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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In our Fairfax school, kindergarteners have nap time after lunch, on the hard floor full of germs from dirty shoes. Kids have recess in the afternoon. In the morning, they just have 30 min of PE. So, yes, they have very little opportunities to release the energy. Too many rules to learn, too many kids to deal with, and sometimes there's a teacher with little experience and not much patience.I know there are schools, not FCPS, with half day kindergarten.[/quote]

Between nap, lunch, PE and recess, when do they actually get any learning done?  A 5-6 year old should not need a nap during the school day.[/quote]

The kindergarten classrooms I've been in didn't have nap time. They had "quiet time" where they were sitting at the tables working on stuff that they didn't finish on time, or reading, or using the computer, or doing remediation with the teacher. This lasted about 10-20 minutes and the lights were out and nobody was allowed to talk. If a student was having a bad day, they were allowed to lay their head down on the table.

Sooooo fcps school day is about 7 hours long. Lunch is 30 minutes (part of that is leaving the class, getting in line to buy lunch and walking back to class, so we're looking at 15-20 minutes to actually spend eating), recess is 20 minutes, and PE is part of the curriculum, so it IS learning time. I'm not sure exactly how many minutes PE is, but let's say 30-45. So "nap" (10-20 min) plus lunch (30 min) plus PE (30-45 min) plus recess (20 min) works out to be an hour and a half to an hour and 40 minutes out of the day. That leaves more than 5 hours for the kids to be learning. Do you think we should have the kids eat lunch at their desk, so they aren't missing out on any valuable lessons? Should we extend the day another hour? Eliminate PE and recess?  :? [/quote]

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