https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:56:31 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-dayshours-is-ideal-for-preschool#post-2574481 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 10:01:57 +0000 fuzzypeaches 2574481@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: he starts 2018 :) </p> <p>Thanks ladies it's so helpful to see what everyone else is doing!<br /> That's what I was thinking too! I have the option of two days (afternoons) in a great place and 5 mornings in a meh place and don't know which is better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-dayshours-is-ideal-for-preschool#post-2574435 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 09:15:06 +0000 hellobeeboston 2574435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is doing 3 days for 3 hours a day this fall.... He's going to do 5 days the year before kindergarten. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-dayshours-is-ideal-for-preschool#post-2574434 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 09:14:18 +0000 Madison43 2574434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@fuzzypeaches: LO1 will be 3 in October and we are starting her with 2, 3 hour days. She won't start kinder until she's almost 6 so we have plenty of time for school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-dayshours-is-ideal-for-preschool#post-2574432 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 09:12:14 +0000 Foodnerd81 2574432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We haven't started yet but in my ideal world LO will do 3 half days this year (3 years old), and 5 half days next year (4 years), then full time kindergarten when she is 5. She's a late July birthday and will be among the youngest but I think she will be fine. </p> <p>But we are moving at some point so I haven't been able to research or sign up, so who knows what we will get! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-dayshours-is-ideal-for-preschool#post-2574428 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 09:04:37 +0000 looch 2574428@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At age 4, my son was in a half day program, 5 days a week. It was the afternoons from 12 -3. He wasn't napping at that point. That year there wasn't an option for a full day, the school offered morning and afternoon, but they've since switched to full day (9-1).</p> <p>Before that, he was in a camp program for the summer months, from 9-12, also 5 days a week. </p> <p>For him, it worked to be there 5 days, because he had a hard time with transitions. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-dayshours-is-ideal-for-preschool#post-2574418 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 08:46:24 +0000 yin 2574418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO1 started off in an afternoon program for a little over 2 hours a day for 4 days a week when he was 3. The following year he advanced to the next program, which was from 8:45 - 2:00 Monday through Thursday and 8:45 - 12:00 on Fridays. It is a play based school, and he really enjoyed the environment and teachers (University affiliated lab preschool with a lot of student teachers to help in the classroom). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-dayshours-is-ideal-for-preschool#post-2574404 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 08:33:46 +0000 regberadaisy 2574404@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@fuzzypeaches: will your LO be starting kindergarten in 2017 or 2018? I'm assuming this is Lo's first time in a "school" environment?<br /> If K in 2017 then I would jump straight to 5 days at 3 hours each.<br /> If K in 2018 then 2 days then 5 days the following year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-dayshours-is-ideal-for-preschool#post-2574401 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 08:31:55 +0000 autumnlove 2574401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do one full day in the summer but we are switching to 3 full days in the fall. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-dayshours-is-ideal-for-preschool#post-2574396 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 08:26:26 +0000 fuzzypeaches 2574396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm sending LO1 to preschool next year and am a bit overwhelmed by the options! I'm lucky in that I have flexible childcare otherwise so not sure what would be best for him.</p> <p>2 days of 3hrs each?<br /> 5 days of 3hrs each?<br /> 2 full days? </p> <p>Help! What is your child doing? </p>