What's a Great, Reasonably Priced Preschool in the Anchorage Area?

Preschool/daycare in Anchorage is incredibily expensive. The Teniana daycare program at the University is good, but not cheap. They can be kindof rigid with their rules about drop offs and picking up. Sunshine school out on Old Seward near O'Malley has been pretty good in the past and reasonably affordable. Sometimes some of the church based preschools are reasonable. THe one up at St. Mary's on the corner of Lake Otis and Tudor has been good in the past. I have 7 boys and the youngest is now 7 so it has been a couple of years since I looked for preschool programs. At the time, I ended up using a home daycare provider who was eager to do all kinds of learning activities with the handful of kids she was taking care of.

Working in the early childcare field, let me just say, don't look for a center based on price because you get what you pay for. Having said that, Tanaina at UAA is wonderful, but if you are a SAHM co-ops are the best, but you have to have time to volunteer.

You might want to try St. Mary's Creative Preschool (on Tudor and Lake Otis). It is a wonderful, supportive community that emphasizes creativity and learning through play and is very reasonably priced. Our son is starting his 2nd year there and we really love it.

Anchorage Cooperative Preschool!!

www.acpre.org

However, I think their programs are full. Get on a waitlist, asap.

My almost 7 year old is a graduate, I'm their bookkeeper.