A Daily Schedule is outlined below to keep you informed on our daily routine, how much time is alotted to specific activities and walk you through a typical preschool day with your child.
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Kids thrive on routine, therefore, this schedule will be adhered to pretty closely. Weeks at the beginning of the school year will vary from the schedule the most, as I will be presenting and introducing several new File Folder games, memory games and activities that your children will work on individually for the first 30 minutes of class.
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A typical day at Smarty Pants Preschool will go as follows:
9:00 a.m.- Students arrive. Free Play and Learning Centers. (exploration of the classroom). Random activities that will change periodically with the holiday, season or topic I am introducing that week. This time will allow children to work individually as a starter on (puzzles, I spies, Counting, Colors, File Folder Games, Memory Games, Science Centers, Name Writing, Tangrams, etc.) until all children arrive.
9:30 a.m.- Clean Up! Head into Classroom for Circle Time. Calendar Games/ Weather prediction Game/Sing Songs/ Days of the week/ months of the year/ Super Star Kid/ Theme for the day/Introduction of Letter for the Day/Read Alphatales book to introduce new Letter, etc.
9:50 a.m.- Separate into mini groups for "Small Group Learning". This time is allotted for main instruction on a new technique. Technique's will obviously change weekly and/or monthly depending on need of the students. Mastering numbers, shapes, cutting with scissors, tracing letters, patterning projects, sorting, improving hand-eye coordination, etc.
10:10 a.m.- Introduction of the Nursery Rhyme for the week!
10:15 a.m.- Main Activity or Arts and Crafts Time!
All Arts and Crafts will directly coordinate with the letter or theme for the day/week. This serves to reiterate and help with memorization. Example: "Letter A Week", Craft will be making model "Airplanes" and snack will be "Apple Smiles". Refer to monthly calendars.
10:45 a.m.- Snacks/Recess
11:10 a.m.- Surprise Box is presented by Surprise Kid.
11:15 a.m.- Story Time: Big Books/Book on tape/poems/rhyming, etc.
11:25- Clean up, Pack up Backpacks, assign new Surprise Box Kid. Prepare to go home.
11:30 a.m.- Go Home.
