A Typical Day at LC Preschool
The following is a basic outline of what your child's day of activities may be like:
1. Circle Time: large group, teacher directed, covering the calendar, weather, jobs/classroom helpers (line leader, weather helper, etc.), show-n-tell, Bible principle, singing, counting, introduction to the alphabet letter, shapes, colors, listening, taking turns, exploring our current theme, etc.
2. Table Time: large group, teacher-directed, doing a project related to the theme; small motor skills, cutting, coloring, painting, writing...
3. Centers: small group, child directed
Dramatic Play: role-playing, imagining, pretending, creativity...
Reading Corner: exploring books, quiet time, reading readiness...
Writing: creativity, reading readiness, letter and number recognition, drawing...
Art: process of art rather than the product, creativity, small motor development...
Table Manipulative: cooperative games, sequencing, sorting, manipulating objects,
shape recognition, color recognition, number recognition, letter recognition...
Discovery Table: observing and investigating materials, magnifying glasses, balances, magnets...
4. Rotating Centers: cooking, play-dough, sand, water, painting...
5. Snack: each child will have their "special day" during the month when they are able to bring a snack to share with their friends. A schedule will be included in the monthly newsletter.
6. Music and Movement: action songs, dancing, scarves, beanbags, parachute, rhythm, instruments, group games...
7. Large Motor/Outside: outside playtime will be included in each day (weather dependant). If we are unable to go outside we will use the large room for inside large-motor games (parachute, beanbags, balls, etc.).
8. Story-time: each day we will close with one or two stories. Flannel stories and interactive poems will also be used.
9. Preschool Praise/ Bible Time: one day out of the week (for the Pre-K class) and one day every other week (for the preschool class) we will introduce or review the Bible story as well as have a time of singing praise songs to the Lord! Occasionally puppets will be brought in to help lead the songs!