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I would ask for a few visits to the new room for LO to see if it works out.

Its funny because our DCP told us that they never move up to "make room" but its a big fat lie!

They moved my DD up to the preschool room 3 months early and she wasn't even PT yet - They assured me she was ready except for the PT skill - I let them move her up and she did amazing!!!! She was PT within a few weeks and all of a sudden was knowing her letters and numbers and started writing!

It was great for her!

p.s. my DD is also tiny and is the smallest in her class- so I feel your nervousness there!

@sunny: yikes! No way! Kids need time to transition!! Is that how they always move kids - just up and move them in 1 day/

I would talk to them and say you are open to the idea of an early transition but you would like a few transition days with her spending some time in the new classroom before deciding.

You could also ask what the specific ages will be of the children in that class. If they are moving 5 kids up, they might also be moving 5 of the older kids up as well.

I would be very concerned about this sudden notification and if it were me personally, I would not be okay with it. I'd want to talk to the director asap. I'm kind of headstrong like that though, haha.

In our last daycare, they tried to get me to move the boys up to the 12-24 mo room when they were only 11 months and I flat out refused.

that seems like a really inadequate ratio for such LOs will they be adding an aide or have a floating teacher come in to help sometimes? i guess it's legal for them to do that in your state, but just because they can doesn't mean they should. maybe working in preschools in a state that would only allow 4:1 or 9:2 for her age gave me unrealistic views of what ratios should look like, but i can't see how nearly double that number of kids per teacher would be a positive move if she's already feeling insecure at school. did they give a reason that they thought it would benefit her? i don't see why she should get shortchanged to make room for them to move more kiddos into the infant room, it seems like a $$ driven move rather than a move because the kids are ready. have they had her visiting the other classroom for a portion of the day before today or are they just planning on doing it with no transition starting tomorrow? poor little lady! that's rough

The sudden move would rub me the wrong way for sure. We get 3 weeks usually and had to sign off on a shorter transition the one time they wanted to for space issues. But I'd actually be happy for LO to be one of the younger in a class, she learns so much from older kiddos.