A Typical Day’s Schedule
8:30AM
Arrival – Play Time
Outside:
In the play yard children exercise gross motor muscles in
free play or more organized games like – hide & seek, duck
duck goose, red light green light, farmer in the dell, races,
etc.
Inside:
Children may choose toys, board games, blocks, pretend workshop,
dolls, cranes, trains and tracks, etc. for pretend play as
well as any curriculum materials.
Come inside or Clean-up and Come
to Circle
Circle:
Peace candle, poetry and peace pledge; lessons or introductions
to new materials, and plans for the day; calendar and group
reading of the calendar poem, weather in French, etc. Each
child is sent to work by using initial sound games, colors
they are wearing, or one child is chosen to call on children
who are sitting quietly.
Work Time:
The younger children experience free work choices using one
material at a time from the various work areas: Art Studio,
Practical Life, Sensorial, the Library, Math, French or English
Language materials, Science, Geography, Music, Art Theory,
or learning from artifacts offered on diverse cultures from
around the world. They work as long as they like and return
the materials before choosing another. Teachers interact with
the children and give lessons based on the materials the child
chooses. Before the oldest children begin free work choices,
they are assigned one or two teacher assigned activities,
allowing them to begin to acclimate to a teacher’s expectations
in non-Montessori environments they might be attending later.
Clean-up
Closing Circle:
The children gather once more. During this circle composers
or musical guessing games may be introduced. Books, songs,
rhythms, movement activities, discussions or lessons may be
offered following themes or curriculum studies. Anticipated
plans for the next day may be previewed.
Time and weather permitting the children will dress and play
in the play yard until their ride home arrives, or children
dress for departure, collect their belongings and wait at
a table inside until their ride arrives.
Pick-up time at 11:30
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