Finding time for circle time

[Inspired by Reggio]

Nothing wrong with breaking it up through out the day

I do a small one daily before nap to wind them down with stories ... and than I do a second one after afternoon snack before we go outside with my circle basket for them to each choose something from so it lasts about 15 minutes on a normal day .... and if there is inclement weather day we will have a nice long one to keep em contained for a bit ... my group loves circle and sometimes they will sit for a good 45 minutes doing stories and puppets and stuff so they basically will go 'home' from circle time on inclement weather days

Also when the weather is NICE we have the circle outside under the tree so if the kids do not WANT to participate they can just go play ... actually when the weather is nice 95% of my program is done outside