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Yet another DC question

traveltheworldtraveltheworld member
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Ok, I know I ask a lot of DC questions, but please bear with this paranoid FTM :)

DS is 17 months and his DC has 2 toddler rooms - one for the younger toddlers and one for the older toddlers.  They define toddlers as 18 - 36 months.  I always assumed that he'd go into Toddler 1 and have talked to the teachers there and know that all his little buddies from the infant room are there now.  I was just told this morning by the assistant director that starting in January, DS will go into Toddler 2.  When I asked why, she said it was due to ratio and licensing requirements - Toddler 1 is now full.  I went and looked at Toddler 2 and all the kids seem a lot older and bigger than DS. 

Would you insist on having DS put into Toddler 1?

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  • jf198400jf198400 member
    Yes this seems quite odd. They should be moving the oldest child in Toddler1 up to Toddler2, so there is room for the youngest toddler to move up from infants. At our daycare they don't have 2 classes
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  • emberlee3emberlee3 member
    It's kind of weird, but probably NBD.  Kids learn from being with older children.  DD's buddies at school are all 6-12 months older than she is (she is 18 months).  Her classroom is 6 weeks to 2.5 years.
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  • WBMomWBMom member

    It seems odd that they take that approach vs as a PP said, take the oldest from the one room and move up to make room for the younger toddlers. Maybe ask about why this is not an option?  Overall though that age difference should not be that big of a deal. 

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  • traveltheworldtraveltheworld member

    I guess one of the reasons I'm more apprenhensive about it is because I've talked to the teachers at Toddler 1 and have watched that class at drop-off and pick-up and it seems like they are teaching them a lot of the basic skills that DS would need - e.g. drinking from an open cup, putting dishes away, etc. and I was really looking forward to that; although I suppose they'd teach him that too in Toddler 2.  I also like the teachers better.  But that may be because I have no idea which teachers are in Toddler 2.

     

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  • cedentoncedenton member
    Well, he's only a month away from being in that room, so you'd be avoiding a lot of transitions all at once. They move them up at 15-16 mos at my daycare and he started there at 14 mos. I decided to put him in the infant room for the same reason you said. Learning the basics of what they want them to know there that he hadn't gotten at his old DC. They moved him up to the next room 4 weeks later. Luckily, they do a group of children so this transition has been much better than the whole daycare move 6 weeks ago. But, that said, I think he would have been fine moving straight into the new room because he had been in a toddler room at his old daycare.

    My son is one of the smallest, if not the youngest in the room. I'm not sure the age range, but I know they try not to move them up from there until they are potty trained. He's doing great and I'm sure your son will too.
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    cedenton said:
    Well, he's only a month away from being in that room, so you'd be avoiding a lot of transitions all at once. They move them up at 15-16 mos at my daycare and he started there at 14 mos. I decided to put him in the infant room for the same reason you said. Learning the basics of what they want them to know there that he hadn't gotten at his old DC. They moved him up to the next room 4 weeks later. Luckily, they do a group of children so this transition has been much better than the whole daycare move 6 weeks ago. But, that said, I think he would have been fine moving straight into the new room because he had been in a toddler room at his old daycare.

    My son is one of the smallest, if not the youngest in the room. I'm not sure the age range, but I know they try not to move them up from there until they are potty trained. He's doing great and I'm sure your son will too.
    I think she means her son is in an infant room now so rather than being moved into the 18-22 month room, he's skipping to the 23-26 month room (just estimating on the month range.

    I wouldn't be happy with this because it just doesn't seem right, they should be moving up the oldest toddler, although for your son I don't think there would really be much difference.  The kids in the older toddler class will probably be talking more and closer to be potty trained, which can only be a good thing for your LO.  I think after 2 1/2 they start playing more with one another, pretend play, ect.  So I could see where they may not play with a baby that doesn't play in the same way, but there is still alot of parallel play. 

     DS is 18 months and DD is 3 1/2, they play together all the time and when they're with my nephew, who are 5 and 27 months, DS fits in perfectly, alot of times it's my DD and the 2 little boys playing together.  It seems like 4 seems to be the age the switch from babyish to more mature.
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  • litzo27litzo27 member
    That seems strange. Our system is similar - a toddler room is split into approximately 18-26 and 27-36 months rooms. Although they spend part of the day together (outside, in the afternoon when a lot of kids are picked up already, etc.) there are definitely different developmental skills focused on in each group. They always transition the most ready child from group1 to group 2 when there is space (which is not necessarily the oldest but the most ready in terms of talking, following directions, skills, etc.). I would definitely discuss with the director.
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    mommymegan831 said:
    cedenton said:
    Well, he's only a month away from being in that room, so you'd be avoiding a lot of transitions all at once. They move them up at 15-16 mos at my daycare and he started there at 14 mos. I decided to put him in the infant room for the same reason you said. Learning the basics of what they want them to know there that he hadn't gotten at his old DC. They moved him up to the next room 4 weeks later. Luckily, they do a group of children so this transition has been much better than the whole daycare move 6 weeks ago. But, that said, I think he would have been fine moving straight into the new room because he had been in a toddler room at his old daycare.

    My son is one of the smallest, if not the youngest in the room. I'm not sure the age range, but I know they try not to move them up from there until they are potty trained. He's doing great and I'm sure your son will too.
    I think she means her son is in an infant room now so rather than being moved into the 18-22 month room, he's skipping to the 23-26 month room (just estimating on the month range.

    I wouldn't be happy with this because it just doesn't seem right, they should be moving up the oldest toddler, although for your son I don't think there would really be much difference.  The kids in the older toddler class will probably be talking more and closer to be potty trained, which can only be a good thing for your LO.  I think after 2 1/2 they start playing more with one another, pretend play, ect.  So I could see where they may not play with a baby that doesn't play in the same way, but there is still alot of parallel play. 

     DS is 18 months and DD is 3 1/2, they play together all the time and when they're with my nephew, who are 5 and 27 months, DS fits in perfectly, alot of times it's my DD and the 2 little boys playing together.  It seems like 4 seems to be the age the switch from babyish to more mature.
    Yeah, totally missed that.  Yeah, I wouldn't be happy with that either. Why aren't they moving up the oldest toddler currently in the Toddler 1 room? Weird.
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  • traveltheworldtraveltheworld member

    I just emailed the director and she told me that there is suppose to be no difference in age range between the rooms, but it just so happens that Toddler 2 currently has 5 kids that are 24 - 36 months and Toddler 1 currently has 8 kids that are 19 - 26 months.  So they will put DS in Toddler 2 since there is more space.

    I'm still not entirely sure about it but DH likes to have DS play with older kids so I guess we'll just stick with that.

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