[fr0styMatt2]

This really blows my mind if it's what's happening. Are you saying that kindergartens are getting rid of 'nap times'?!?!

Why would they do this?!?!

I thought it was obvious that children need sleep in order to learn and grow.

Secondly even if I put on a tinfoil hat I can't see even a financial incentive for getting rid of naps. That's down time that kindergarten teachers get to relax in the relative quiet and organize things.

So what possible rationale is there for getting rid of nap time?

[Loughla]

The rationale I've seen, in the public schools in my area, is to cram more reading and writing into the day. They eliminated nap time, and have alternating recess - mornings for 30 minutes one day, afternoons the next.

If your child can't read and write their own name by the time they get to kindergarten, they are considered behind age appropriate. This isn't an affluent area of the US, either. It's a rural, poor area.

The quest to test is what's eliminating all 'extra' times in schools. We have to beat China, Korea and all of Europe on standardized dick measuring tests, so our children get to suffer (unless you can afford alternate private schools like forest schools or something similar).

[hugh4]

I hated naptime when I was at preschool, I could never get to sleep.

Although it's possible I'm just misremembering, and I got to sleep just fine most of the time and only remember the times I lay awake thinking about how I hated naptime.

[Wingman4l7]

Maybe the parents who are paying big money for kindergarten feel like they're getting shortchanged if their child isn't being educated the entirety of their time there, and this has led to pressure to reduce or eliminate nap time?

[Cthulhu_]

I didn't have nap time in school, I had to go to bed at 7 instead (with school starting at 9). Nap time is only needed if your night time is too short, IMO.

[a-saleh]

Similar experience. Both me and my sister were not napping at all and instead slept 8 pm - 6 am.

[troels]

My sons kindergarten don't have nap times for practical reasons. It's a forrest kindergarten, so they spend all/most their time in the woods. I suppose they could bring a tent or sleeping bags, but it gets rather cold during winter.

That probably doesn't answer your question directly, but it may be for similar practical reasons this is happening elsewhere (if it is - I don't know).