We have a large license, which is 12 children with 2 adults. One adult is in charge of 0-18/20 months and the other is in charge of the 18/20m + kids. Weave a seperate room for the 0-18m babies & toddlers. Once they move up to the big kids, we have a preschool schedule. The younger ones wander around, and I don't expect them to stay seated while we do circle time. I let them slowly acclimate to our schedule and participation.

That being said typically we move them out of the baby/toddler room when they are 18-20 months. The conditions are that they can sit for small amounts of time without distracting the other kids, can sleep on a mat, and have a regular nap schedule. So very dependent, the earliest I have included a child is 17 months and the latest was 24 months.

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