Half Day vs. Full Day Kindergarten

Clark, P. (2004). Recent research on all-day kindergarten. Retrieved October 5, 2004, from ERIC Digest.

• This article gives the reader a better understanding of an all-day kindergarten program. It describes the achievement, social, and attitude effects of the program, as well as a look into the curriculum. It covers advantages of the subject and gives different viewpoints.

• We will use the articles contents for an informational purpose and views of pro and cons on all-day kindergarten. This article helped us break our paper into three more subtopics, as well as providing supporting detail for each topic.

Mendoza, M. (2004, 10 October). Push is on in state to expand full-day kindergarten program. Arizona Republic. Retrieved October 5, 2004, from http://www.azcentral.com

• This article informs the reader about the expanding kindergarten program in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Arizona</st1:place></st1:State>. It gives specific examples of schools using the program and facts on how the state made this possible.

• We will use this information as supporting detail with the other information we have collected.

Rothenberg, D. (1984). Full-day or half-day kindergarten. Retrieved October 5, 2004, from ERIC Digest.

• This article was created to inform its audience of all the views on full-day and half-day kindergarten. It covers the advantages and disadvantages of both sides as well as what they both have in common.

• We will use the information in this article for a non-biased view on both sides of full- or half-day kindergarten.

Welcome to Kindergarten – AM/PM programs. Gilbert Public Schools. Retrieved on October 14, 2004, from http://www.gilbert.k12.az.us

• This article explains the kindergarten curriculum, subjects and what it means to kindergarten. The directed audience is for parents who have children in kindergarten, but the information can be beneficial to anyone.

• We will use this article content as examples to support the information we are giving, it will also be used as valuable information itself.

Investing in full-day kindergarten is essential. (2002). Early Education for All. Retrieved October 5, 2004, from www.earlyeducationforall.org

• This article focuses on the advantages of all day kindergarten. It breaks the aspects of all day down to five subjects: academics, convenience, attitudes of parents and teachers, social development, and child progress.

• We will use this article to strengthen our argument on all day kindergarten. It has very good points and explanations.