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In our school district, only some of the elementary schools offer Pre K (age 4). Other preschool options would be private and some are affiliated with day care centers.

My son went to a daycare that had a separate preschool program. The way I kind of split it in my head was that daycare was 5 days a week, from 8-6. Preschool, on the other hand, you have the option to go fewer days per week and fewer hours. You can more or less approximate day care hours by adding on before and after care.

@locavore_mama: Ours stayed in the same DCP but its center based so its much more a "school" than a daycare would be.

My sister's LO is in a daycare that isn't school focused and when she turned 4 she went to daycare PT and then Pre-K PT everyday.

Our center offers both. She currently attends young preschool (2.5+) and she moves to the preschool room at age 3.

The only "preschools" in this area are part time so we can't do that. She will stay in daycare.

We are planning to switch her to a more education-focused daycare center around 2.5. It has daycare hours, but preschool programs for the older children and more of a curriculum than our current center.

i've thought about whether we'll do this, and while there is an appeal to switching to a more learning-focused setting at preschool, i also feel like a lot of daycares these days have raised their game so that it's more than just free play time. i'll have to ask more questions and observe the older rooms at my daycare. the other consideration is that if we have another child, it would be easier if they were both in at the same place.