Kindergarten Curriculum Overview All day kindergarten is an expanded day of learning for kindergartners that is responsive to their need for content learning, critical thinking, curiosity and discovery, independence, social interaction and movement. The increased number of instructional minutes that kindergartners will receive in a full school day provides more learning time as children continue to build a foundation for cognitive development, acquisition of literary and mathematical content, social skills, critical thinking and independence. In accordance with Illinois School Code, the district must offer a half day program to all students. Every student will be working toward the same standards regardless of their program and the half day program will continue to be a quality learning experience for all students.