Advantages+of+full+day+kindergarten

= Advantages of Full Day Kindergarten = This article explains how full day kindergarten has become increasingly popular in the United States for many different reasons and the benefits of it. It says that parents prefer full day kindergarten because it provides their children with “further opportunities for academic, social, and personal enrichment” (Kirk, 2000). Full day kindergarten is supported because it is believed to be more effective meeting the needs of busy working parents, and the length of the day allows teachers to be more effective in the material they cover. Full day kindergarten allows for a less stressful day and a in a less hurried manner. Working parents benefit with their children in full day kindergarten, allowing them to continue to work. Students in full day kindergarten are shown to have improved educational performance and do better than kids in half day kindergarten. There are shown to be more short term effects than long term effects for the benefits of attending a full day of kindergarten. Researchers did a student achievement comparison to see which program is more beneficial. Students were tested in their reading curriculum and their mathematics curriculum. I believe that this study was very important to do and yielded helpful results. The data was analyzed and the correlations of the independent value were evaluated. The end finding were that children who attend full day kindergarten do learn more through experience, but the effects of that diminish by the time that the students enter the first grade. The findings were consistent throughout all of the studies.

  Wolgemuth J., Cobb B., Winokur M  Comparing Longitudinal Academic Achievement of Full-Day and Half-Day Kindergarten Students. //Journal of Educational Research//, //99//(5), 260-269. Retrieved from []