Classroom Routines
In addition to our PLAYbook Curriculum, I will also introduce your little ones to LOVEVERY Play kits.
The daily class schedule provides a balance of open-ended and structured time. Daily classroom routines contribute to a feeling of security because children can predict what will happen and when. Routines help children develop scripts and a balanced acceptance of change and transition.
The four main elements of the day highlighted below are based around a specific theme or unit they are learning. Our class may have a doctor’s office set-up during dramatic play to teach the children to care for others, a building block area during free choice time to teach the children about the foundation of bridges, or a garden station during small groups to learn about the growing process.Circle Time/Morning Meeting
• Promotes social communication
• Children share information with their friends and discuss questions posed by teachers
• Cognitively process and respond to a variety of ideas, stories, songs, and instructions
• Motor skills are practiced through signing and finger play, sensory experiences, yoga stretches, and breathing exercises.
One on one time
• Allows us to monitor children’s development while supporting children who learn best in a more intimate group
Free Choice Time
• Provides self-directed play
• Children explore the classroom independently, invite other children to join them in play, and engage in activities
• Gives children the opportunity to utilize their imaginations through block play and dramatic play with peers
• Provides time for children to retreat to book corners for reading
Outdoor Play
Endless possibilities for honing skills and sharing friendships
• Key part of each classroom’s curriculum
• Children are provided with additional materials to extend outdoor play (chalk, bubbles, etc.)
During outdoor time children will also learn to garden, so we can instill our love of gardening in them!
