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| 5:00 am |
Good Morning
Restroom/Handwashing
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| 7:30 am |
Handwashing
Breakfast
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| 8:00 am |
Welcome to our Day
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| 8:30 am |
Language Activities (Language, Literacy, Communication |
| 9:00 am |
Structured Outside Play (Physical Development, Health, Well-Being)
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| 9:30 am |
Structured Subject Learning (Math, Science, Technology) |
| 10:30 am |
Circle Time (Music, Singing, Storytelling, Open Discussion)
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| 11:00 am |
Handwashing
Set Table
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| 11:15 am |
Lunch
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| 12:30 pm |
Nap Time
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| 2:00 pm |
Story Time/Circle Time
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2:30 pm |
Art Activities (Visual, Dramatic Art, Music)
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| 3:30 pm |
Hand Washing
Snack
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| 4:00 pm |
Outside Play Time
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| 4:30 pm |
Hand Washing
Centers/Individual Play
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| 5:30 pm |
Circle Time (Review the day’s activities)
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| 6:30 pm |
Table Games
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| 7:00 pm |
Hand Washing
Dinner
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| 8:00 pm |
Individual Play
Goodnight
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• • Restroom breaks will be as needed by each individual child
Toddler Activities
Language Activities:
• Talking to the children at every opportunity using simple directions
• Expand Vocabulary using synonyms “big and large” “baby puppy and doggie”
• Teach children expressions like “thank you” “please” “may I …”
• Teach concepts of “under, over, behind”
• Introduce adjectives “hot water, cold water”
• Introduce adverbs “walk slowly” “quickly clean up”
• Always using the child’s name when referring to him/her
• Teach action words while doing action “hop” “jump” “walk”
• Always describe actions in words, state what you are doing
• Read lots of books and tell stories
• Play guessing games and hide and seek
• Count everything when giving items to children, fingers, toes, buttons on jacket, etc
• Teach child his/her age and have them demonstrate with the hand how old they are
• Color identification “Bring me all the red blocks”
• Point features out that are more complex like “Where’s Johnny’s elbow?” “Here is Johnny’s elbow.”
• Mirror play pointing out features of the child
• Cut pictures of items and glue to paper, show actual object
Sensorimotor Activities:
• Push Toys
• Variety of surfaces to explore – grass, cement, sand, water
• Beanbags and throwing games at targets, balls too
• Paper punch holes and make designs
• Felt Boards and adding creations to them
• Go for a walk and stimulate all senses, collect “treasures”
• Cardboard Boxes to play in, push, pull, tunnels, playhouses
• Give child certain items (amount shape) have them imitate
• Identify objects in bag by touch
• Cut numbers and letters out in sandpaper and let the children explore
• Use push pins for a child to trace
• String items on string, clothespin usage
• Place a thick piece of yarn onto the floor and have children walk the line for balance and dexterity
Art Activities:
• Drawing certain objects
• Create rubbings with various items
• Gluing a variety of objects onto paper
• Finger-painting with chocolate syrup, whipped cream, pudding onto a tray
• Play-doh, clay play
• Yarn creations onto paper
• Pipe Cleaners and make shapes
Music Activities:
• Teach simple songs “Ring around the rosie”
• Play Various style of music and dance to the rhythm
• Make homemade instruments or regular instruments and let the child create their own music and have a parade
• Teach nursery rhymes and have children sing along
Dramatic-Play Activities:
• Pretend play with various “dress-up” clothes
• Pretend play with keys, combs, purses, wallets
• Mirror play by making different faces (happy, sad, scary, funny)
• Flashlight shadows
• Play pretend games “This is the way we wash our clothes”
• Imitation games “bird flapping its wings, tree growing”
• Charades
• Dolls, pots and pans, play dishes, cars etc
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