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Our district offers full day and half day programs. But the full day isn't 8 hours, it's more like 6 or 7. The kids get picked up on the bus around 8:30 and are home around 3.

ETA: D's in full time daycare, so when he gets to kindergarden he'll have to do the full day program with after care, so essentially the same hours he's used to.

Pretty sure it's full day and ends either 2:30 or 3:00. Not sure how we're going to handle pick up since we both WOH full time.

Ours is full day 5 days a week.

The jump last year (we also do a junior K and then senior K year) was hard having done 2-2 hour preschool mornings a week to suddenly doing full day. It took until say, October/November to get into the swing of things.

But then this summer my daughter got back into the nap routine. And again going to a full day has been hard.

That being said, she has flourished at school, so we love it...once we find our groove

The public schools around us are all full days. This is part of the reason we won't send her to public kindergarten if it can at all be avoided. I'd like to have her do a half day program.

Ours goes from 8:30-11:30, it is a bit inconvenient at times but it works.

Ours are full day, although there may be some half day programs in private schools. However, I'd think the kids may be behind in first grade if they didn't go to full day kindergarten just because of how academically intense school is these days.

I think, at least in my area, kindergarten is like first grade was when I was in school. Likewise, pre-k is what our kindergarten was 20-30 years ago. When I tell people what kindergarteners are expected to know at the beginning of the year and how I have to prepare my pre-k students, they are really shocked.

ours is a little over 7 hours. i don't think there are half day programs in our area.

We have full day here. I believe they get a nap after lunch.

@Mrs. Jump Rope: I remember when my - not so little any more! - cousin was in grade school. He went to after school programs right in his school. I wonder if that's still available?

I know daycare and the Y,, etc have before and after care program. But honestly the thought of adding another step into my child's day going from A to b to c and bussing them again is not appealing to me. I like knowing they will be in one spot all day and not worry about if they got from a to b safely.

@regberadaisy: Thankfully, every school I have dealt with has their own in house program. You drop them off and pick then up at school and the program is often staffed largely by school staff. They typically offer breakfast and play before school and then after there is snack, homework time and lots of free play with some organized activities thrown in. Since schools will even help facilitate after school activities if the school offers then they will get your child to the right place and make sure they get back to where they belong afterwards. It is still a paid program but they are usually pretty decent.

@Mrs. Jump Rope: I just looked ours up (since LO isn't obviously in kindergarten yet) and they have AM/PM sessions. AM is 8:45 – 11:15 a.m and PM is 12:30 – 3:15 p.m.

The district I work in has all day kinder from 7:30-2:45. They offer an after school program, but some parents send their children to other daycares that pick them up from the school and take them to daycare until the parents pick them up.