Summer at daycare

[Anonymous]

We have toddler in full time daycare.

As of last week half the kids are no longer in his class, it went from 12 to 6 kids. The second teacher is also no longer there.

I asked why and didn’t get a clear answer where all the other kids went but I’m assuming they dropped out and started summer camp.

Is this a bad sign about this particular classroom or teacher? None of the other toddler classes seem to be missing kids.

[Anonymous]

Maybe the good teacher left and parents followed.

[Anonymous]

Kids really only do camp the summer before K assuming the parents need FT childcare. If your kid is a toddler aka a 1-2 yo I can’t see that 6 kids that age would be starting at a camp. What would they do in September?

[Anonymous]

Our toddler in the 2-3 class right now. I’d assume after the summer, kids could go to ft preschool in the fall.

[Anonymous]

The kids at daycare the normally leave have older siblings in camps and are leaving the center for PK 3/4 and the parents want to save a little money. When you say toddler, how old?

[Anonymous]

2.5 years old

[Anonymous]

What daycare has summer camp for under 5s??

[Anonymous]

Maybe some parents work for public school, and they could stay home with kids in summer. Maybe some parents have long vacation plan in summer or send away their toddler and older school age kids to spend time with grandparenta. I know someone drops out at summer because they plan to go to home country to visit and spend time with grandparents.

[Anonymous]

Toddlers don't go to summer camp so something else is going on. School hasn't ended nor have summer camps started.

[Anonymous]

It’s too early for summer camp. Most start the 2nd or 3rd week of June

[Anonymous]

Are you at an in-home? Most kids at our in-home left for preschool at age 3-4 but that was in September unless they had summer vacation plans or grandparents watching them.

[Anonymous]

If there are multiple classes mentioned, how would it be in home?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What daycare has summer camp for under 5s??

Our 12-month daycare used the term “summer camp” from early June to Labor Day. They also added seasonal outdoor activity, such as water play, on certain days, and they had “themed” weeks during the summer. Cost was same. and there was no separate registration. It was just trying to have “fun” labeling during the summer months.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have toddler in full time daycare.

As of last week half the kids are no longer in his class, it went from 12 to 6 kids. The second teacher is also no longer there.
I asked why and didn’t get a clear answer where all the other kids went but I’m assuming they dropped out and started summer camp.

Is this a bad sign about this particular classroom or teacher? None of the other toddler classes seem to be missing kids.

Not necessarily a bad sign. Might mean that some parents are teachers elsewhere and can take care of their kids during the summer. Also could be that some families are relocating (e.g., corporate, military, and government relocation is often in June/July)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe some parents work for public school, and they could stay home with kids in summer. Maybe some parents have long vacation plan in summer or send away their toddler and older school age kids to spend time with grandparenta. I know someone drops out at summer because they plan to go to home country to visit and spend time with grandparents.

Given that it’s only 6 families, I would assume it’s a mix of: parent taking summer off work so no childcare needed (especially if one or both parents works for any type of school system), kids go to grandparents for the summer (either as childcare for older school aged siblings or to foster connected to grandparents/heritage culture), families taking a shorter vacation in June before older siblings start camps.