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pre-school vs. daycare

wakkowakko
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My son is in full time daycare where they spend most of the time playing, then an hour doing "circle time" where they learn something new (song, days of the week, words in a different language or whatever) and an hour of writing time where they learn a letter/number/shape and do an age-appropriate work sheet (writing the letter, circling objects that start with the letter, etc).  Is there any advantage to switching him to a preschool?  Is there much difference between a daycare with a learning environment vs a preschool?  
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  • mrs. remymrs. remy
    My kids go to a daycare that has a preschool program. Our center is licensed by our state department of education. I was skeptical of how much they could really learn at three but it has been amazing. Their curriculum includes so much, going over letters,
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  • neverblushedneverblushed member

    If your daycare center has a preschool curriculum for children ages 3 and 4, with a mix of structured "preschool" activities such as you describe, then you're probably getting about the same thing in your daycare setting as your child would get in a se

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  • susie1079susie1079
    My son goes to a preschool 4 hrs a day 4 days a week. It sounds like your day care is teaching basically what he learns as well. It's just at a preschool, they don't have all day so it is a little more structured and timed. The advantage to this is they l
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  • jlw2505jlw2505 member

    I hope they are not doing the above actitives for an hour straight as that is way to long for anything at that age.  30 min blocks for circle time and other activities is way better (15-30 mins actually).  My kids went to a daycare center bas

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  • KatieandMark06KatieandMark06 member
    DD goes to a daycare/child development center and they teach everything that a public preschool would teach, I don't think that there is a big difference and that she needs to be switched before kindergarten.  I think this is the case with most learn
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  • waTracywaTracy
    The class my daughter is in at her caregiver facility is "preschool."  She has grown leaps and bounds being in this environment.  Most places that are just "preschools" don't work with my work schedule or my husband's work schedule so that's why
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