What do you think of full day kindergarten?

Well here in Florida we already have that program in place. Kindergarteners already go a full day. So I am used to it. I dont think it is a bad idea.

Our kindergarten is going to a strange school system---you either go Mon, Thurs every other Wednesday, or Tues, Friday every other Wednesday all day. They are changing from every day/half days to this all day system--it will save them 60,000 per year on busing.

This post has been edited by Jamison'smama on May 22 2006, 10:51 AM

ITA with this. Five or even six years old is still really young, and making them sit in school all day long just makes no sense to me. I think half days are more than enough. It's little things like this that make me very glad we're planning on homeschooling our kids - I won't have to mold to the system when I don't agree with it.

I am not opposed to it, because I could see how beneficial it would be for parents who work. I don't know how one would work and find the time to pickup a child mid-day, find p/t daycare, etc. But since I don't plan to go back to work come kindergarten time, I have the opportunity to pick my kids up and bring them home. So I suppose given MY situation, I would choose halfday over full day only because a whole day does seem way too long on the kids IMO. And I do believe that too much stimulation, pressure and homework can actually cause some kids to start to resent school as they get older.