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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is he in prek for 5 hrs?? Ours is 9-12 MWF which is the perfect combo.[/quote]

Preschool not pre k and it just is.  It’s a great school but I wish it were shorter too.  All the good preschools in our area are four to five hours. But I’m a firm believer in five days a week.  [/quote]

^^ 5hrs/M-Fri is A LOT for a 3 yr old especially as a first timer.

Part of it is the sheer exhaustion of that long day and the other part is this very radical (at least to your 3 yrold) change in routine. Up until now, all she's ever known in her little universe is nanny. Now you've done a 180 on your 3 yr old and placed her in 5 hrs of preschool everyday.[/quote]

I don't think this is that big of a deal. She will adjust to preschool and is at an age where that increased social exposure can have a wonderful impact on her. And I agree with OP that 5 days a week is best. Our 3 year old was in a MWF morning program, and we thought it was okay but hard. When we switched her to a 5 day a week program that extended into lunch and nap (kids could stay for nap time at school or parents could pick up at the end of lunch so kids could nap at home), she acclimated so much faster and we also saw so many other great benefits -- she got better at making friends, her social skills with both kids and adults really increased, she was much more consistent with using the potty and other self-care things because we had the same routine every day and she had lots of practice. She also started understanding time better and her thinking around days of the week and time of day got much more organized. It was hard at first but then she got used to it and it was MUCH better than the 3 days a week schedule.[/quote]

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