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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So there’s a few things going on:

- you definitely should get your nanny to fill in one of those recommendations as she has been with your child the longest. There should be an area in your statements that you can explain she has been his longest caregiver.

- in general these schools like to see that the child has already been socialized in some kind of group setting. That could have been your daycare if not for his hard transition. Be sure to mention any playgroups or other group settings. Or lessons that your child has done that your nanny has taken him to.

- it’s been only two months in daycare, aren’t the recommendations due by Feb? I would talk to the daycare teachers about your intent to apply and how to work with them to have the best recommendation. Hard, yes if he is the “difficult” kid it’s a ding. But since it’s Feb hopefully time for improvement.

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1. Good to know. Don’t they assume the nanny is highly biased because she worked for us? Would that incriminate us further since we sort of draw attention to his application? Do most people do this?
2. He did do other playgroups and he did fine. How can I bring this in? 
3. They are due beg to end Jan and the daycare would write them before the holidays. What kinds of things can I do to better work with the daycare? We have been very cooperative. He is showing some improvement already but I don’t know if he needs to achieve perfection.

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1. every piece of info about your child is valuable. Your nanny has been his caregiver the longest and it makes sense for her to give a rec, especially if she has long term childcare experience or childhood education experience.

2. You go to the coordinator of the playgroup and ask for recs. When I was applying for private school my older child didn’t go to school during Covid and I asked her tutor and our religious leader. My child’s classmates mom asked her gym teacher for a rec. the more positive things the better.

3. Not sure what the culture of your daycare is but I was very open with my current preschool for my younger child that I intend to apply to private school and that I want to make sure there were good recs. This will also depend on your relationship with the current school and director and teacher. As mentioned, I moved my child from a school that had preemptively labeled her a troublemaker for normal two year old behavior and got her into a different school.

But what other mentioned is right. No matter how fancy the private school is be sure to focus on that it’s the right fit for your child. It can be the “best” but if your child is not thriving there it’s not the right school. That’s where open houses and campus tours are important.

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