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2008.02.21

I got my first early-morning call from RELAY, the teaching agency today - and was sent to a Kinder only in the next suburb from my own centre. Considering I only teach short sessions with my group of 4-5 year-olds, the 7.5hr day (yes, that's ONE session) was practically like long daycare!

... Although I'll admit that had a pretty decent program, so I can't go knocking the Kinder completely. But it *was* far too long for many of the children, some of which were still 3. Throw two sets of (identical) twins and a set of triplets into the mix, and it was a challenging day. Going back to my own group of children today was a great relief! :P
9 Comments
wanderers Children in this age should play-not to have lessons!
wanderers · 2008-02-22: 02:04
focussed Congrats on getting that first call out under your belt. 7.5 hours is an excessively long day for a kinder program.... Ive never heard of anywhere that does that many hours..(other than normal sessions with the option for extra hours in the additional care program. At least its given you an appreciation for your own kindy :)
focussed · 2008-02-22: 04:51
PaperWings That looks like a fun playground!
PaperWings · 2008-02-22: 08:03
ambersunsets Congrats! I agree 3 yr olds need more play.
ambersunsets · 2008-02-22: 08:10
AriesTyger Seven and a half hours for 3 year olds? Seems a bit excessive. I don't remember that much from developmental psych, but for kids that young it seems terribly long. Hope it wasn't too overwhelming. :)
AriesTyger · 2008-02-22: 14:32
bamommy Very interesting. Here in Birmingham Pre-school 3-4 year school is open from 6am-6pm. A lot of kids spend that entire time at the school because of their parents work schedule. When I was a kid kindergarten was 1/2 a day but now Kindergarten (age 5) is 7:45am until 2:35pm. Anyway, Love the photo.
bamommy · 2008-02-22: 18:17
Queen911 Nice shot of the play ground.
Queen911 · 2008-02-22: 21:38
kware you are a better woman than I - just my two children (ages 4 and 19 mos) is enough to drive me crazy, I don't think I could handle large #'s of kids!!!
kware · 2008-02-22: 22:39
jwideman i'll bet those kids are worn out by the end of each day!
jwideman · 2008-02-27: 18:43
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