Bestwifeever
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If it matters to you, there are things like learning group skills, classroom language and behavior, directions from teachers (who are not the familiar day care provider), and things like that, that are hard to get in any other environment. I’ve seen studies on achievement rates of daycare vs sahm, but not on preschool vs no preschool. I think preschool is just what most people do now, usually when kids turn three. That doesn’t mean we should. I know sahms who did not send the kids to preschool but they were providing a ton of very individualized activities before kindergarten. My kids and grandkids all went to preschool—they all had a play-based curriculum, and none were reading before kindergarten, but imo they learned so much. We had a lot of fun with it and I don’t think it’s as competitive or status driven most places. Maybe you could find a program that doesn’t lock you into a year.