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Allience For Childhood Reports…

September 21, 2009 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

that students in Kindergarten need more play during the day. They say more play is needed at this early of an age because that is the way they learn better.

The group looked at kindergarten schools in New York City and LA and found more time was spent on math and literacy than on play.

They found for both cities that daily time spent on test prep was over 20 minutes a day, 45 plus minutes a day on math, 75 plus minutes a day for literacy.

Included in the report is a list of 12 different types of play