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[quote=Anonymous]As a former K teacher from another system, I agree that all day is too long for a five year old.  Ideally--to me--K would be four to four and a half hours...but that is just not practical.  You could not have two sessions and, in today's climate, you could not have one group of kids going home earlier than the others--which is what happened in the past.  Back in the day, first and second graders usually went home 30 minutes to an hour earlier than the rest of school.

When I first started teaching (first grade), my kids had PE every day and it was OUTSIDE.  Teachers took the kids out for recess, too.  But, as demands started changing and rules from above, the teacher has less discretion to give the kids extra time.  In the Spring, I would take the kids out on scavenger hunts that related to something we were working on in class.  We might do silly fun things, too--like I would hide fake gold on the week of St Patrick's Day.  Or, eggs at Easter.  We might find something to write about.  As long as the kids were learning and we were accomplishing something in class, the principal was supportive.

Today, we could not do those things.  I didn't have to worry about SOLS or Common Core or any of those tests. Yes, we tested the kids--but, as long as the scores showed progress, we were okay.  No stress--except for behavior problems in the classroom--and, yes, there were those then, too.[/quote]

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