Pre-Kindergarten Daily Schedule

7:00-9:00 am:  Arrival/Free play (during free play, the children are encouraged to explore all of the educational centers in the classroom.  The teachers are close by observing and interacting with the children.  This is a great time for the children to learn through inquiry and ask questions out of curiosity)

9:00-10:00 am:  Art project/Handwriting (The children are encourage to use their fine motor and creative thinking skills to complete each art projects.  Art projects are related to the themed weekly lesson plan.  Our handwriting curriculum is "Handwriting without Tears" This is a curriculum created by an occupational therapist.  The intent behind this curriculum is to give children a positive experience when learning how to write letters and simple words.)

10:00-10:20 am:  Snack/Bathroom

10:20-11:00 am: Circle Time (Circle time includes various activities that are created on a weekly basis that directly relate to the theme of the week.  Other activities during circle time include, calendar, patterning, counting, place value, weather, letter of the week, and phonemic awareness.)

11:00-12:00 pm: Bathroom/Gross Motor activities (i.e. park, rooftop playground or tree house)

12:00-12:30 pm: Lunch/Bathroom

12:30-1:00 pm:  Quiet time on cots

1:00-3:00 pm:  Nap time

3:00-3:30 pm:  Bathroom/Snack

3:30-4:00 pm: Music/Story time

4:00-4:30 pm:  Center Activities (Center activities change often to relate to the classroom theme. These centers include: reading, writing, math, science, art, and dramatic play.  The children rotate through these centers in an orderly fashion with the teachers nearby to help scaffold them through each activity.)

4:30-5:00 pm:  Gross Motor activities

5:00-6:00 pm:  Snack/Free play/Pickup