When looking at a preschool, you should ask if it's licensed and accredited. It's most important that it is a licensed preschool. This means that the preschool has met the requirements by the state or the city and paid the appropriate money, and also filled out the paperwork and has all the right requirements for a preschool. And so it is a good question to ask when you're on a tour. A preschool can, but is not always accredited. Accredited is a process that a school goes through to get an accreditation. And it means that you have met requirements and you have a stamp of approval, usually by a big organization, it depends on where you live, that you have met the requirements, you are a really good school, and you know how to teach children of this age and you are accredited. So it's a real stamp of approval to be accredited. And the schools, remember, go through a lot to get this accreditation. It's important to them. So do ask about it when you're on a tour. It also depends where you live and very much often, there's very good schools that are not accredited. So it doesn't mean not to go there; it just is a question to ask.