Activity

Purpose

Teacher preparation and Arrival of
children.

Children's Arrival- Greet each other by name,
hold conversations, and inspect children for
signs of illness. Teacher Assistant must be
utilized to free Teacher for conversation with
parents.

Social growth, self-esteem, health
awareness, personal relationships,
parent contact.

Social interaction, pleasant
atmosphere, self-help skills,
language skills.

8:30 AM

H.S Abbott Begins

Breakfast

Breakfast is to be served as children
enter the classroom.

Individual & small group table
activities before and after breakfast:
lotto games, books, manipulatives,
crayon drawings.

Small motor coordination, pre-math
and pre-reading skills, the ability to
make choices and develop personal
relationships.

9:00 - 9:20

Group Meeting

Circle time, group discussions,
followed by planning time in small
groups.

To help children express thoughts,
ideas and feelings verbally.

9:20 - 10:20

Choice Time

Choice time
Work & activity time- individual &
small group activities. Exploration
and use of interest areas: art, science,
manipulatives, library, blocks,
family, woodworking, music, sand
and water and computers.

Varies according to child's choice of
activities, experiences, ability, level
of development, ability to make
choices, develop skills, further
knowledge & expand concepts,
problem solve, develop personal
relationships, express feelings and
develop inner controls.

10:20 - 10:30

Clean-Up Time

Cleanup and transition- cleaning of
work areas, straightening shelves,
putting away equipment and
materials in proper place.

Responsibility for appearance of
environment, care of materials,
ability to work with others, spatial
awareness.

10:30 – 10:50

Preparation for outdoors and
toileting

Self help skills, safety, and
developing good health habits.

10:50 – 11:30

Large muscle activities, creative
movement, outdoor play or
neighborhood walk (or a
combination of these) - based on
weather conditions and center site.

Physical development & specific
skills, spatial awareness, self
expression, music & rhythm skills,
relaxation, expansion of children's
knowledge and understanding of
the world around them.

11:30 – 12:00

Story time in small groups.

Listening skills, receptive language,
vocabulary, imaginative thinking,
love of book.

12:00 - 12:30

Lunch, children eat in small groups
with an adult at each table

Social conversation, self-help skills,
nutrition concept

12:30 – 1:45

Preparation for rest time.

Rest time - children who do not
sleep should engage in quiet
activities.

Transition from rest time –dressing,
toileting, putting sheets, blankets
and cots away.

Self-help skills- putting out cots,
making up beds with sheets and
blankets. Relaxation, restoring
physical energy.

Self-help skills, working
cooperatively.

1:45 – 2:40

Individual planning time as children
transition from nap time.

Work and activity time large
muscle/outdoor play

To provide a wide range of indoor
activities and/or large muscle &
physical activities that will allow
each child to respond according to
individual interests and needs.

2:40 – 2:50

Clean up and transition

2:50 – 3:00

Snack

Social conversations and social
skills.

3:00 – 4:30

PM Wrap Around
Children with Vouchers

Large Muscle Activities/Music and Movement

Outdoor Play

Storytime

Free Play Time

Dismissal

Sharing information with parent, self-esteem- sending each child home with positive feelings about him/herself and school.