Sensory Exploration Time: A time for students to explore a variety of activities and/or lean toward their passion, interact with peers, develop appropriate social skills, and problem solve.

	Freeplay:  art, building, dramatic play, housekeeping, writing center, sand table
	Art Activities
	Special Projects
	Fine Motor
	Table Games

Clean Up

Transition:  On the way to Group Time, kindergarten readiness skills are reinforced as students may be asked to locate matching upper and lower case letters, their first and last name, various numbers, colors, and shapes.

Group Time: During Group Time, students are developing attention span, impulse control, and learning to raise their hand to respond to classroom discussion.  They are also developing kindergarten readiness skills through the following activities:

	Greeting Song
	Calendar: months, days, counting, patterning, predicting
	Weather:  writing numbers, comparing numbers (greater than, less than), graphing, predicting
	Flag:  reciting the Pledge of Allegiance or singing a patriotic song.
	Songs/Finger Plays
	Theme Based Story
	Prepare for snack

Snack Time:  Snacks for the children are brought in by the parents on a rotating basis. 

Small Group Activity Time: The following are examples of just some of the activities that are done to develop fine motor and cognitive skills.

	Letter/Number/Shape recognition
	Recognition and practice print formation of printed first and last name
	Sequencing
	Patterning
	Music Activities
	Art Activities
	Theme Based Projects

Gross Motor Exploration:  Organized games and/or student choice of recreation equipment emphasizing the development of large muscles in young children.  Such as:

	Bicycles
	Parachute
	Climbing
	Obstacle Course

Prepare for Dismissal: During Dismissal preparation, children are asked to independently put on and zip their coats, unzip their backpacks, and get their daily "mail" from their mailbox. 

Dismissal