What do u guys do?

[Lee-Bee]

But I do NEED a nap to make it through the day!! Haha
Good points Lee-Bee. If she brings it up again, I'll definitely mention some of these points. Thanks.

Oh I hear you!! But I think you lose merit pointing it out to parents lol.

[Lee-Bee]

Lee bee, from my experience, yes a centre will take a child before nap even though they just napped. There is always a group of kids not napping and the child would just join them.

I suppose. I used to work in daycare but I don't recall this ever coming up so didn't think of moving the child to a different room. I do know that in all the programs I worked there was no way to keep an infant/toddler awake while others slept as they were all spread through the program room. Even when I ran the school-age program they had 1hr of rest, none slept but they were resting (in a somewhat calm and quiet manner).

[5 Little Monkeys]

I'm sure every dc is different but the 2 I worked in were very similar in regard to naptime. All ages slept the same time, in same room/adjoining room. The under 2's were separated a bit from the olders but not by much.

The children that didn't nap were also all in one room and as children woke, they joined the large group. Near the end of naptime, they would go back to their smaller groups in separate rooms and get ready for snack.

Having a child dropped off right before or during nap was never an issue. Things like this are another reason I think some parents choose centres.

Neither one of the school aged programs had quiet time....I wish! That would have been nice lol