What is best for the kids? (Please read details)

Stay at current daycare until kindergarten starts. Switch to different daycare, for last two months, that is at the school they will be attending kindergarten and before and after care program starting in September. ***I did try to ask them what they want and they didn’t grasp what I was asking. They’ve been in their current daycare for almost 2 years and are very attached to the teachers. They also get along well with the other kids (but only a few of them will be going to the same school for kindergarten). I’ve just secured a spot in the before and after care program within the preschool that is attached to their future elementary school. Our current daycare manager suggested I try to move them into that daycare/preschool program to ease the transition in the Fall. That way they can get to know the location and the before and after care educators, and most of those kids will likely be going to kindergarten there too. But doing so will mean they miss out on the last 2 months with their friends and teachers and possibly be excluded from the “graduation” ceremony (I’m going to ask if they can still attend even if we switch). Also, the switch depends on space being available in the other program, which is not guaranteed, and I haven’t reached out to ask yet.

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I think for the sake of two months it’s not worth the hassle of changing, they will just get used to the new place and then it will change again. My daughter went to nursery nowhere near her school and didn’t know anyone starting school and she settled just fine.

@Lisa that’s the thing though, it’s not going to change again. The new preschool is within the elementary school, so it be at the same location as their kindergarten class. The preschool educator staff also run the before and after care program and many of those preschool kids are likely to be in the boys’ kindergarten class. So in September they will be in the same building, with a lot of the same kids, and be familiar with the before and after care staff. They will transition to kindergarten and have a new teacher, routine, expectations, etc. but that is going to happen regardless. For the record, I’d like to keep them at the current daycare, but I see what the daycare manager is saying about staggering the new experiences/routine instead of them getting bombarded with all the changes at once come September.

I would switch them, they’ll make friends who will go into jk with them! It’ll be nice to know some faces when they start school

I would switch if the care educators and other children are likely to be the same for kindergarten. He's going to have to switch from the current one anyway might as well make him used to the new one sooner rather than later. I don't think at this age he'll miss the graduation and he'll make new friends easily

@Akansha I have twins too, so they’ll have each other when they switch.

@Genevieve yeah I guess it's easier when you have a sibling to depend on but like I said if they're going to move anyway. To be honest I don't think you should overthink it, kids are highly resilient and they'll be fine with either option

@Akansha I think I’ll just reach out to the manager at the before and after care and see if she has spots in the preschool for them. Otherwise it’s a moot point. Thank you 😊

If you switch now it gives them a little time to adjust and get used to the ppl and the environment. It won’t be the last time they will change schools or meet new people. Just explain it to them the best way you can.

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