Tegucigalpa - Post Report Question and Answers
Are preschools available? Day care? Are these expensive? What has been your experience with them, if any? Do the schools provide before- and/or after-school care?
Discovery is the only full day pre-k program and Peque Paz which is closer to the new embassy compound. Happy faces is a daycare that has recently expanded its program to offer lower grades up until grade 2. Otherwise, all the other schools only offer half day for younger grades which is something to consider if you need to begin work right away and haven’t secured in home help. The upfront fees for daycare can be expensive and they do not pro-rate fees here, it does not matter when you transfer to post. - Mar 2024
Yup. Our is about $300/month. See section one for Schools and Children. - Jan 2024
Yes. I have no experience but I get the feeling that while they are not dirt cheap, they're not breaking anyone's bank account either. Everyone that I know who has sent a child to preschool has loved their school and their teachers. The international schools have before/after school programs and both of the main ones offer busing. - Aug 2023
Plenty, but check on how clean it is as many kids got foot and mouth. - Feb 2022
Yes, Happy Faces, Abejitas, plus many higher-grade schools have preschool divisions. They tend to be cheap, many have long hours (with half-day options too), and are very loving. If you want your kid to start prepping for the Ivy League when she's three, these will not satisfy you. If you want your kid to feel loved and valued and learn how to interact with other human beings, you'll be thrilled. We pay like $420 a month for Happy Faces, which includes bus pickup from our house at 7:30am, classes in the morning, extracurriculars in the afternoon, and a bus dropoff around 5pm. About a third to a fifth of what you'd pay in the US. - May 2018
There are lots of preschools, including a Montessori preschool. - May 2018
Daycare is inexpensive, but you get what you pay for. There are to my knowledge, no Montessori schools. - Jun 2016
- Yes. US$300 / month for our 3 year old. - Feb 2016
Yes, Happy Faces was a good experience with caring teachers and somewhat large outdoor play area. Some people use Abejitas. - Aug 2015
No experience in this either, although I've heard that Abejitas and Happy Faces are used often. - Jul 2015
Not sure, though many of my colleagues have domestic staff who help with childcare from what I've heard. - Dec 2014
Discovery and Dowal lots of others, we did not have personal experience with this. - Aug 2014
We were very happy with Happy Faces. There are many options, all very affordable. - Apr 2013
There are lots of good and inexpensive preschool programs. They are about $150/mo for a half day, and the curriculum is in english. My son attends A+ Learning Center, and we have been very happy with it. Abejitas is also popular. - Oct 2009
