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[quote=Anonymous]My son just finished Kindergarten with MCPS. Came home 3-4 days a week crying that he never got to play. This was especially problematic in winter when they watched movies during recess.  (I find that outrageous by the way).

Kindergarteners at my son's school weren't allowed snacks. (All other grades were allowed to have a snack so this made no sense)

My son went from preschool lasting 2 and 1/2 hours with a snack to a day where the bus picked him up at 8:15 and dropped him off at 3:45 and he had lunch and maybe 20 minutes of recess and gym once a week. My son has a lot of energy and this was very difficult for him even though he really liked school. It was just exhausting. We couldn't do after school activities until the end of the year.

The only thing that saved him was that he loves drawing and writing so even though sitting still is tough, he enjoyed it. When it's time for math, that will be a problem.

The centers provided opportunities to play with puzzles but my son said it was pretty boring.

They did read fun books (and my son rarely likes most books so I was thrilled).

Academically, I thought the teacher did VERY well - especially with some difficult students.

I think adding a 15 minute snack and two breaks with 5-10 minutes of exercise or play would have made the say so much better.

Play based learning never really worked for us for the sole reason that it really became an excuse for preschools to let kids roam around. If there is a plan for how activities really do teach something, I think it's great. Very few schools and teachers do this well from my experience.
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