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[quote=Anonymous]Mid-sixties. Public school on the East Coast. Kindergarten did used to be pretty fun. My favorite things were a really fabulous play kitchen/house/dress-up area, and a big area with enormous blocks for building. We also did a lot of art and music activities. We had a moderate amount of sitting around on the floor listening to whatever the teacher was teaching or reading to us, but were expected to be pretty active. No one was given homework or expected to learn to read until first grade, but I was already reading, and the teacher gave me special homework assignments, much to my nerdish delight.

When my oldest kid went to kindergarten (FCPS) in the early 90s, there was still a lot of this, but with more academics. I remember he did a science fair project. It felt like a good balance.

By the 2000s, when my younger kids started in FCPS, kindergarten was stressful, with almost no time for play. One went to a half-day program, and the teacher never let them have recess, if you can imagine that for 5 year olds. The other went to a full-day program, which had no play areas whatsoever, and was really sad and dull. [/quote]

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