Great question! I've read a few different states requiring different number of hours or stated differently. In the site I worked at previously, it was a required 5.5 hour day for students but that didn't necessarily mean online. It included times for lunch, snack, break times, and home learning activities which didn't require families or students to be online.
NAEYC has a
brief article on questions to consider during Covid that might be able to help.
It would be interesting to see per state what the requirement is or expectation for instructional remote learning, especially for such a young age group!
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Mary Samour
Online Community Manager
National Association for the Education of Young Children
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-25-2021 12:32 AM
From: Kristine Gianchand
Subject: Remote Learning for Kindergartern
Hi everyone!!! Hope you are all well.
I just wanted to know what hours do you put in for your kinder students daily for whole group? Is it a state requirement or are you accommodating based on student needs?
Is there a NAEYC guidelines pdf somewhere on recommended hours for online teaching?
Kristine
New Kindergartern
Guam
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Kristine Gianchand
Guam Department of Education
Tamuning
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