kindergarten Q

KathrynMD · November 2012

If your LO is in full day kindergarten do they have snack and/or nap time?

(I may need to post this on the school aged board too)

I was talking to a neighbor last night and she was saying that her DD was in K 8:45-3 and there was no snack time and no nap time either. Just a "quiet" reading time after lunch/recess, but no one laid down and none of the kids actually closed their eyes.

The no nap thing doesn't really bother me, but honestly. .. .only doing lunch seems a little much.

brightning · November 2012

My DD is in full-day kindergarten from 7:30-2. They eat lunch at 10:10 a.m. and have a snack around noon. I really wish they let us pack individual snacks with their lunches instead of the everybody-contributes-shelf-stable-snack they use. It's basically crackers or cookies, and there are a lot of other things I'd rather she be eating.

No nap, rest or quiet time, which is fine. DD hasn't done that in years anyway.

KatFCo · November 2012

DD's school is from 9-3:30. They have lunch around 11:30 and snack, provided by the teacher. It's usually a handful of crackers.

After recess, they come in and have quiet time. DD's still sometimes fuzzy on the details of her school day, but I think it's usually a show with the lights off and kids can lay their heads down if they're tired.

DD was in preschool for 3 years and this last year she phased out napping. They still had naptime, but she and some of the older kids lay quietly or read during that time.

Angela814 · November 2012

In kinder DD had a morning and afternoon snack. They had rest time after lunch. Occasionally she'd tell me that she slept, but usually she read or did another quiet activity.

In 1st grade she has only morning snack, but her lunch period is later too.

sju · November 2012

DS's school is from 8:25 to 2:50. No snacks. They have lunch at around 11am. They have quiet time for approx. 30 minutes after recess. Kids bring a towel so they can lay down if they wish.

DS goes to afterschool care and they give him snack.

At first I was concerned with the snack issue but it is ok. DS now eats a bigger breakfast. He transitioned really well from FT preschool to K.

shellybird101 · November 2012

My DD does FT Kindergarten from 7:50-3:00 and they have a snack at 9:30 and a rest period right after recess and lunch.

VTbride05 · November 2012

The Kinder in our town has two snack times in addition to lunch. They also have a time when they have to lay down. No books, just a quiet rest. I appreciate this as my son at 4.5 years old in PreK still naps. Full day 5 day kindergarten is a lot, I am glad they rest.

hokies94 · November 2012

My older girls are past K but our K is 9:00-3:40. They get quiet time for the first few months of school where they lay down and rest. They can nap or just lay quietly. They stop this in late fall.

They also have one snack time in the afternoon, around 2 or 2:30.

That's surprising they don't have snack time. All of the elementary classes in our school are allowed to bring one snack if they want.

neverblushed · November 2012

I am also in Maryland, but MoCo.

There is no nap in K, although my son's classroom schedule did allow for a quiet independent reading time of about 15 minutes in the afternoon. The teacher had pillows, beanbags, and even a small tent where kids could relax with a book for a few minutes. That disappears after K, though!

In my son's elementary school, parents are asked/allowed to provide a healthy snack if the child's lunchtime is either very early or very late. In K his class ate lunch at 10:45. In first grade, their lunch was at noon, so there was no snack last year. He's back to eating on the early shift again in 2nd, so parents are asked to send in a small snack each day for the afternoon.

bim38106 · November 2012

My friends and I were just discussing this this morning. Our LOs will be entering K next year but we know a LOT of Ks this year.

They have a morning snack and an afternoon snack.

Mandated 30 mins "rest" time in our district.

hmms · November 2012

I teach fullday K, my kids arrive at 8:45, lunch at 11:15, recess until 12, rest from 12:1512:45, snack at 2:45 and dismissal at 3:40.

Parents rotate providing a healthy snack for class about once/month, and sweet treats are allowed on birthdays.

KL777 · November 2012

DS will be in kindergarten this upcoming school year and I know there are no naps. I'm not sure about the snack part.

mrsseguin · November 2012

DS has full day K from 9-3:30. I believe he has one snack time and lunch. They do also have a rest period, and a few times his teacher told me he fell asleep a few times. He took a daily nap up until the day he started K. Now, he's adjusted well to not napping and he goes to bed like a champ!

jlw2505 · November 2012

My DD is in full day kindergarten from 9:33 to 4:03 (don't ask on the times). They have a morning snack (for $65 for the year, they can chose one thing off the snack cart a day and they have really great, healthy options or you can bring something from home - we do the snack cart) and lunch (DD mostly brings but buys every so often.

As for nap - no nap but they have a "brain break" every afternoon and the kids lay down on towels and rest for 20-30 mins. They do phase this out by the end of the year but all grades (school is PreK to 6) does a brain break and they go outside 1-2 times a day plus they have specials as well.

I will add that my DD could use an afternoon snack as well - she is always starving when I pick her up and we tend to pack an extra something in her lunchbox that she can eat on the drive home.

jnksmom · November 2012

DS is in school 7:45-2:45. He has lunch at 10:20 and then a snack at 1:00. The school provides a snack or you can pack a snack. It can be crackers/cheez-its but no cookies, chips, or candy.

They do not have a nap or quiet time.

pea-kay · November 2012

The boys aren't in K yet, but we have a kindergartner in our carpool. They do snack, but no naps. School is 8:15 - 3:30.

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