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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS started at a private K this week.  Academics and most everything seem great ... except they have only taken the kids outside about 20 mins per day, including the aftercare program that goes from about 3:30-6:00.  They say they follow MCPS curriculum so I am wondering if MCPS has a requirement for physical education -- number of hours per week?  Any guidelines on this?  My kid is there from about 9-6 every day and 20 mins seems like nothing but maybe this is typical for K. ???[/quote]

I'd politely raise a ruckus about this if I were you. I think being outside and physical activity is, if anything, more important than "academics". In many European countries they don't even try to teach the kids much reading and math etc  til 7. 
   Get them outside! Let them run around. Let them create games with their own rules. Give them play equipment that challenges them physically. (OP, I know you probably want that already. I'm just encouraging you to keep pushing it. Any changes in that direction will benefit all of us.)[/quote]

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