Joyful Noise Daily Schedules
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29 months through 5 years or enrolled in kindergarten
6:30 - 7:30 AM Children arriving are dropped off in opening room. Free choice of Centers (block area, home living/dramatic play, and cozy book area.
7:30 - 8:00 AM Prepare for and eat breakfast.
8:00 - 8:30 AM Outdoor or inside play/Gross motor
8:30 - 8:50 AM Art/Creative fine motor project. Clean up.
8:50 - 9:15 AM Gather on rug for circle time includes: calendar, letters, numbers, story time, weather etc.
9:15 - 9:30 AM Curriculum activity/worksheet (Handwriting, math, nature/science)
9:30 - 9:45 AM Group stations - Centers (fine motor, art, block area, housekeeping/dramatic play, nature/science, math, sensory table, cozy area, and writing center (with markers, crayons, and paper)
9:45 - 10:00 AM Art/Creative fine motor project.
10:00 - 10:15 AM Wash hands
AM Snack Time
10:15 - 10:30 AM Sensory/Science activity
10:30 - 11:15 AM Outdoor or inside play/Gross motor
11:15 - 11:45 AM Morning meeting (Prayer, sight words, open discussion)
11:45 - 12:30 PM Wash hands, prepare for and eat lunch. Teacher gets cots ready. (Children should assist)
12:30 - 2:30 PM Bathroom break, then Rest Time. Teacher cleans up, then works on projects for the room, curriculum, or sits with awake children. Children who do not sleep can have a quiet activity. Put cots away and sanitize.
2:30 - 2:45 PM Clean up, prepare for, and eat PM snack *
2:45 - 3:00 PM Dance Party (music/movement)
3:00 - 4:00 PM Outdoor or inside play/gross motor.
Combine Preschool/Pre-K.
4:00 - 4:30 PM Fine motor, block area, home-living/dramatic play. Clean up
4:30 - 5:00 PM Writing center (with markers, crayons, and paper)
5:00 - 5:10 PM Combine with other classrooms as children are departing for home. Clean up, prepare for and eat 5 o’clock snack.
5:10 - 5:30 PM Free choice of centers (fine motor, art, block area, housekeeping/dramatic play, nature/science, math, sensory table, cozy area, and writing center (with markers, crayons, and paper)
Clean up and go home. -
12 months - 29 months
6:30 - 7:30 AM Children arriving are dropped off in opening room. Free choice of Centers (block area, home living/dramatic play, and cozy book area).
7:30 - 8:00 AM Prepare for and eat breakfast
8:00 - 8:30 AM Children clean up after breakfast, Diaper checks.
8:30 - 9:00 AM Free choice of all centers (fine motor, art, block area, home-living/dramatic play, nature/science, math, sensory table, cozy area, and writing center (with markers, crayons, and paper) Art/Creative fine motor project. Clean up.
9:00 - 9:30 AM Nature/science, math, or sensory activity.
Clean up.
9:30 - 10:00 AM Outdoor or inside play/Gross motor
10:00 - 10:15 AM Morning Snack Time
10:15 - 10:30 AM Free choice of centers. Teacher does Diaper changes & Hand Washing.
10:30 - 10:40 AM Dance Party (music/movement)
10:40 - 10:55 AM Gather on rug for circle time includes; calendar, letters, numbers, story time, weather etc. from curriculum
10:55 - 11:15 AM Art (Fine motor project). Clean up.
11:30 - 12:00 PM Lunch time
12:00 - 12:30 PM Diaper Changes, teacher gets cot ready. Read children a book or do a quiet activity until nap time.
12:30 - 2:30 PM Rest Time. Teacher cleans up, then works on projects for the room, curriculum, or sits with awake children. Children who do not sleep can have a quiet activity. Put cots away and sanitize.
2:30 - 2:45 PM Diaper Changes
Clean up, prepare for, and eat PM snack.
2:45 - 3:00 PM Free choice of centers (fine motor, art, block area, home-living/dramatic play, nature/science, math, sensory table, cozy area, and writing center (with markers, crayons, and paper), Diaper checks. Clean up.
3:00 - 3:20 PM Fine motor, block area, or dramatic play. Clean up.
3:20 - 4:20 PM Free choice of centers (fine motor, art, block area, home-living/dramatic play, nature/science, math, sensory table, cozy area, and writing center (with markers, crayons, and paper), Diaper checks. Clean up.
4:20 - 4:30 PM Combine Waddlers/Younger Toddler’s into Older Toddler Room. Reading.
4:30 - 5:00 PM Indoor or Outdoor gross motor play (depending on weather, darkness, and older class schedule)
5:00 - 5:10 PM Combine with other classrooms as children are departing for the day.
Clean up, prepare for, and eat 5 o’ clock snack.
5:10 - 5:30 PM Free choice of centers (fine motor, art, block area, home-living/dramatic play, nature/science, math, sensory table, cozy area, and writing center (with markers, crayons, and paper)
Diaper checks. Clean up and go home. -
Daily Classroom Schedule:
6:30-7:20am Arrival of children, classroom free play
7:20-8am Breakfast in the foyer
8-9am Classroom free play, children still arriving
9-10am Outdoor time, Exercise/movement
10-10:20am AM snack
10:20-10:30am Reading independently
10:30- 11am Board meeting, the class engages in stories, bible verses, and riddles.
11-12pm Craft time and educational activities such as math worksheets and reading or writing worksheets.
12-12:30pm Lunch in the foyer
12:30-2pm Outdoor time, Exercise/movement
2pm- 2:30pm Science activities
2:30-3pm PM snack
3-4:30pm Classroom free play
4:30-5:30pm Outdoor time, during this time children are being picked up for the day.
During classroom free play children have a wide selection of developmentally appropriate activities to choose from, some examples include; a large variety of board games, Lego table, building blocks, cars/trucks, Magna tiles, dramatic play centers, kinetic sand/playdough bins, card games and open access to the art center.