My DS (3 years old) has attended a private nursery since he was 1. He'll start school in September 2026. From September 2025 we're considering keeping him at his current nursery 2 days per week and sending him to the preschool of the school he'll most likely go to 2 days per week. Just wondered if anyone has done anything similar & if it worked ok?
Pros for doing this:
- it'd only be 2 days to cover in school holidays, grandparents aren't able to help much and most holiday clubs only take 4+ year olds
- it'd give DS chance to get to know other children at school & school setting before he starts school. He's quite shy so think this might help him with the transition to school
Cons:
- would it be confusing/unsettling for him to go to 2 different nurseries with potentially different rules
If we don't do this, we'll keep him at the private nursery until he starts school as we have no way of covering all the school holidays if he went to preschool full time. We're happy with the private nursery, just unsure it'll prepare him for school as much as the preschool would.
Please let me know what you think