Typical Daily Schedule
Classroom structure and curriculum take into account the child's developmental stage. Children are in a self-contained classroom with a head teacher, assistant teacher, and often a second assistant teacher. The classroom is the center of all learning activities, with social studies, science, math, reading and writing, and the expressive creative arts integrated into the daily schedule of work and play. Although they leave the room for outdoor time, the classroom provides the emotional security of a small, stable community and familiar environment.
7:30am - 9:30am - Breakfast and Morning Play
9:30am - 10:00am - Circle Time
Circle time consists of children sitting together on the floor and getting together formally to start the day. Circle time, which is teacher led, promotes good listening skills, longer concentration spans, and helps cultivate the ability to take turns.
Activities during circle time often include:
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Going over what day and month it is
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Reviewing the daily activity schedule
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Assigning responsibilities for the week
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Reading stories and singing songs
10:00am-10:30am Potty (Diaper) time
10:30am - 11:30am - Outside Time
Children over one year of age go to an outside playground (weather permitting). Outside time also helps children feel good about their bodies. Teachers encourage them to take perfectly safe risks by trying out new activities, expressing themselves through movement, and engaging in spatial/physical problem solving. Outside time also helps children develop and refine skills, strategies, competencies, and fitness through their involvement in tumbling, games, and sports. In addition, outdoor time also involves social learning, including learning good sportsmanship, how to play cooperatively with team members and by the rules, and the proper way to act when you win and when you lose.
11:30am- 12:00pm Potty (Diaper) time and stories time
12:00pm - 12:30pm - Lunch
12:30pm - 2:30 Rest Time
2:30pm - 3:30pm - Teacher-Directed Activities
Such as:
Art Projects
The art program actively engages children in using a wide variety of sensory materials. Children explore and discover that each art medium has a unique potential for making personal meaning about the world. . Using hands, eyes, and their imagination, children learn to express and communicate their ideas and feelings in expressive forms.
They create art in their classrooms, where they share their ideas both visually and verbally. They learn to value their uniqueness as creative individuals and learn from and respect the diversity of others artwork. We believe that all children have the potential to develop the competencies necessary to make objects and create images of their experiences.
Cooking Projects
Cooking helps encourage creativity, turn taking and even basic math skills such as counting and measuring. Children have fun learning with these hands-on activities and can even eat the results.
3:30pm - 4:00pm - Snacks
4:00pm - 5:00pm - Free Play
Play provides opportunities for exploration, experimentation, and manipulation that are essential for constructing knowledge, and contributes to the development of representational thought. During play, children examine and refine their learning in light of the feedback they receive from the environment and other people. It is through play that children develop their imaginations and creativity.
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5:00pm - 6:00pm - Songs and Stories
Our Specialists for Art, Music, *Yoga and French each come once a week and work with all of the classes. See the program details page for more information.
*Yoga is only offered for children in the one year old classroom and above
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