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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi, my 3 almost 4 year old just finished her first semester at UMD LEAP program. She did the summer session. Last year she was in the Montgomery County PEP program. I like both programs as PEP really helped with her academic skills and LEAP did a great job with speech therapy. As you all know, PEP is 5 days a week, half a day program. DD was in daycare in Gaithersburg for half day and the school bus brought her to PEP for the afternoon. LEAP however, is only 3 days a week, half a day. Working moms....how did you work this out during the school year? I would love for DD to go to both LEAP and PEP during the Fall.[/quote]

My DS is almost 3 year old, speech delay, and he is in full day daycare in Gaithersburg. When he turns 3, I am told that the school bus can take him to PEP program in the mornings 5 days a week. I hesitate to make the final decision because he will completely miss the daycare preschool programs (9-noon) 5 days a week. He loves the daycare preschool program because he can play with art/music, go to playground, and learn letters/colors/shape with other kids. Pretty much other than 9-noon daily, other time are just nanny care time, not educational at all. I hear that PEP program also offers in the afternoon  5 days a week, did your DD dropped the afternoon nap last year at 3 years old? Was that a tough adjustment for dropping the nap?

I am interested in UMD LEAP program, hear a lot of good things about it for their speech program. But, we are both working parents, no nanny, and there's no way for us to take him to LEAP program.  [/quote]

DD did the AM PEP class 5 days a week and was in daycare in the afternoon. It was really hard for her to adjust because she didnt nap. When she did, it was often on the bus ride back to daycare from PEP.[b] If you're able to do PEP I would say go for it. DD's language flourished when she was there and she learned a lot academically.[/b]
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PP here of the DS of almost 3 year old. May I ask what special things offered at PEP program that makes your DD learning a lot academically & language flourishing that she cannot learn/get it from her daycare in the afternoon? My DS's daycare adopts preschool curriculum, and I pay $2k for it a month. I cannot do part time daycare because I need the long 7-6 hours. It would be awesome that if DS can drop the afternoon nap & attends PM PEP class if possible or available, so that he won't completely misses his daycare's academic AM curriculum. I think I am being greedy and wants best of both ends offered from both his daycare & the PEP program.

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