Daily Classroom Schedule
8:30-9:45 Free Play-Children are dropped off by an adult and they find their picture and use the picture to answer a yes or no question such as “Do you have the letter A in your name?” Then the child chooses an activity of their choice indoors. On Monday and Tuesday, the class goes to the church for a chapel service that is lead by the pastor.
9:45-10:00 Calendar and Morning Song-During this time a helper for the day is selected, a Christian song is sung, we talk about the day and the weather and that God made them both and they are beautiful.
10:00-10:15 Hand washing and Snack-Daily helper passes out napkins and cups and the class sings a prayer before eating snack.
10:15-10:30 Bible Story and Lesson-Class follows lessons from One in Christ curriculum by Concordia Publishing House. Once a week the children journal about the Bible story.
10:30-10:45 Story and Classroom Activity-This is typically related to the alphabet with the older group and a theme with the younger preschool group.
10:45-10:50 Closing and Prayer
10:50-11:00 Bathroom and Outdoor Preparation
11:00-11:30 Outdoor Play (Half Day Children Leave at 11:30)-Location of outdoor play varies with either the playground or in one of several outdoor play spaces in the wooded area. Children who leave at 11:30 are brought to parents near playground at 11:30 for pick up.
11:30-12:15 Outdoor Play
12:15-12:30 Wash Hands and Bathroom Break
12:30-1:00 Lunch and Prayer-Location of lunch varies. The class often eats outdoors, in gymnasium, or with the office personnal.
1:00-1:30 Free Play-Typically this play time is done indoors unless the children eat lunch outdoors or in gymnasium.
1:30-1:45 Stories
1:45-2:30 Rest Time
2:30-2:45 Free Art-Teacher places materials on the table and children can create with those materials.
2:45-3:00 Hand Washing, Prayer, & Snack- Daily helper passes out napkins and cups and the class sings a prayer before eating snack
3:00-3:05 Closing Prayer
3:05-3:30 Outdoor Play-This play time is typically done on the playground.
Guiding Curriculum Beliefs:
Play is the primary method of teaching with the students. Through teacher observations, the children engage in different materials regularly based on what the children are interested in and materials are changed regularly.
Classroom space is arranged in order to cover many different areas for the children to explore that cover all the curricular areas: science, sensory, fine motor, large motor, blocks, puzzles, manipulatives, games, dramatic play, and a book/literacy area.
Bible curriculum, which is called One in Christ Preschool B from Concordia Publishing House, is divided up into 9 themes that change monthly during the school year. The 9 themes are:
- God Blesses Me and My World (Fall)
- God Blesses Families (Families)
- Thank God for Blessing Me (Communities)
- Happy Birthday, Jesus! (Christmas)
- Jesus Helps and Heals Us (Good Health)
- Jesus is Our Good Friend (Friendship)
- Jesus Takes Away Our Sins (Springtime)
- Jesus Is Always with Us (The World Around Us)
- We Share the Love of Jesus (Change All Around Us)
