How many 3 year olds still nap??

Jake will be 3 in june, and I can't see him dropping his nap by then. The reason I ask is public kindy is in the afternoons for 3 year olds ... well Jake sleeps about 3 hours in the arvo so would miss the whole thing! I have enrolled him in a private kindy that had the little kids in the morning, but chances are he will be at daycare instead so will be able to still sleep (although at 3.5 they go to the next rm with no beds but I think he could still sleep if he needed it).

So anyway - he sleeps for about 2-3.5 hrs, 4 hours if really tired (but may go to bed 30mins later if he sleeps that long). So normally he goes to his room for books at 7.30, so I guess asleep about 7.45pm, and up anywhere between 6-7am. He is very active, and a big eater.

Is he suddenly going to need a couple of hours less sleep in the next few months?    Otherwise why would kindy be in the arvo for 3 year olds if they normally do still nap? Gosh, he'd be a major grump in the arvo with no sleep I'm sure!!

Isla is 3 yrs 3 months and sleeps 10 1/2 hrs at night and 1 1/2- 2 hrs at lunchtime everyday. She goes to daycare 3 days a week from 9-3pm and sleeps the same there too.

My friends 3.5 yo just dropped his day nap. She held off putting him in Kindy until now for that reason.
Plus she has younger twins too to add to the mix and their nap time is the same time as kindy time so wasn't in any rush to disrupt all naps!

I'm so jealous of the afternoon nappers!    (For myself too, I'd love a nap)   Sam gave up sleeping in the afternoon before he was two! Occasionally he is so tired that he just has to have one, but then we have yelling and mucking around until 11PM, so it's much better for us to ride out the afternoon with him a bit over tired.

Sorry, not much to add, Sam will be starting kindy at the end of May.   I hope they're ready for him! I dare say they will never forget him when he leaves.

My almost 3 yo still naps most days and often my almost 5 year old does too! Yay!

If I kept Jake up til 2.45 he would fall asleep the second the car started moving!

To me, it makes far more sense what the private kindy does, 3 yr olds in the morning.

The private one has a few spaces for 4 year olds that are "all day" (6 hours) but not for 3 year olds, and definitely no napping. Not sure about the public ones though.

have this as well DS1 sleeps 2-3 hours every afternoon, so can't enroll him in kindy.
But may try as someone else suggested moving nap time forward to say 11am and wake at 12.30 only 1.5hr as kindy is only 3 afternoons a week.
or maybe private kindy in the morning which makes better sense.
Want to use my 20 ECE hours!

Charlotte dropped her sleep at around 2 years 9 months when we were on holiday.
Since then she hasn't had a sleep at home ever but will sometimes have a sleep at daycare. If she doesn't sleep at daycare she will always have a rest at least.

We found that when she d was having long sleeps it effected her going to bed at night so were also happy to ride out the cranky afternoons.

She will sometimes bring her pillow and duvet into the lounge and lie down to watch tv but that doesn't usually last long.

I think it just shows that each child is so different, which is no help to you at all