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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm in North Carolina and every church around here runs "pre-school" starting at 1 year old. Yes, one. "Larlo is going to Good Shepard pre-school in the fall when he's 16 months!" They seriously send their toddlers to "pre-school" three times a week for half day. They play. It's not school, and anyone who knows anything about early childhood development knows pushing academics on kids this young is a terrible idea. It's insane. And they all think I'm crazy there I won't be sending DS in the fall when he's barely 18 months old.[/quote]

So, even in the grades when everyone agrees it's school, there's more than just academics, and many of the activities overlap.  My high school senior eats lunch at school, is part of a chess club at school, plays sports at school, and takes a ceramics class at school.

If you're having a fit because someone calls daycare/nursery/preschool "school".  If you can't handle someone using the word "school" for a 2 year old playing with playdough, do you think I should stop saying "he's at school" when he's playing with clay now?

The same kid's preschool was full day and had no academics.  It was still preschool, and daycare, in the same way that something can be a square and a rectangle. [/quote]

Again, like others have said, it is because the primary job of daycare and after school care is custodial care.  Daycare in their country needs to be updated and changed to be a positive experience for everyone and it will never change if we continue to pretend it is "school".  Activities and curriculum have nothing to do with it - we put our children in daycare and aftercare because we need someone to care for them when we can't.  [/quote]

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