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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the OP -- as you can see, this is a contentious subject. Allow me to answer your question:

Yes, there is a difference between daycare and preschool. Daycares are open year round and usually during working hours -- so something like 7-6 pm. There are waitlists to get into daycares that you pay a fee and get on. When your number comes up, your child gets in. Preschools are open during school hours. So typically 8:30-3 or something like that. Some are partial day (less than those hours). They usually have before and after care programs that you pay extra for. The "good" preschools don't have waitlists. They function like a college or private school in DC. You apply, interview/have a playdate, and the admissions committee either offers your child a spot or doesn't based on what they want in that particular classroom.

In terms of what your child is learning -- it all depends on the daycare or the preschool, there is no blanket statement you can make about every one because every one is different. Daycares were established to provide DAY CARE for your child while parents were at work. PRE SCHOOLS were established to provide early learning opportunities to prepare children for school-aged years. Things have certainly evolved since then and as I said, the level of learning your child is getting at any institution is going to depend on that institution.

For us, our daycare was great at taking care of the basic needs of our infant. But when our infant turned into a toddler I didn't feel he was getting the level of learning I wanted him to have. Touring preschools that year I was entirely convinced that was the direction we wanted to go for him. Had our daycare offered everything I thought he needed at that age I would have certainly kept him there, but there was simply no comparison to the preschool he is at now. [/quote]

:roll: people like this always forget there are full day preschools.[/quote]

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