Atlast i want to feel how it is to start paying school fees, where can i get a good school for 'frieky' who is turning 3 yrs old soon. The school shd be probably around the west side of nairobi and quite pocket friendly. If there was another thread of the same please redirect me

What do you mean by "west of Nairobi"? Is it Westlands or Nairobi West or Western Nairobi [which includes Kile-Lavi and Kawangware]? This is a very complicated City!

Any way; for a 3-yr-old, the best school will be one of the ones near your house. Visit all of them [they can't be that many] and make your own judgement. A good friend advised me never to take anyone's recommendation for a school. She said I should visit and see for myself.

It is amazing how much you can learn about a school by simply visiting - even if the staff don't talk to you....and that would be a lesson in itself!

st catherine mountain view, thika rd christian school[pre schoolers attend half day], mt laverna[ and all have school transport]

@mnjoro,@karqui. Thanks guys....I will do the school visits and see what i get.

Meant anywhere lavi, kile, westlands area around nairobi school.

Thanks a lot for the advise of visiting the school by myself, i think it makes the biggest sense

Euge, thats head on.....am in the new territory now but thanks to wazuans for their wealth of information. Will give them a trial/visit to see by my own eyes. What damages would i expect from my already malnourished wallet from these schools

A 3 year old should be in the school of life. In this school he needs no teachers. He needs to learn how the wind feels in his face when he runs. He needs to learn to fall and get up and ride a bicycle and play in the mud. He needs to find out whether he can drink directly from the rain by standing outside and opening his mouth while facing heaven. He needs to learn what hurts by walking out barefoot and stubing his big toe on a rock and then watch it bleed and wonder if it will ever stop.......... yes he needs to wonder if the pain will ever stop and feel the relief when it does. He needs to think he can fly and actually try doing it. He needs to think he is strong when he sees you lifting something heavy. He needs to think he can hide behind a blade of glass and nobody can see him. He needs to discover that sugar is sweet and salt is not. He may want to taste urine and put beans in his nose and why not??

I say these are important studies and this is the time to learn them. Do not rob a 3 year old of a valuable education by taking him to school. A 3 year old is not ready to be taught he needs to left alone to discover. Go home and let him tell you what he has learnt. Not many will agree with me but I believe all formal education below the age of 6 is a waste of time and actually detrimental to the development of the child. Let the child be a child.

A child can go through school of life along side formal schooling. Just like we as adults are still going through it. Now if a child goes through formal schooling at 6 years, it means they go to class one at 9 years. Teenage is coming at 10 - 11 years. Now that child will get into teenage while in class 2.

Waridi and Shani will damage 25-30k per term. Madari will do more damage but am not sure of the extent. Don't try operation linda wallet. Wacha mtoto asome.[/quote]

Thxs will come with feedback after i get the first hand info from the schools. The cost not so bad for a guy who thinks can provide for his kids

St Marks Church Kindergarten on Waiyaki Way - near the footbridge, near Lion Place