I sent my oldest to preschool at 3, 3 half days a week, mostly so I could get half a break, I still had his brother. The school then began a 2 year old program for 2 half days but I didn't send my youngest to it.
My youngest did preschool 5 half days a week, starting at 3.5 because he qualified for speech intervention (briefly, they stopped after 9 weeks which I disagreed with, but he kept his spot in the class).
Honestly, I don't think my oldest gained a thing from it from a learning standpoint. Sure he got to socialize a bit more but he did that anyway 4 days a week at the gym playcare. He was curious and very bright and could read on his own at 3 but he could more or less do that anyway. My oldest liked being in a classroom setting. He likes the structure of it. But as far as actually learning anything.... not so much.
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