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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think you're all ignoring that there is an abundance (at least where I live) of accredited full-day preschools that start at age 2 or 2.5. Most are play-based/reggio Emilia/montessori until pre-k4, but they are preschools with preschool curricula nonetheless.

Both of my children were prepared to Kindergarten when they got there (e.g. knew their letters/numbers/a lot of CAC words and obviously knew all the social things they needed to know like standing in line, interacting with peers, no hitting/grabbing, how to zip/unzip their coats, how to unpack and repack their lunch boxes, etc.).

I'm not sure why this causes SAHMs who send their children to half-day programs to learn these things so much stress. [/quote]

I think this is what is so bizarre to me about this whole conversation. My kids each went to daycare for a couple years then to a full day preschool program, each at a place with “school” or “preschool” in the name. I looked at many different programs and nearly all of them offered full day programs. Some, including the ones I picked, had options for half days. At the first school it was about half and half full day/half day. The second the half day kids were a serious minority. Several families had supplementary childcare of various forms even if they used the full day program (grandparents, au pair). In both cases there was an aftercare but I didn’t think it was great and was thankful that I could pick my kids up at the end of the school day (which aligned with the end of the school day for my older child in elementary school). Around where I live (in the DMV) that appears to be the norm for preschool and anyone who is confused and astonished that preschool can be more than 5 hours a week has never interacted with an actual preschool family.

The idea that I’m supposed to call that daycare (despite the program name) because I work while they are there is crazy. Similarly I called the daycare by the name and “school “ interchangeably not because I cared but because that was the language the daycare used. Same for teachers vs. daycare worker.

I posted earlier that I couldn’t believe people care about this and I am so shocked this whole thing is still going. I teach my kids that there’s no one rule for what we call people (I’m not strict about Mrs. And Mr.), we call people what they introduce themselves as or we ask them what they like to be called. This is the same thing to me as long as it’s remotely truthful.[/quote]

You’re surprised this thread is still going and yet you post this multi paragraph nonsense at 6:30 am. Got it, hypocrite. [/quote]

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