Daily Schedule
We start our day with free play. The children arrive between 8 and 8:30 and move throughout their classroom and choose from a variety of open-ended activities the teachers have set up.
At around 9:30 - 9:45 we clean up and have a morning circle where we greet each other, share news from home or about our day, sing, dance, or play a short game. Then we wash hands and sit down for a snack brought from home around 10.
After snack we head outside for some large and small group unstructured play on the playground to get our hearts pumping, muscles working and brains engaged.
We come back inside around 11:00 for a choice circle where we learn/talk about topics or do a large group activity related to our current unit. Then we move on to choice time with activities related to the same curriculum unit.
We move on to lunch at 12:00 after a quick song circle and hand washing . After lunch we have a story circle followed by quiet time which happens from around 12:45 until 1:30. We have a space for sleepers who need a longer rest and another space for the restless rockers and rollers where we do quiet activities. We have a second choice time after rest and then an afternoon snack around 3:00.
Our day ends outside on the playground or with indoor large group activities depending on the weather.
At around 9:30 - 9:45 we clean up and have a morning circle where we greet each other, share news from home or about our day, sing, dance, or play a short game. Then we wash hands and sit down for a snack brought from home around 10.
After snack we head outside for some large and small group unstructured play on the playground to get our hearts pumping, muscles working and brains engaged.
We come back inside around 11:00 for a choice circle where we learn/talk about topics or do a large group activity related to our current unit. Then we move on to choice time with activities related to the same curriculum unit.
We move on to lunch at 12:00 after a quick song circle and hand washing . After lunch we have a story circle followed by quiet time which happens from around 12:45 until 1:30. We have a space for sleepers who need a longer rest and another space for the restless rockers and rollers where we do quiet activities. We have a second choice time after rest and then an afternoon snack around 3:00.
Our day ends outside on the playground or with indoor large group activities depending on the weather.