The Daily Schedule

We provide a variety of learning experiences for a well-rounded education, so we plan a daily schedule with these goals in mind. We follow this same schedule, in picture format, day after day. The picture schedule helps children feel secure because they know what comes next. After a few months, children are amazingly independent and begin to communicate what they are supposed to do next!

Classroom Activities

When you visit your child's classroom, you see a room full of children playing. You may wonder what we are doing to help children learn. As children play, we watch how they use materials. We listen. We talk with them to find out what they are thinking and trying to do. We then help the children become aware of their actions, offer suggestions, and think about what materials to offer next. By challenging them to think further, we encourage the development of skills children will need in elementary school.

Outdoor Time

The time children spend outdoors every day is just as important to their learning as the time they spend in the classroom. Large muscle activities are essential for children’s health and well-being. Children need time each day to run, leap, hop, jump, slide, and climb. These activities build strong muscles and a sense of pride. They are also important as brain research shows that physical activity actually wakes up the brain for learning.

The outdoors greatly increases our learning environment which is a natural setting for scientific investigations. Children find and study bugs and butterflies, plant seeds and watch them grow, and compare the feel of the bark on different trees. In some climates they notice the leaves change color and fall to the ground and learn about ice and snow. In other climates they learn how plants survive on almost no water. We talk with children about their discoveries and encourage them to continue investigating what they find outdoors.