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What you think of as kindergarten would be termed daycare in the US, or potentially preschool, depending on the age of the children. In the US, kindergarten is
by tallanvor 6y ago
What you think of as kindergarten would be termed daycare in the US, or potentially preschool, depending on the age of the children.
In the US, kindergarten is the first year of compulsory education - traditionally children would go for half a day, but I think more and schools offer it as a full day now to take into account having both parents in the workplace.
- lotsofpulp 6y agoThis is the first time I’ve heard of kindergarten being less time in school than any of the other grades. I went 30+ years ago, and never heard of anyone going for half a day.
- felipemnoa 6y agoUsed to be half a day in my time. I suspect it is different in different countries.
- voortuckian 6y agoSome states in the U.S. only fund 1/2 day kindergarden. Full day exists, but requires the parents to pay more for that.
- dx87 6y agoI was in kindergarten in the early 90s and it was a half day. The school had two sessions though, so half the kids had morning classes, the other half had afternoon classes.
- nicoburns 6y agoOther countries have "daycare" style unstructured environments for children up to age 7 though, which would encompass US kindergarten age.
- sjg007 6y agoIn some states 1st grade or age 7 is when you have to go to school
- dragonwriter 6y ago> In the US, kindergarten is the first year of compulsory education Usually, not. It's generally the first year of free, available education which most people take advantage of because it's free. First grade is usually the first year of compulsory education (e.g., in California a student must be admitted to kindergarten at parent request if they turn 5 before September 1 of the school year and to transitional kindergarten if they turn 5 between September 2 and December 2, but compulsory education starts at age 6.)