Full day Pre-K

[Angelinthemorning]

Hello all, I wanted to get everyone's thoughts on full day Pre-K.  In OK they started making kindergarten full day about 2 years ago.  I've noticed now that they are starting to make Pre-K full day(optional). My kids aren't old enough yet for either, I have a two year old and a 9 month old.  But, I was curious to see how many are for and against full day Pre-K, and what benefits or negative aspects you think there are for each.  Personally, I am against full day Pre-K and against Pre-K altogether.  But, I am a stay at home mom with a very good support group of other moms.  So, we have playdates one to two times a week.

[twehner5]

Schools want us to think that kids are being taught more these days...that's part of the propaganda to sweep them away younger and younger.  My 8th grade daughter is 2 years ahead of her class mates in math, yet she's in the same math I took in 8th grade (geometry).  So, who's foolin' who?  (I graduated from HS in 1982.)  Next year, at great cost to the school district, they will bus her to the high school for math and then bus her back to her JH school.  She did this in her final year of elementary school year, too.  (This is the child who DIDN'T DO kindergarten!!!)

Parents can purchase age-appropriate computer games that will teach very young children enough computer skills to be on par with their peers.  They will catch up, it not.  It's mostly hype.  We didn't have a computer for the longest time, and my son was teaching his friends how to do things on THEIR computers - kids just KNOW.

[Cherie762]

your right on many points bullying is an epidemic..my son got picked on for being chubby I went to principal, school counselor, teacher not a spec of help I finally told my son he was gonna have to hit the bully very sad but it worked now nobody picks on him the bullies have moved on to the next victim..tolerance for teen pregnancys sex, and so one contributes to lack of innocence,,,,I dont have an answer other than it begins at home...I threw a fit when they wanted to teach Darwins theory with out also teaching creation got on the band wagon with like minded parents we got it banned,.

[April2]

That's true to a point but then why are we so far behind other countries, especially in things like Math and Science?
I think kids are more stressed today not because of the work load but because there's just so much more temptation out there and bullying, etc. It just seems worse than when we were kids, you know? My daughter was bullied all through middle school.
And kids are experimenting with things at a much younger age, things like sex and drugs. They've lost their innocence way sooner. I blame TV, radio and the media, but that's a whole other topic.

[Cherie762]

children are getting pushed harder and harder what used to be taught in 4th grade is being taught in 2nd and K isnt just for socialisation your learning computer skills and lots more...anyone wonder why our kids are stressed???

[dai3symae]

I have two kids who went to full day preschool and have been a teacher for 29 years.  I voted for but...each parent knows their child best when deciding on preschool.

In my school district....small, poor, urban....we have full day pre-k for 4 year olds.  I think they really benefit.  Kids who haven't been to any preschool and start kindergarten are often very nervous (some cry everyday for several weeks).  

With No Child Left Behind, kindergarten is more academic and structured than it used to be.  

[margypops]

I agree with teko parents is best at this age..