Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My DC was in K at Somerset last year. There were two recesses/day. First recess is around 10:00. All four Ks go outside for snack and recess for 30 minutes total. Second recess is after lunch, around 12:30, for another 30 minutes. If you count the 15 minutes all kids are allowed to play outside from the time the bus drops them off at 8:30 until the bell rings at 8:45, there are three play/running around times. And, in addition, the K teachers all strived to give even additional times outside at the end of the day if the weather was especially nice or if the kids seemed to need it. It is a WONDERFUL school, with a great principal, mostly fabulous teachers, superb facilities and a low social-overhead, caring, mostly liberal community of parents. I love it.
Yes, but compare that to DC's private school, and that is not a lot. Our DC who is in K in private school gets a total of 1 1/2 hours of recess, which does not include snack time lumped in with it or free time outside during arrival. When you say that snack is a part of the 30 minutes alloted, that is not 30 minutes of running around time, unless your child foregoes snack. I think the lack of recess time for K kids is criminal in public schools.