Daily Schedule
8:45 – 9:00 - Star of the day
During this activity we are focusing on having the children sit quietly (for 15 minutes or less) and listen to other students. They also spend time using critical thinking skills when listening to other students describe the item that they brought to school and then guessing what it is based on the clues, or descriptions given.
9:00 – 10:10 - Recess or Indoor choice time
Both indoor and outdoor choice time are about making decisions about what they want to play and who they want to play with. This is a time focused on social interactions, problem solving, emotion regulation, self-regulation and learning to be independent. Part of self-regulation is remembering to stay within the boundaries or rules set by the classroom, i.e. cleaning up after themselves when they are done with something, keeping their voices at a lower level than outside, etc. During our indoor choice time we also do "enrichment" activities, these activities include music an opportunity to make a collage or paint, baking, puppets, fort making and once a month we work on journals, which is a literacy focused activity.
*During this time a small snack is offered to kiddos to tide them over until lunch time,
10:10 – 10:15 - Clean-up
We give a 5-minute warning before clean up time. This helps children know what’s coming and transition easier. When it's clean-up time we play clean up music as the indicator for the start of clean up time. The expectation is that they get it all cleaned by the end of the playlist.
10:15 – 10:35 - Music and Story Time
The same expectations as Star of the day, but during this time teachers read a story and we do story reflection and comprehension questions. We also do our Zoo Phonics curriculum during this time and sing songs.
10:35 – 11:45 - Choice Time or Recess (Switch from indoors to outdoors or vice versa)
11:45 – 11:50 - Clean-up
11:50 – 12:00 - Hand washing
Children sing the hand washing song
Tops and bottoms, Tops and bottoms
In between, In between
All around my hands, All around my hands
Make them clean, Make them clean
Tops and bottoms, Tops and bottoms
In between, In between
All around my hands, All around my hands
Make them clean, Make them clean
12:00 - 12:25 - Lunch
12:30 - Departure