Questions about recess (K) in FCPS

[Anonymous]

PP 13:26. While recess is limited at school, a lot of kindergarten took place outside. Math was often outside - counting and sorting acorns versus leaves and that sort of thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP 13:26. While recess is limited at school, a lot of kindergarten took place outside. Math was often outside - counting and sorting acorns versus leaves and that sort of thing.

Oh wow, do they still do that sort of thing, actual class outside? That's great to hear.

[Anonymous]

There have only been about 3 days this year when we have had to have indoor recess.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our K class has 20 minutes for recess and that time includes going out and coming back and a bathroom break for all the K students. In the afternoon, they lay down for a short nap in the beginning of the year. They also do stations and have a lot of time where they are not sitting still.

OP here -- that's true, I suppose I shouldn't think of all non-recess time as "sitting still" time, for sure.

But, wow. This news really depresses me. I'm not naive about education these days-- I was involved in education policy in my first career and so know all about the testing requirements and crammed school days, etc. But, I guess, now as the mother of an actual child, who needs to run and work off all this energy , I see things differently! Do you know, for kids that go to aftercare, do they get outside frequently? That would at least help, I suppose.

SACC requires all kids to go outside for the first half hour of SACC. In the mornings they may have a choice depending on how long SACC runs before school.

My child is in SACC and they don't go outside the first half hour.

My children are in SACC, and during the winter, they never seem to have activity. Occasionally, they will go to the gym. During the Spring and Fall, they spend the end of the time in SACC outside on the playground. They are only allowed on 1/2 of the playground and not the whole thing and not the field. Morning SACC never goes outside and never to the gym.