Typical Daily Routine:

 

7:30 Free play*

  • The majority of social and emotional learning occurs during free play.
  • Free play allows the teachers to make observations about the children’s skills.
  • Free play highlights the interests of the children and their learning styles.

8:45 Circle Time

  • Circle Time helps children to feel safe and to understand the routine for the day.
  • Circle Time is a great time to practice safe hands, calm bodies, and listening ears. 

9:00 Snack and Gym play

  • We have a full sized gymnasium in which we eat and play.
  • Our gym offers a variety of gross motor options, including but not limited to a ball pit, ride-on toys, and a balance beam.

9:40 Chapel

  • Our daily chapel lessons are led by Church leaders and based on Bible lessons.
  • Chapel consists of three songs with actions, a Bible story, and a prayer.

10:00 Outside

  • We prioritize outside time unless the temperature is below zero or their is significant sleet, ice, or lightning.
  • We have a significant garden and a nearly one-mile prayer trail which are utilized whenever the weather allows.

11:00 Lunch, then free play

  • Parents pack the lunches. There are no nuts allowed. 
  • We supervise, but we cannot make your child eat anything. Please pack things that are nutritious and that you already know they will eat.

12:30 Special Guest Teacher 

 --Monday music with Jen

 --Tuesday garden/cooking w/ Margaret

 -- Wednesday Yoga with Audrey

 -- Thursday Art with Catharine

**(We suggest half-time students leave here at 1:00)**

1:15 Nap/Rest Time

  • Nappers have a quiet room for rest time. It is always supervised. Parents provide a small pillow, blanket, and a stuffie or other special comfort item if desired.
  • All three-year-olds must at least lay down and try to nap. Four-year-olds have a choice to stay up after trying to nap for 20 min (unless parents have specified that they need to nap), and five year olds do not have to nap.

2:30 Snack

  • Parent-provided snack time.

3:00 Organized gym time 

3:30 Visual Art with Annie or Adelie

4:00 Outside

5:00 End of Day wrap up