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Definitely! DD2 started her 2days/week, 3 hr a day program at 2 yrs, 4 months, and loved it! Zero tears at drop off until after her new little sister was born, and she came home chattering about her teachers and the kids in class. She even found some new interests (dinosaurs!)

Both of mine started at age 2 and it was a great experience for them (they are 4.5 & 2.5). We have a nanny for when I'm at work 2x/week. I feel like the program they've gone to had increase social skills, language development, and just makes them happier!

My 2yo will be starting a preschool program one morning a week next month. Since 18 months we've been attending a transition class at the same school where the parent/caregiver stays, which has been a positive experience. In the future I can add more mornings per week but I'm going to start with one for now.

Yup! Mine started at 2y3m for two days a week from 9-11:30am. Was a great first step towards school and made the transition to a 5-day-a-week 3s program easier!

We enrolled LO2 in PT preschool 6 hours per weeks at 2 years 4 months because LO3 was due to arrive shortly after. I would not do it again! He is pretty clingy with me and had a tough few weeks transitioning there. He cried A LOT ( it's a co-op program so this was confirmed by other moms) and begged not to go. By the time he adjusted and was OK going (not happy about it but accepted it) he started getting sick and passing it around our house. We have all been healthy for about 1 week since before Christmas. The last straw for me was when he was super sick with double ear and eye infection and cold that he passed on to the baby. Turns out it was RSV and the antibiotics made the baby so sick he was nearly hospitalized. So I pulled him out of school. We put him in to make life with a new baby easier. Haha that backfired! I hope you have a better experience butbe prepared for the baby to get sick a lot early on.

I started LO in full time preschool the day she turned 2. It was a positive experience and she was already potty trained.

Not exactly what you are asking but T who will be 2 this week goes 8 hours a week to a daycare in a private pre k-8th school. I'm not sure what the major differences between daycare for 2 year olds and preschool for 2 year olds- but they do lots of crafts and reading and dress up. She's been going for over a year- it's been awesome. Whenever we get to the door she yells friends! She loves going- she's pretty social but daycare has helped her get to be that way.

@808love: good info! T will go to preschool at 3 when it's offered. This article it sounds more like a preschool than daycare where she goes. There are so many great options out there.

@LindsayLou: I started my son in September. He was 22 months at the time. It's been INCREDIBLE. He goes all 5 days a week, but for only half-day. The 3 hours he is there each day do wonders for both of us. His speech has progressed incredibly, his social skills are blossoming, and his knowledge of academic-type things (color names, rote counting, etc.) are improving every day. I am a former kindergarten teacher, so always planned to start my kids in school on the early side (vs daycare), and I have zero regrets. I'll even add that I was apprehensive about him going all 5 days (the program dictated that, not me!), but when the director of our school explained why she wanted it done that way (continuity, kids adapting more easily to school, the curriculum), I gave it a chance. She was totally right-he is not only able to handle this schedule, but thrives in it. In short: early school is a total win for us!

@Boogs: our preschool is at a local church - most of the churches in our area have them. Sometimes they are called Mothers' Day Out (MDO) or Mothers' Morning Out (MMO) programs. Ours doesn't have a potty training requirement until the older classes (3+, and they are flexible for the 3s class). We don't attend this (or any) church so that's not a requirement either.

@Boogs: My 2 year old twins just started preschool in January (they were 2 yr 8 mo) and are not potty trained. They are some of the youngest in their class so I thought everyone else would be potty trained, but it looks like almost all of the other kids are in diapers. They will have to be potty trained for their 3 yr old class in the fall, though. Their current class is 2.5 hrs and there is not a designated time where all the kids get a diaper change. Instead they do changes or potty time as needed. So far my kids have only needed to be changed once each at school (for poop, although the teachers will change if a kids' diaper is super wet, too). We found the school by asking moms with older kids at story time and gymnastics. It's a church preschool and we are atheists, but there are very limited options for part time preschool in my area. Almost everything was full day and since I'm a SAHM, I didn't want them to go the whole day. So they go 2 days a week for 2.5 hrs now. In the fall when they join the 3s class, it will be 4 days a week for 2.5 hrs each day.

Jack turned 2 at the end of August of 2016 and he started going to a part time program in September. He goes twice a week, 2 hours a day, and absolutely thrives in it! This is the best decision I ever made, he loves going to school and I think it is doing wonders for his development! His school really is amazing, next year he is enrolled for 3 days a week/3 hours a day!

We enrolled both of our boys in "school" by age 2. DS1 it was a Reggio Emilio school that had a toddler program (18-26 months) and was part of a school that went up to 8th grade. It was a wonderful experience and he did preschool there too at age 3, but we moved at age 3.5. He had been used to going to some form of child care (part time) his whole life. DS2 we enrolled at 21 months at Montessori school in a toddler program that goes from 18-36 months (and the school goes up to K-- his brother goes there). It was an extremely rough transition - even though he is a social child, he was used to being with either me or a nanny. I will say that I am very glad we started him in the program and that it has been a positive experience for everyone, despite the tough transition period.