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[quote=Anonymous]PP from right above. DH and I both work full-time, but we had our DD in part-time preschool with a nanny (we also have a younger DS so this made financial sense). This year, now that both kids are bigger (2 and 4) we made the swap to full-time at a daycare that has a preschool program for their ages and up.

Not sure what options you are considering or what your work situation is, but my experience with the part-time preschool, which I loved, was that it was very geared toward families that had a full-time caregiver at home. It made it hard to make the events during the school day, and because the other moms were SAH for the most part, DD and I missed out on some of the after shool or off day bonding. Not to say we didn't have a great experience, but it was definitely not a two working parent-friendly situation.

The difference in our new school is noticeable. Everyone is in need of full-time care and the school is built around the premise that people are two working parents. While I loved our old school, I prefer this because it works better for our lives (and having a nanny and two kids in part time preschool would have been a reach for us). This seems like an obvious difference but it is worth noting since you are asking.

The part-time place was a little crunchier/more progressive, kids tended to come from pretty wealthy families, the teachers were general middle aged or slightly older and very experienced. Our new school, the teachers are younger and very energetic but not as experienced, our kids do similar activities but probably not as "creative," and the class is a little bigger.

Our kids are flourishing, just as our daughter did last year. You can't go wrong if you find a good spot. 
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