All Day Kindergarten
Ontario has instituted funding all day/everyday kindergarten for children as young as 3 1/2 years old. Current research on the developing brain facilitated by modern imaging equipment shows the language areas of the brain of many little boys is about 1 1/2 years behind little girls. Timing is everything. It is not enough to teach well. You have to teach well to kids who are developmentally ready to learn. Expecting little boys to attend all day / every day kindergarten may be the worst possible introduction to school for some. Many are simply not ready. I see little 5 and 6 year old boys every week who already “hate school”.