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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m just looking for recommendations on AFTERNOON PROGRAMS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS AGE. That’s it. Please and thank you. 
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Put him in a 9-3 preschool.  Very few things will be for kids that age except homeschool groups.[/quote]
+1  Your options are either a 9-3 preschool or to find a homeschool activity group he could drop into during the afternoons - if they would take him "part time".  Start networking on homeschool groups, OP.  [/quote]

My child's kindergarten was 8:30-3:30, does an extra hour make that much of a difference? And they had at least two recesses and center time (which the kids could use to go outside and play) and snack time and lunch time. Plus specials (library, PE, art, and music) So they spent most of that time playing and not doing formal academics.

I doubt that the OP is interested in 9-3 if their child is not ready for 8:30-9:30 with at least half the day spent playing and eating. [/quote]

+1.  OP seems to think K is all work, and not developmentally appropriate.  There is a lot of play and attention to socioemotional development in the early grades at our school.[/quote]My 5 yo is in kindergarten this year and has been miserable.  It's almost all desk work, no centers, and very little play.  They do a 3 hour block of reading and writing every morning entirely at their desks.  The do a 1.5 hour block of math in the afternoon, also at their desks.  At least my DD would have been much happier in a play based preschool for another year.  In our experience, K really is what 1st grade used to be.[/quote]

That's a crap kindergarten.  Our experience was nothing like that--lots of centers, circle time with reading aloud, group/interactive activities, no homework.  And our first grade still has the kids working at different stations and very little time just sitting at a desk listening to the teacher.

Ironically, many parents want their kids to have more academic experiences in preschool.  [/quote]

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