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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because they need to be College and Career ready in elementary school.  The pressure is intense and it trickles down to even the youngest children.  It is insane.  I feel badly for today's kids.  [/quote]

Yes, if you go to one of these morning preschools, the kids are being drilled on the alphabet and made to run laps around the building!!

Uh, they're really not.  My kids have gone to three different part-time preschools (which is what the OP is talking about) in the area and[b] they've all been play-based and about as low key as you can imagine.  Some circle time, some snack, just a few hours a week in the early years to start learning how to manage in a group setting. [/b] Some people are looking for a place to send their kids so there's a market for it.  I think that's about it.[/quote]

Daycare, you just defined daycare.  I send my kid to daycare and think it's great for her, but let's be clear that this is really about the label you want to put on your childcare and the connotations that go along with said label, not any difference in the childcare itself.  [/quote]

Same poster.  I don't particularly care what it's called.  The OP is talking about and asking about partial day childcare, which is typically called preschool by the places that offer this service.  For me, it wasn't about daycare v preschool in the least.  I had a nanny and wanted my kid to go somewhere for some portion of some days and in that situation, it's called preschool by most people.[/quote]

I am the C&C poster and in my mind there is a difference between pre-school and daycare where pre-school is more focused on academics. Maybe we are all talking about the same thing but coming from different points of view .[/quote]

Have you had kids go through this phase of life yet?  Genuinely curious.

The daycares (places that offer infant care through K) take on more of a preschool "curriculum" in the last 2 years.  This is usually some very basic exposure to alphabet, numbers, colors, gross and fine motor skill development that will set them up to be able to write...done through play-based activities...for a few hours a day.  Then the rest of the day is just free play time.

Preschools (morning only or schools that start at 18 months plus) pretty much do the same thing.  They will definitely talk it up a bit more as they're targeting older kids who are ready for a bit more structure than just laying around all day drooling.  But it's the same thing.  Some of the Montessori programs will take a bit of a different approach, but most preschools are play-based and advertise as such.

Some of the places will have a junior kindergarten program that is for kids not ready to go to K and yes, these will be a bit more academic.  It's basically a soft run of what K will be like for them.

There isn't really much of a difference between daycare and preschool, in my experience.  I say this as someone who has had 3 kids in pretty much every type of setting due to changing needs with work/moving, etc.
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