Here is a basic layout of our daily schedule:
- WELCOME CIRCLE: Helps children respect others, take turns, listen and tell stories. Pledge of Allegiance & weather chart help children learn repetition and prediction.
- Welcome
- Sharing Time
- Theme Exploration
- Rhythms & Movement
- SCHOOL TIME: Helps children write letters, learn letter sounds, recognize the letters on signs, and understand that letters are used to communicate. We will learn numbers, shapes, colors, and site words as well.
- Pledge of Allegiance
- Calendar
- Weather
- Letter of the Week
- ACTIVITY TIME: Helps children learn movement, rhythm, instruments, beats, and finger plays. Arts & Crafts help children cut, glue, write their names, learn shapes, and colors, follow directions, work with art materials, and clean up. S
- Arts & Crafts
- Learning Centers
- SNACK TIME: Helps children learn how to use good manners, talk nicely to friends, help the teacher, and clean up. They are also so excited to participate, and be in the spotlight when it is their turn to bring treats.
- READING TIME: Helps children “read” to each other, develop a love for favorite books, take care of books, and spend time independently. Life Skills help children learn how to eat healthy, safely cross the street, share toys, not talk to strangers, 911, and more.
- PLAY TIME:Helps children share toys, respect other people’s property, treat others kindly, exercise, pretend, obey rules, and develop gross motor skills.