7:30 - 8:00 Early children arrive and set the classroom up with me. We set dishwashing up, take chairs down, prepare snack, tidy anything that is glaring, etc. They are free to choose their first work after we've set up these basic things.
8:00 First assistant arrives. Other children begin trickling in around 8:15. These children are free to choose work, or we can gather if that seems necessary.
8:30 - 8:45 Second assistant arrives. Remaining children arrive. There is a huge rush of children at this point, so we will often gather, though we've had many days when everyone wants to go straight to their work.
8:30 - 11:20ish We work, gather, go pick flowers, hike, have lessons...I follow the children.
11:20 I sing a song that indicates the end of the morning work time. Children begin cleaning up and gathering with me. We usually sing songs, listen to a story, do something that I need to make sure everyone sees (like practice a fire drill). From this gathering, children are invited to tell me what they'd like to "check" (read: tidy/clean up) before they get their outdoor clothes on. Each assistant takes 7-9 children out to the playground (across the street). The remaining 8 children stay with me, and we set the classroom up for lunch. These are the eldest children, and they also have particular areas that they know to double check. By 11:45 we are all outside.
Noon Children start coming in for lunch in groups of 7-9. We start with the children who went outside first and proceed logically, until 12:20 or so. Children always go in and out with the same group.
By 12:50, most children are finishing up their lunch. 5 or so kids get picked up at 1. They can have a student led gathering or help classmates clean up their lunch until their parents arrive. Sleepers go take a nap in the half-day classroom from 1 - 3, rejoining the other all-day kids on the playground around 3. Older/non-sleepers stay with me in our room.
The non-sleepers "rest" for about 20 minutes while we read a chapter book. After the rest, we have a short work-time until 2:30.
2:30 Children who stay all-day head outside. Children who get picked up at 3 stay in with me, finish work, gather, tidy the classroom, etc.
4:00 Children come in to have an afternoon snack. Shelves that have more toy-type activities (dolls, legos, bean-bag toss, etc.) are opened up.
4:00 - 6:00 Children can choose work from the toy shelves or other shelves. Wanderers are usually invited to help with the end of day cleaning (take out garbage, run things through the sanitizer, check that windows are closed and doors are locked, do a final sweeping of the classroom, etc.).
Posted by Rochelle
8:30 Arrival and work cycle begins
11:30 Clean up and call to group(later if inclement weather)
11:30 Short singing, music or other group activity
11:35/40 12:00/12:10 outside time
12:00 dismissal for half day children
12:10 prepare for lunch, eat
1:00 lunch clean -up afternoon work cycle begins
no pull outs, one on one lessons, small group lessons, enrichment
projects or activities
2:45 Clean up and group snack, read a loud chapter book
3:00 dismissal
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