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[quote=Anonymous]This is all so wrong. Anything beyond a half day three times a week (or thereabouts) is serving the parents, not the child.

School/ daycare is inherently stressful for children and your #1 priority at this age should be to build a steady, centered emotional life for your child so they bring that resilience to K and beyond. You do this through plenty of risky and outdoor play supervised by a well resourced, invested adult plus social time with peers and siblings. Napping and eating meals at home.

2 to 4 year olds do not need to spend the majority of their waking hours lining up, being told to “be careful” every time they look at a stick, and learning to moderate their personalities! There is plenty of time for that in K. And whatever academics one might care about can be done in a few hours per week. My suggestion for OP is to craft a great schedule of free play or find a Reggio , forest or play based program for prek that ends at noon or so. The summer before K, you can experiment with a camp that goes to 3 if you’re worried about the long day. 
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