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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I keep hearing that sending a 2 or 2.5 year old to preschool full time isnt really an option. Is that true?? [/b] So then what to folks do who cant afford a nanny or other childcare in addition to 5 day a week preschool?

Do you do a regular daycare on the other days and then send your child to preschool a couple days a week at first, and then eventually around 3 or 4 yrs old go full time? I dont get it.  But I am also hearing that it is rare to find even 5 days a week or that 5 days a week is too much for preschool. So what in the world do folks do who cant afford two forms of child care when your kid is 2  - 4 ??

Are there any folks out there in this position (or have been in this position) who sent their kids to a daycare center that has a preschool curriculum full time? Maybe that is the way to go. Can anyone recommend such a place that has a good play based curriculum and your kids thrived?

Thanks. I am feeling like everyone is sending their 2/ 2.5 year olds to preschool 3 x a week and then they have a nanny or are a SAHM. Where are the ft working moms who cant afford a nanny too? Help![/quote]

The bolded above - that is absurd. No, it's not true and I'm sorry you have heard that.

I'm a single parent and my DC has gone to full time preschool since age 2.5 (before that I cobbled together "full time" with other options, until DC finally got a spot in full-time, thank goodness). And 5 days a week is not "too much" for preschool. The situation for everyone is different, and it annoys me to no end when people who have the means and the ability to not need to send their young child(ren) to a full-time program make asinine proclamations like that.

As for a fantastic full-time program, I highly, highly recommend Little Ambassadors' Academy in Arlington. But there are also many others.
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