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December 2010 Moms
theuntaggablek
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Daycare question
theuntaggablek
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S is in the toddler room at daycare. He started in that room last June, and mostly really loves it. But his closest friends in his class are moving up to preschool this summer....
The first boy moved about a month ago, and he's still talking about him. The next girl started transitioning to the new room for a few hours every day this week, and his teacher said he kept asking about her. This morning, he pulled his chair to sit as close as possible to the soon-departing friend. And he longs to go on the big-kid playground like you wouldn't believe. It will be a while till he moves up, because there are 2-3 kids left who have birthdays before December.
I know somebody else had a question about this lately. Although he's younger, he talks lots more than the next two. Would you push for him to move up sooner than the other kids who are older? If not, how to assuage the lost time with his best buddies and keep him engaged at school?
With new baby coming, I want him to be as happy as he can at daycare.
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Re: Daycare question
Where I work, kids don't move up until 3. After 3 the ratio is 1:8 where as the toddler room is 1:4. Lets say there are eight kids in the room one under 3, the rest older. The ratio always has to be for the youngest child in the room so they would need two caregivers instead of one. Did that make any sense?
It doesn't hurt to talk to the director and let her know you're interested in case space opens up.
B ended up moving up to the 2 year old room before 2 of his older (by 4-6 weeks) classmates in part because I had talked to the teacher. He'd been acting out a lot in the toddler room and we thought it might be because he was getting bored.
BFP #2 5/27/12. EDD 2/1/13. m/c and D&C 6/21/12.