Part A
8:00 Arrival – Parents sign the children in. Children remove coats and shoes. Parents can help the children when needed, but this is a great opportunity to us scaffolding to assist the students, by allowing them to complete whichever tasks they can on their own. Children say good-bye to parents. Children wash hands.
8:15 Free time – Children are free to explore various play areas while waiting for other students to arrive.
8:30 Breakfast – Children wash hands. Breakfast is served at a table (or tables), and care is taken to make sure that breakfast is conducted in as close a manner as possible to how it would be done at home.
9:00 Message Board – Children are divided into small groups and individual teachers go over the plans for the day to include: introducing new items and materials in the classroom, new lessons to be learned, etc. The board will be designed in such a way that the different aspects of information will be presented in a different way. Some will be words which the teacher will read, others will be in picture form allowing the students, with the teacher’s help, to decipher on their own.
9:15 Preparing for outdoor time – Children go to the bathroom, wash hands, and put on coats and shoes. Children are released one-by-one as the teacher reads off their individual cards with information each child has previously supplied: their favorite color, the child’s favorite food, individual birthdays, the color of their clothes, or any other information that is unique to that child.
9:30 Outdoor play – A variety of equipment is available to allow the children to practice their gross motor skills: swings, slides, see-saws, etc. Some play can be child directed; other play can be teacher directed.
10:10 Return to the classroom – Children can be encouraged to use various methods of gross motor skills to re-enter the building: hop, jump, skip, etc.
10:20 Snack – Children who are hungry may have a small snack. Those who are not hungry may choose to play in an area of their choice.
10:30 Story time – Children listen to a story read by a teacher with a focus on improving their skills in listening comprehension, knowledge of books, phonetic awareness, etc.
11:00 Small group time – Children are divided into small groups where they are taught various subjects such as math, literature, etc. These groups will vary daily or weekly based on the needs and abilities of the individual children. These subjects will be integrated by combining different subjects together when being taught. For example, while reading a book as they are teaching comprehension, the teachers can incorporate math into the story by asking questions such as: What is the next page?, How many rabbits do you see on this page?, How many more pages do we have to read?, etc.
11:30 Free time – Children can play in individual areas of their choice.
11:50 Clean up – Children put the toys away, wash their hands, and prepare for lunch.
12:00 Lunch – Students and teachers eat together just as a family would at home. Children are encouraged to talk, and share stories as they eat. Those who finish early may go to the reading area and read books.
12:30 Preparing for naptime – When all the children have finished lunch, they go to the bathroom, wash hands, and prepare bedding for naptime.
12:40 Naptime – Teacher can talk quietly to those who are having difficulty sleeping, or can rub their backs to help them rest. Soft music can be played to help the children relax and fall asleep more easily.
14:00 Learning center time – As children awake from their naps, they can choose to spend time in various centers: library, math, science, dramatic play, etc.
14:45 Group story time – Children gather for a group story reading by the teacher. This will include the story being read, the children acting out various parts of the story, and answering questions about the story.
15:15 Snack time – Children will prepare their own snack using a simple recipe. Some examples are: A small fruit salad, or a mixture of yoghurt and cereal.
15:30 Outdoor time – Children will participate in various activities; some structured, some unstructured.
16:15 Return to classroom – Children will pick up all the toys, and will use some form of gross motor skill to return to the classroom. For example, they can hop to the classroom, skip to the classroom, or flap their arms.
16:30 Free time – Children will have 20 minutes of free time to read books, or play in the various centers.
16:50 Prepare to go home – Children will finish putting books and toys away, and then will put on their shoes and coats.
17:00 – Parents pick up the children.
Part B
1. Early childhood philosophy – This is the belief that children should have integrated learning experiences. In other words, each subject they learn should be learned in combination with other subjects, not one subject at a time. This is practiced during small group time.
2. The needs of the children - Every child has different needs. The various areas and aspects of the learning center should reflect opportunities to meet those needs. This schedule meets these needs by providing indoor/outdoor play, food, opportunities for exercise, and academic opportunities.
3. A balance of activities – Activities should include some of the following: child and teacher initiated activities, various group sizes, activities (those that are quiet, and those that are not), and indoor/outdoor activities. Examples of these can be seen in the schedule during the outdoor time, the return to class time, the group story time, and naptime.
4. Needs of the parents – These are things that the parent would normally do for the child, but due to their busy schedules, they are not able to perform these tasks. For example, many parents do not have time to prepare a healthy breakfast, as both parents must go to work. By supplying breakfast at the daycare, this is one need of the parents that is taken care of.
5. Time for routines, transitions, and extended center time – Plenty of time should be scheduled for each activity. This can be seen in the schedule in such areas as outdoor playtime, story time, and learning center time where plenty of time is allotted for the various activities. https://earlychildeducationarticles.blogspot.com