Going to Day Care (First Experiences)

This is a thoughtful book that helps children navigate the transition to day care. Using real-life photos, Fred Rogers aims to make young readers feel more comfortable about their day care experiences. It’s a gentle and reassuring read for little ones embarking on this new adventure!

Ages 2-4
The fear of someone you love and trust to leave you for hours, trauma to some children. This book helps the family deal with the things to expect and helps make it a smooth transfer.

The book explains the different routines and activities in a day in childcare. A guide on how to talk to a child to possible lower separation anxieties in and children . Compares what is the same and what is different in child care and home.

This book will help prepare children a little bit who haven"t been to daycare or preschool, pre-k, before. It helps them understand the center they might be going to, how the adults care about them. The activities they might get to do, that their parents care about what they do during the day.
Ages: 3-5
Source: Pierce College Library

First experiences books teach the child what to expect. This book teaches children about childcare providers and what to expect while at daycare. Awesome idea to help them cope with the change.
3 and up
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This book is about the typical activities and feelings children can experience at a day care center, including the fun, excitement, and apprehensions involved in being away from home.

This book describes the environment and activities that take place in your typical daycare. I would recommend this story to children 3-5.

Source: ECE Library