Sample Daily Schedule
8-9am dropoff/free play
10-10:30 Morning Meeting and Morning Snack
9-10 Nature Based Playground
Drop off times are flexible. Once children have arrived they get to have free choice time in the main classroom. The workbench is one of the favorite choices.
9-10 Nature Based Playground
10-10:30 Morning Meeting and Morning Snack
9-10 Nature Based Playground
We get ready to go outside no matter the weather. Then we get to spend an hour on the nature based playground. Mud kitchen, sand pit, obstacle course, and so much more.
10-10:30 Morning Meeting and Morning Snack
10-10:30 Morning Meeting and Morning Snack
10-10:30 Morning Meeting and Morning Snack
We practice our days of the week, months of the year, and talk about the weather.
10:30-11 Hike/Help with animals
10:30-11 Hike/Help with animals
10-10:30 Morning Meeting and Morning Snack
We take a short hike to a nearby farm to help with feeding, water, and collecting eggs.
11-12 explore in the woods
10:30-11 Hike/Help with animals
11-12 explore in the woods
We have a small wooded area that everyone enjoys exploring. We build forts, mazes, use tools and more.
12:15-12:45 Lunch
10:30-11 Hike/Help with animals
11-12 explore in the woods
We get ready for lunch, provided by the playschool, sometimes cooked over a campfire.
12:45-1:00 lunch clean up/ free time
12:45-1:00 lunch clean up/ free time
12:45-1:00 lunch clean up/ free time
Students can choose an area in the main classroom to play. Some choices include dramatic play costumes, block building, sensory table, and more.
1:00-1:30 Math/Writing
12:45-1:00 lunch clean up/ free time
12:45-1:00 lunch clean up/ free time
Each week has a different theme and we use hands on learning materials based around that theme to practice letters, numbers, and name writing.
1:30-2:00 Art/Reading
12:45-1:00 lunch clean up/ free time
2:00-2:30 Rest/Nap Time
We have many books that go with our theme for the week. We practice retelling the story, sequencing, and create emergent readers. Lots of super cute art projects too.
2:00-2:30 Rest/Nap Time
2:45-4 Nature based Play
2:00-2:30 Rest/Nap Time
Children do not have to nap but we do have thirty minutes of "Rest" time everyday. Sometimes rest time is in the hammock village or tent other times we use a sleeping bag inside.
2:30-2:45 Snack
2:45-4 Nature based Play
2:45-4 Nature based Play
We provide snack and sometimes we get to make something special as a group.
2:45-4 Nature based Play
2:45-4 Nature based Play
2:45-4 Nature based Play
Weather permitting and if they aren't still sleeping:) we head back outside for more nature based play.