I attended kindergarten for 1/2 day [morning] sessions. The school housed grades K-6, and was right behind my house. Only a couple of kids were bussed in, the rest of us walked. As I recall, we all walked home for lunch and grades 1-6 walked back for the second half of the day. There was no cafeteria. The bussed kids had to brown-bag it.
I did not attend kindergarten. I was curious so I looked up kindergarten in Georgia; apparently it is still optional. Legally a child must be in school at age 6, so kindergarten is not required. Huh.
Nope, no kindergartens were offered. The school was so crowded that first and second grades only attended half days, first in the mornings, second in the afternoons. I was only five when I started first grade, so it was about the same as kindergarten. The schools were crowded because our dads came home from the war in 1946 and there were a bumper crop of 1947 babies.
Charlottesville started Pre-K classes, but refuses to call it Government Funded Daycare. I shan't comment on Those Who Do Not Work availing themselves of the services.
You made me go look. I charted births for the Boomer Years ('46 thru '64) Year_Births 1946 3,411,000 1947 3,817,00 1948 3,637,000 1949 3,649,000 1950 3,632,000 1951 3,820,000 1952 3,909,000 1953 3,959,000 1954 4,071,000 1955 4,097,000 1956 4,210,000 1957 4,300,000 1958 4,246,000 1959 4,244,796 1960 4,257,850 1961 4,268,326 1962 4,167,362 1963 4,098,020 1964 4,027,490
As someone who never had kids, I want my money back. Discounts negotiable if they are contributing to my Social Security
It was just over a mile to school and pitch black in those cold Northern mornings. No busses and Mom was home with a newborn (only one car and Dad had to take it to work) so it was "Shanks Ponies" to school. We had to cross a very busy major highway, so when we got there, we had to wait for the "crossing boys" (eighth graders) to get there to get us across safely. There were old cast-iron lamp posts there that had electrical problems and would shock you if you touched them. We'd all form a line, holding hands and one kid would touch the pole. A tingling would pass through our hands and arms all down the line. It's a wonder that we didn't all get electrocuted. Maybe that's my problem.....I may have burned out several million brain cells by the time I was six and now I'm running low?
I did not attend kindergarten. I was a country kid and most country kids that I grew up with did not go to kindergarten. Kindergarten classes were half days. Some kids went in the morning and others in the afternoon. Buses did not cater to the schedule of kindergartners. My parents had one car and my dad drove that to work. My mom also worked but she caught a ride to her job with others that worked at the same place. So there was no way my parents could take us to school or pick us up. We stayed with our grandparents, while our parents were at work.
No , the age for starting school was 5 ,but I lived with my aunt and uncle in Victoria for a couple of years 4 till 6 so I didn’t start school till I wasn’t far off turning 7
The little town in Idaho where I lived didn’t have a kindergarten, as far as I know. My mom probably would not have sent me, even if they did, and she was teaching me how to read way before i went to school anyway. I went to the Seventh Day Adventist School up until 5th grade, so we did not have any overcrowding issues , more like not very many kids in each grade. One classroom had grades 1-4, the other one had grades 4-8, and each classroom had its own teacher. I was learning to read Roy Rogers comic books by the time I started school, and always loved reading books.
I grew up in what they now call the exurbs of a large city. Never went to kindergarten. I don't think it was offered. At least I never knew anyone who went. My mother lived inside the city limits when she was that age and went to kindergarten.
Yes, and I remember the most stupid thing about it. At the same time each day, the teacher passed out mats & rolled them out on the floor & we were supposed to take a nap. I thought, "I'm not tired or sleepy; why do we have to take a nap?"
Yeah, we had that too. Very few, if anyone, slept. Mostly we spent our time poking or kicking one another, trying to get them to say something and get in trouble. I just got up; why would I want to sleep, and how could I sleep in a room full of kids lying on uncomfortable mats?