Daily Schedule
- 7:00 - 8:30 Children arrive and free play
- 8:30 - 9:00 Breakfast
- 9:00 - 11:15 Free Play/Centers/Outside Play
- 11:15 - 11:30 Transition to Lunch
- 11:30 - Noon Lunch
- 12:00 - 12:30 Transition to Nap
- 12:30 - 2:30 Nap (Quiet Activity once awake)
- 2:30 - 3:00 Transition to Snack
- 3:00 - 3:30 Snack
- 3:30 - 5:00 Free Play / Centers / Outside Play
- 5:00 - 5:15 Clean-up Time
- 5:15 - 5:30 Get ready to go home
Classroom Overview
Free play is a period of time when a child is free to choose from a wide variety of games, toys, puzzles or gross motor activities. Some of the free play activities include:
- Manipulative. Puzzles, books, small vehicles, pegboard games, and so forth.
- Water Table / Dry Pour Table. Allow children to experience a large variety of extras such as water, sand, dirt, rice, oatmeal, beans and so forth.
- Dramatic Play Area / Large Muscle Area. This area provides children with opportunities to climb, jump, crawl, run, walk, hop and slide, all of which aid in mastery of gross motor skills.
- Art Corner. Different art supplies are always available to encourage children to develop fine motor skills necessary for eventual development of writing skills.
- Music Corner. Musical Instruments.