Morning Welcome and Chores

Children participate in caring for their classroom by stowing their belongings, watering plants, and setting the table for Snack.

Circle Time

Circle Time brings creative teacher-led activities focused on sensory integration while building numeracy and literacy. Hand clapping games and bean bag tossing build hand eye coordination and integrate the vertical and horizontal midline. The children also experience World Language immersion and Eurythmy, an artistic movement designed to guide the children to awareness of their bodies in space.

Nature Trail

The children take morning hikes on our campus Nature Trail. Nature exploration, gardening, and building with logs and branches support the children as they develop an appreciation for the natural world.

Clean up and transition indoors

At the close of our time on the Nature Trail, children develop responsibility and cooperation skills as they put away toys.  They develop resiliency and fine motor skills necessary to independently manipulate zippers, boots, and work pants.

Snack

Sitting together at our farm-style table, the children enjoy homemade natural and organic snacks they help prepare. Examples include rice and beans, oatmeal porridge with raisins, freshly baked bread, and vegetable soup. In addition to the sensory experience of sharing a meal, the children develop good table manners and the fine motor skills necessary for a well-articulated tripod grip.

Daily Activity

The Daily Activity time provides instruction for finger-knitting, sewing, woodwork, drawing, painting, mathematical thinking games and the like.  These activities, which alternate daily, strengthen hand-eye, fine-motor, and imaginative thinking skills.  In addition, children also engage in daily creative play, strengthening cognitive development, social skills, and language.

Clean Up & Wash Up

Lunch & Wash Up

Story

The children listen to a story told by heart by their teacher. The children are exposed to rich vocabulary and imagination. Their listening skills are honed as they develop the necessary skills of focus and attention.

Transition to Outdoor Activities

After Story, the class moves outdoors with both child-initiated and teacher-led activities.  This allows time for natural socialization and physical exploration each child is inclined to and guided activities that meet individual sensory needs.

At the close of our Outdoor time, children develop responsibility and cooperation skills as they put away toys.  They develop resiliency and fine motor skills necessary to independently manipulate zippers, boats, and work pants.

All these activities strengthen the vestibular, proprioceptive, and tactile systems of the children.  They integrate the vertical and horizontal midlines, which support cognitive development and body awareness.

Eurythmy/World Language Circle

Eurythmy is an artistic movement designed to guide the children to awareness of their bodies in space.  The World Language Circle is an immersive experience in German or Spanish.

Dismissal

Our day ends with a short goodbye circle, offering a closing opportunity to sing together and engage in gross and fine motor activities before the children are dismissed.