DAILY SCHEDULE (sample daily schedule to help create a daily routine for your child. )
EARLY MORNING
8:00 – Getting Ready to start school (Self-Care)
Wake up, wipe face, get dressed, and put away pajamas.
Set table for breakfast. Cleaning up after eating.
Brush teeth.
Designate an area for your child to learn and play. Set aside some time for your child to interact with your child's teacher.
9:00 - Practical Life (Care of Environment)
(videos are to assist parents with lessons and ideas for activities.)These lessons will help develop routines and independence.
Rotating through activities one at a time based of choice and availability.
Daily lessons and Work time.
10:30 - Morning Zoom Time (Tues/Thurs) - Zoom CLASS TIME is a 15 minute interaction with your child's teacher/s and other students. If you miss it, a recording can be accessed the following day via email.
MID-MORNING
11:30 Creative Time Indoor playtime with child's toys, looking at books, coloring, arts and crafts,and story time.
12:00 – LUNCH TIME
Outdoor time (Outdoors if it’s warm. Walks, play in yard, gather flowers, listen to outdoor sounds.)
1:00 –Quiet reading time
AFTERNOON
Explore Cultural Arts
2:30 –Snack time, afternoon fresh air
3:00 – Playtime/fun time
4:00 – Story time
5:00 – Shower and Playtime
6:00 – Dinner
7:00 – Family Time (Movies or games)
8:00 - Bedtime or earlier for younger children.
Note: In our Montessori classroom, children are free to choose the order of work they want to do. These lessons have been previously presented. During the course of the day, children are allowed to choose the same work. Children repeat activities until they reach a satisfaction that is intrinsic. This is when what they've learned is meaningful.
Teachers observe the children's work and act as a scaffold to their learning. In the beginning, there will be assistance. Then, slowly the teacher leaves the child until the child can do the work independently.
Allow time for rest in between activities. It's only when children misuse a work to hurt someone or themselves with the material that teachers interfere. When children take a rest, they are thinking. That pause allows the brain to relax and recharge for the next activity.
It's ok to repeat an activity. It's ok to make a mistake. It is part of learning. Repetition will lead to mastery.
