A Child’s Day
A Child’s Day
- By - admin
- August 13, 2018
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A Child’s Day
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6:30 – 8:00
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Set up for morning activity, breakfast for early arrivals, unstructured play based learning. Parents are invited to spend time with the children reading books, playing games, etc. |
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8:00 – 9:20
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Structured activity with the teacher. Daily art project, craft, or activity. |
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9:20-9:30
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Clean-up. |
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9:30 – 10:15
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Snack outside whenever possible: crackers, bread, fresh and dried fruit, cheese, water, etc. *This is the time we celebrate birthdays. |
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10:15 – 11:00
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Free play outside: Running, jumping, climbing, sandbox, riding cars, dancing, balls, games, painting, arts and crafts, finger-painting, reading, storytelling, manicures, continuing the morning projects, and whatever we and the children can think of. If the weather doesn’t permit, we will engage in door activities. |
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11:00 – 12:00
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Circle and movement: Greetings, announcements, yoga, songs, finger plays, musical instruments, dancing to music (with or without scarves), storytelling, books, etc. Most of our circle activities are curriculum related. |
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12:00-12:30
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Lunch, outside if possible. |
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1:00-1:30
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Clean up, teeth brushing, and transition into nap time. |
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1:00 – 3:00
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Nap time. |
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3:00 – 3:15
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Wake-up and quiet free play inside or active play outside. |
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3:15 – 3:45
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Snack: Same as in morning, but with additional hot foods such as macaroni and cheese, hot dogs, quesadillas, and a variety of fruits and vegetables. |
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3:45 – 4:30
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Second circle, with reading and music. |
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4:30 – 5:30
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Free play with games, reading, and art projects inside and/or outside, depending upon the weather. |
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5:30 or 6:30
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Pick-up, depending on if child is enrolled for the regular day or long day. |
“We see how early childhood experiences are so important to lifelong outcomes, how the early environment literally becomes embedded in the brain and changes its architecture.”
