Is It Enough?

I have to say that kindergarten is going well.  Gooshy is really liking it and making lots of friends.  (he is a social butterfly like his mom!)  He plays a lot, gets books read to him, and did I mention that he plays a lot?

So is it enough?  He has been in daycare 3-4 days/week since he was 6 months.  And he has been in Montessori pre-school for 2 years.  He can read and write, do (very little) Spanish and has started doing math.

He is in kindergarten five days per week – only half day.  And do you know that half day is only 2 ½ hours?  Like THAT is half day!  I can’t imagine that they can get anything done in that amount of time.  I know that he should play and be free, but he should use his mind too.  He should practice his reading, writing, do some math, some Spanish etc.

I don’t want to push him too hard – but I don’t want him to loose everything he has already learned.  Argh – I don’t know what to do?  Or maybe I should not do anything.

So I ask again…is 2 ½ hours per day enough?

Brooke has been a part of the WAHI family since March 2009 writing articles for the WAHM Wisdom section. She has had her own business since 1997, – Cataluña – web sites redesigned from scratch. She also creates web sites, e-newsletters, blogs, e-commerce sites etc. as well as print collateral including logos.