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Children in pre-k and K usually take naps but not anymore. Some of the schools in my area have said that kids in K will no longer have nap time. In my opinion this is a bad idea. Some kids with late birthdays are still 4 when they enter K and can get tired quickly. I don't think I would even send my child to a school where there are no naps. I could already see a bunch of kids falling asleep at their tables. I would love to hear other people opinions on this.
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They haven't had naps in K around where I am in ages. However, there are deadlines/age requirements around me also. A child has to be 5 by August 1st of that school year to start Kindergarten so theoretically there shouldn't be any 4-year-olds. My youngest son is in K now, it is all-day & no nap. He did do a school-based preschool that was all-day 2 days a week last school year & they did take a 1 hr rest time. He hated it
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I don't think my state ever had naps in K. My daughter is in K and it is along day. When I was a kid we didn't have naps eitherComment
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We never had naps in K when I went to school either & I am 41,! However, K was only 1/2 day when I went.
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Our area never had 1/2 K it just a full day. Also our state deadline is to be 5 by Sept 30th so kids born in late Aug and Sept are 4 at the time they start K. So strange because a school less than 5 miles away still have naps.Comment
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my dd was in 1/2 day and they still had a rest period of 25 minutes!
ahh the good ol' days!
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When I was in K, we had 1/2 days.
Our school system made K full day, maybe 12 years ago.
Then they had public school 4 Pre-K that was 1/2 day. So if your child needed to nap, you could send them for the morning session (the am was 9:00-11:50 and pm was 12:50-3:35), and then they could go home or to daycare and nap in the afternoon.
This year was the first year of all day pre-k (you don't have the option for 1/2 day), and they nap for 50 minutes. Well, at that age, it takes most of my kids 20-30 minutes to fall asleep (probably more in a room full of other 4 year olds squirming), so they are getting a 20 minute nap...Comment
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I think that is along time for a 4 or even a 5 year old to be awake. Getting up for the bus, 8hrs of school, catching the bus home(some kids ride transfer so they have a extra 30-45min ride home) when the child finally does get home they're just going to crash.Comment
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Our district has full day K and no naps. I stop napping kids going in to K at the beginning of summer to acclimate. Honestly most have outgrown napping well before that so it's usually pretty painless. But once the summer hits and they are registered for school they are considered SA and the rules are a bit different for them so it's not as difficult to have them up.Comment
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Do most schools really have 8 hrs? Ours is only 6 hrs for the elementary. My elementary kids go 9-3. My middle school son is in school 7:45-2:30 so still not even a 7-hr day. PArents can choose other options such as one parent working earlier & picking up the child or dropping them off so the child doesn't have to ride the bus, thus shortening the day.Comment
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Most elementary schools where I am start at 8 and they get out at 3 so that's 7hrs. A lot of kids do got to B&A care. We are in hurricane central so when one comes they extend the days some time to even longer to make up for missed days. My poor cousin never makes it past the sofa before falling asleep.Comment
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My point was if there are two parents & they both work that they could work different hours to shorten their child's time in school. Don't blame it on the school if your child is there so long, make changes to make it shorter for them or delay sending your child if they are only 4 - no one will make you send a 4-year-old.Comment
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