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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For us it’s neither a financial nor safety decision but rather emotional well-being. This was supposed to be our 3 year old’s first year of preschool. We went and took the tour of the new COVID adjustments last week. They’re taking amazing precautions and are very prepared. Class size is small. I truly believe she’d stay healthy. BUT she’d eat lunch “alone” instead of at a communal table where conversation is encouraged and daily helpers get to pass out napkins and water. She’d wear a mask most of the day and these teachers and peers who are total strangers at the start of the year will be masked most of the time too. (All of the “get to know you” activities before school starts were canceled.) More than half the toys have been removed from the classroom so that only easily sanitized items are left. They have a “anything you touch must go in the bin to be sanitized” policy. So instead of working together and learning to share, kids will be encouraged to get a “workmat” (ie a bathmat) and pick a toy to play with alone. We can’t enter the building and must say goodbye on the first day from the parking lot.  I could go on but I think we all get the picture.

I’m crushed that she’s missing out on real preschool this year but since we don’t HAVE to send her for childcare purposes I just don’t think we can justify pushing her to do this when we already expected “normal” preschool would be a big adjustment for our sensitive, slightly anxious kid. [/quote]

Yikes.  It sounds like YOU think this setup is terrible and so you assume your child will also.  You sound like a smothering SAHM.  Even with what you describe, it is still better for your child to get out of the house and experience other child and adults.  You also sound dramatic.  There is no way your child is eating “alone” as that is most likely illegal.  You act as though your child is put alone in a room at lunch. No, the child is simply not sitting right next to others.  Also, your child has no idea about the amount of toys they had previously or that they weren’t on a bath mat.  You’re also assuming that any routine out of the normal is simply too hard on your child. Saying good bye from the parking lot...it makes no difference to your CHILD where the good bye is said.  Again, you’re selfishly only considering yourself.

Sorry but you’re doing your child a disservice.  Upset over masks?  Lady, your kid will be wearing a mask for years.  You’re missing out on an opportunity for in person learning that your child may not have again for a long time. 
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I'm a SAHM and my initial thinking was that of the first PP.  But I decided to go through with it because I felt I was projecting my anxieties on her.  I do think it will be difficult at first for most of the kids.  But kids adapt so well, especially in a group setting.  Plus, in this age group the mask wearing (of the kids) is going to be left mostly up to teacher's discretion since young children don't have an official mandate to wear them.  The materials at school, the outdoor classroom that will be set up, the ability to be with peers, the learning that happens when given that independence..are all good things.  I have older kids that will be attending partially and a spouse in healthcare- I don't feel my preschooler going half days will change our risk much.  Plus if my big kids end up needing to do DL, I will be able to help them to a greater degree than I can when I have a 3 year old home.  [/quote]

We sent our 3.5 year old back to daycare at the beginning of June. The kids are fine. The changes made because of Covid haven't given them anxiety, it's just the way school is doing things right now, much like routines and classroom policies changed when she switched between rooms. We do drop off at the door, there's a temperature and health check, etc. In the classroom they are keeping the kids more spaced apart by having them spread out each with a different bin of toys that they've selected for various free times. They are learning that it might not be their turn today with their current favorite set of toys. They go to the playground and run around. They wash hands a lot. They talk to each other, and have circle time--slightly more spread out. She thinks masks are cool because all the grown ups are wearing them.[/quote]

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