ETFO Positions
Full-Day Early Learning Kindergarten Program (FDK)
In September 2010, Ontario launched the first phase of the
Full-Day Early Learning Kindergarten Program (FDK), an
exciting new initiative for kindergarten-aged children that will
be fully implemented during the 2014-2015 school year. The
program is staffed by certified teachers and designated early
childhood educators (DECEs), with both professionals bringing
complementary knowledge and skills to the classroom. It is based
on a developmentally appropriate, play-based approach to early
childhood education. This plan brings Ontario more in line with
other industrialized countries that have a strong commitment
to the education and development of young children. ETFO
welcomes this plan to provide full-day kindergarten programs
for four- and five-year-olds taught by qualified teachers and early
childhood educators.
Preparing
our children
for a
bright future
Why full-day kindergarten matters
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• Skilled, well-educated people are critical
for Ontario’s economic prosperity. Full-day
kindergarten is an important step forward in
helping our children – and our province – meet
the challenges of the 21st century.
• Full-day kindergarten gives teachers time to give
children individual attention. It gives children
time to develop academic and social skills.
• Full-day kindergarten gives all children a chance to
bloom and become the best learners they can be.
Preparing
our children
for a
bright future
Full-day kindergarten matters
“A preschool model
based on playful
learning might do
even more than
buttress outcomes.
It might also better
prepare students to
be lifelong learners
who will eventually
enter a world that is
increasingly relying
on global, socially
sensitive and
flexible thinkers.”
Hirsh-Pasek, Golinkoff,
Berk and Singer
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