tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216419.post2121429564626289695..comments2019-05-22T14:46:23.074-04:00Comments on Other Pieces of Me: Rolling alongCoasting Anonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07298428840591759641noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216419.post-25765865702407235592012-09-24T22:23:33.996-04:002012-09-24T22:23:33.996-04:00Hi Hilary - Little G went to daycare from 7:30am u...Hi Hilary - Little G went to daycare from 7:30am until 5:30pm two days a week starting at 13 months old. A year ago he transitioned to a full time slot when he was 2yrs, 3months old (a month before his sister was born). Last January, when he was 2.5 years old, he transitioned to a Montessori style program for toddlers and was there M,T, Th, F from 8:30 to 5. Over the summer, he was at the same Montessori program for &#39;camp&#39; for the same hours, five days a week with no nap(!) I guess I just figured he would be able to handle the 6 hour day at his new school. <br /><br /><br />His new school is a very intense Montessori program where he gets there between 8:20 and 8:40 and at 8:40 sharp the lessons start and go for three hours. Then they break for lunch, outside time, nap and then it&#39;s time for me to pick him up. There is a shorter option for the younger Children&#39;s House kids, but I figured it would be easier for them to get him to nap than for me to. One thing I was looking forward to with this schedule change was getting home earlier and having time to veg out before having to get dinner ready...effectively putting an end to the 6:00 scramble. So far, that hasn&#39;t worked out exactly as planned. Apparently no matter how long of a day kids have had in daycare, the transition to preschool or K1 or Kindergarten is rough. Right now, he doesn&#39;t want quiet time, he doesn&#39;t want to veg and he doesn&#39;t want to play by himself, so there&#39;s a LOT of all of us being outside together playing...putting a total kibosh on my getting-dinner-ready-before-scrambling-at-6-pm plans. <br /><br /><br />Hope that helped!!Coastinganonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216419.post-91650991039829388632012-09-24T08:41:28.746-04:002012-09-24T08:41:28.746-04:00hi! how and why did you decide to send him for 6 h...hi! how and why did you decide to send him for 6 hours a day? I have a 2 year old, and I am currently trying to figure out which pre-school program to put him in next year. The montessori program i am interested in has everything from 3 hours a day to 9 hours a day. I will be home with his brother (4 months). Hilarynoreply@blogger.com