A few days ago
Why do a lot of schools only have half-days of kindergarten?
I went full days and don’t remember it being too bad. It seems like the early years should be fully utilized because children pick up more when they’re younger, don’t they?
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It probably has as much to do with funding as anything else. Where I worked there was funding only for half a day. It has become a bit of an accepted tradition, I guess. I agree with you that most children would be quite happy at school for a full day at that age. However, many children today are also involved in many other activities, so they are learning in all kinds of ways.
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A few days ago
I had a full day of Kindergarten every other day. (I’d go for a full day one day, stay home the next, then go the day after that.) There was another class that went to school when we didn’t.
I managed quite well. I didn’t go to pre-school, either. I’m also an only child, so it was kind of my first interaction with a group of kids. Kids that age are definitely able to handle a full day, just maybe not a full week.
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A few days ago
I went half days, and so did half my sisters. The younger half of them had full days, and let me tell you it was -hard- for them. Five-year old children get -so- worked up and tired doing full-day kindergarten, especially if they’d never been to preschool beforehand. It’s miserable when they get home and cry all over the place because they’re exhausted, and it’s miserable when they wake up and cry because they’re exhausted, and it’s just really rough in general. I believe that’s part of the reason right there.
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A few days ago
Kindergarten is a transition year for many kids – kids who didn’t attend a formal preschool. There are studies that show that full day kindergartens are no better than half days, in fact, some studies show they can affect a child negatively. Full day kindergartens were enforced in large part by working parents who did not want to pay for additional daycare for their half day kindergartners.
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A few days ago
I work in a kindergarten and I can tell you after lunch their useless. Producing only half of the amount of shoddy electronics we force them to make in the afternoon than they make in the morning. I kid! They produce cheap tools.
But nevertheless they are tired and if we didn’t implement a nap time they would just be cranky. I think a half day is just fine for 4-5 year olds.
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A few days ago
Children may pick up more in the early years, but the have shorter attention spans and have problems adjusting being around so many others for longer periods, this causes the school to have disciplinary problems, thus they decide to shorten days and let the parents to deal with them which is what needs to happen.
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A few days ago
Kindergarten isn’t a required grade by law. Because of that many schools don’t get enough funding for that, so they have 1 teacher teach the morning class and then go on and teach the afternoon class. If you look at private schools, most of them offer full day kindergarten.
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A few days ago
They have half days in Kindergarten to help the young children get used to being away from their parents.
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A few days ago
I remember I went half days too. I think it’s because when you’re at that age, you have a short attention span, and so it’s not good to be at school for a full day.
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A few days ago
What works well with young children–not all young children , of course–is a morning of activity followed by a meal and an afternoon nap. Where afternoon classes are provided, I think it is often because parents need child care during their work hours.
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