two places in the area that are affiliated with churches. We were nervous about how it would go and have been pleasantly surprised/relieved. If it helps to know, the churches have never preached to us, tried to recruit us, etc. Also, as far as the curriculum goes, I agree with other posters that they primarily focus on activities and education that is not necessarily faith-based.

Good luck!

Same thought as Michelle's reply. Our Mother's Day Out & preschool program are at a wonderful church. It is methodist. We are not. They aren't heavy on the religious teaching but it is brought up at Christmas, Easter...in a very christian neutral way. They are very thoughtful to not offend any specific religion. If interested, it's Ridgewood Park Weekday Program through the Ridgewood Park Methodist church on Lover's Lane.###-###-####) It's at Lover's & Abrams. Easy to get to from Lake Highlands. I know a lot of our families do live in Lake Highlands. Good luck on your search.

Check out Highlander - it's in Lake Highlands. It's not necessarily a Mother's Day Out but it's a full blown private school and they have a preschool that starts when they're 3 for 2 days a week. Technically they're supposedly Christian based but trust me, you'd never know it visiting there. I'm totally with you in not wanting religion shoved down my child's throat. (Meanwhile, how can anyone say it's not religious when they do a prayer and sing Jesus loves you songs. That's exactly what I DON'T want.) I visited and had such a great vibe from the people there that I plan to send my son when he's 3. And the only reason I know it's "Christian based" is because since I didn't see any sign of religion I asked and that was the answer. I've checked out many other schools and each and every one was very obviously religion based. This was the only one (other than full blown daycares) that didn't, frankly, give me the creeps in that regard. Feel free to email me with any questions. Good luck!!
ETA - you might see if ASI gymnastics has something.

My experience is that the church preschools are not slanted in particular way. They just have the kids say a prayer before snack and lunch. The kids learn cute little Christian songs, like Jesus Loves Me, and This is the Day the Lord has Made, and they learn little verses on a coloring page, like Love One Another. As long as you feel comfortable with a Christian preschool, I don't think that you would feel that a school has an overly "Baptist" or "Methodist" tone.

I agree--it's unusual to find a MDO with out a church...If you are in Lake Highlands, which I am too, you probalby know of CCDC at the church on Plano at McCree...my sister in law sent both her kids there even though she is Catholic (they are both now at St. Pats) and the church is...i think...methodist. I'm not sure about htat butI think it is. anyway, there is one other option I can think of since you don't want the church aspect....

When my daughter (now 13) was little I sent her to my OTHER sister in law's dance school for a mothers day out program she designed. It wasn't only a dance thing--they did a little movement stuff but otherwise it was all learning, art, even a little baton etc. They incorporated some dance movement in but otherwise it was just MDO. now, her studio is in Rowlett (next door to the Post Office off Rowlett Road and 66) so you wouldn't want to go there but perhaps you can look for some similar place---a dance studio or other activity place like that. perhaps a gym like Little Gym or somewhere??? just a suggestion to check out. Good luck!!!!!

Hi A.,

I wanted to tell you about Lake Highlands Baptist Churchs Mother's Day Out program. They were voted #1 in Mother's Day Out programs in the Lake Highlands Neighbors section of the Dallas Morning News this past Spring. Like someone else stated they will say a pray and sing songs, but they do not teach any doctrinal teachings to this age group. I think it is most important to have your child in a program where you know they are safe and loved. Loving others is really the main focus. Depending on the age group they will also get into learning ABC's, colors and so on. They meet on MWF and the phone number is ###-###-#### and they are located on Brookhurst just South of Northwest Hwy and east of White Rock Lake.

M.

Unless you want to go Montessori (and many times they are church affiliated), you're somewhat limited in this area. There's is a cooperative Preschool in the Farmer's Branch area. I looked into this one a few years ago and it seems really great. Also, we've been happy with Spanish Schoolhouse. They do say a lunch time generic prayer (something about a guardian angel), there's no religious content or affiliation. Both the coop and SSH are less expensive than the Montessoris and equally as good imo.

Look at some montessori schools that are not church based...there are some in the Lakewood area and Richardson areas. We did the Unity Church MDO on Preston and Forest (not sure how close that is to you) and it was nice. Religion was very low key and almost non existent except for the very benign grace that was said before lunch. Which some classes never did. Teachers focused on preschool curriculum and never taught religion. Its almost a unitarian church so it was a form of religion that I could easily handle. We don;t do organized religion in our house.

Once again, not exactly the answer you're looking for, but I do think that most MDOs are church affiliated. Back in the day it was often something free provided as a ministry of sorts to families in the congregation. I've been a Unitarian Universalist all my life, so I wouldn't be at all comfortable with something that preaches a certain faith. That said, we had our daughter at Church of the Incarnation (Episcopal) and absolutely loved it. They did a Bible lesson of the week and have chapel for the older kids once a week. (My opinion on this is that at some point it's useful for kids to learn these stories, as they're such a universal part of our culture.) I was also the music teacher there for a while, and I tried to connect to the lesson of the week, but I wasn't told to focus on Christian material in any way. I would encourage you to talk with the director, Micah, and see if you're comfortable with it. I absolutely loved the atmosphere there and the community of families involved. We've since moved and I miss it terribly!