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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is in 3rd grade in a decent but not great public elementary school and has literally never spent hours staring at a laptop. Yes there is screen time (too much!) but most kids I know are getting more screen time at home than at school.

Kindergarten was usually:

About 60-90 of direct instruction (including small groups for more personalized instruction).

About 90 minutes of centers time (and yes one of the centers was tablets for I-Ready, but they rotated through them and the other centers were all hands on and interactive -- games, blocks, magnetiles, etc.)

90 minutes of specials (they rotated, so on any given day this would be PE, music, Spanish, or art). No screens in specials.

90 minute of lunch and recess (I wish less of this time was spent lining up, walking to the cafeteria, lining up, walking to the playground, lining up, walking back to the classroom).

The rest of the time was stuff like morning meeting, clean up time, etc.

It was much more academic than preschool but it was still an active, developmentally appropriate day. I would have liked more outdoor time and fewer worksheets, but it's public and I know it's never going to be perfect.

Some of you are talking about kindergarten like it's jail or something. [/quote]

Less than an hour per day outside, screen time, and significant time on worksheets are all absolutely not “developmentally appropriate” for a 4 year old. Don’t kid yourself. [/quote]

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