| Open to 9 a.m. |
Arrival and Breakfast: Children participate in quiet activities and eat breakfast. As children finish breakfast, they can visit learning centers or participate in individual or small-group activities until most children have arrived or are finished eating. |
| 9 a.m. to 9:25 a.m. |
Group Time: Teacher brings the group together for morning routines, calendar, sharing, featured activity, literacy-building, and discussion of the day’s activities. |
| 9:25 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. |
Learning Centers and Small-Group Activities: Children choose from activities in the literacy, library, math, blocks, science, sensory, dramatic play, manipulatives, and creative arts learning centers. Teachers implement small-group activities with a few children at a time, focusing on literacy and mathematics skill-building activities and observational assessment. |
| 10:45 a.m. to 11 a.m. |
Snack |
| 11 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. |
Group Time: Children come together to listen to a daily read-aloud and/or to finish or repeat activities from the early morning group time. |
| 11:15 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. |
Outdoor Play: Children select from a variety of outdoor activities. |
| 11:50 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. |
Lunch: Children wash hands, help set the tables, and prepare and eat lunch. |
| 12:30 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. |
Group Time: Teachers read aloud to the children as they prepare for rest time. |
| 12:45 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. |
Rest Time and Quiet Work Time: Most children nap or rest quietly. As children wake from rest time, they can select from a variety of quiet choices, such as manipulatives, drawing and writing, books, or the listening center. |
| 2:15 p.m. to 3 p.m. |
Learning Centers: Children choose from activities in the literacy, library, math, blocks, science, sensory, dramatic play, manipulatives, and creative arts learning centers. Teachers implement small-group activities with a few children at a time, focusing on literacy and mathematics skill-building activities and observational assessment. |
| 3 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. |
Group Time: Children come together for an afternoon featured activity and closing routine. |
| 3:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. |
Snack |
| 3:30 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. |
Outdoor Play: Children select from a variety of outdoor activities. |
| 4:15 p.m. to Close |
Learning Centers or Small-Group Activities: Children select from a variety of activities that are easy to clean up, such as books, listening center, and manipulatives. |