School

Madison has all day kindergarten. it was a bit of a surprise to me when i found that out. Skye, who only goes to preschool 3 afternoons for just 2 and a half hours will suddenly have to get used to going to school at 7:30 in the morning (that's when she wakes up!) and staying there all day until 3. it seems like a huge shift. other parents and i have often talked about the big change and most mums seem to think holding kids back a year is good. but then there's all this talk of kindergarten for 4 year olds. here a local article about that. kids are being expected to know so much more at an earlier age. what happened to being kids and playing around outside and getting dirty? is that something of the past now?