This is something that we need to really look at for our daughter 2 1/2 too. She has been in daycare since 3 months. Up to now it has been play based, but the next age group does start covering academics. I know that nothing that they will be covering will she not find to be a complete waste of her time. She does not like being hand fed any facts anymore. She prefers to learn naturally - facts tied to their relevance. I can imagine how board she would get talking about the letter A all day. She would probably say something like "Okay A..., airplane, aardvark, ape,... A A let's go play."
