WOW, guys! Thanks for al the replies! First, though, I should clarify a few things. 1. My son doesn't get a whole lot of opportunity to interact with kids who are old than he, with the exception of a Kindermusik class once a week. He's a year and a hlf younger then the next youngest kid, and still fits in beautifully, often leading the group in the actvities. 2. He has 3 same-age friends that we play with once a week or so, and unless they're playing a 'real game' or doing something that has a point, he doesn't bother with them, just does his own thing. When they play something that interests him, he's all in. 3. We went to the daycare for a short orientation session a couple of nights ago and accidentally went into the 3.5-5 year-old room and he loved it. A little girl came over to him to show him the books and started to read him a story. The other little boy that was there was tlaking to him and asking questions and while DS was a little shy, he didn't want to leave. Then we discovered we were in the wrong room. The toddler room (ages 2-3.5) is smaller, has very few 'interesting' toys and has a lot of wooden puzzles, the kind my son played with a year or more ago. There was one child there when we got there and there was NO interaction between the 2. After about 10 mins., DS asked to go home.
I just don't wanna ruin the daycare experience for him by sticking him somewhere with no stimulation, but I also don't wanna go in there requesting things that may be deemed "unreasonable". My plan was to give it until the end of August and see how it goes, but now I'm not so sure. We have another, longer orientation session on Monday and I'd like to have an idea of what I need/want before I go. Is this the start of what it's gonna be like from now on, I wonder??
