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    Question Wanting to add more structure to my day home.

    Hi Ladies,

    Right now my daycare is more free flowing and I would like to have more structure.

    Especially for the summer as I wil be watching 6 young ones

    Ages range from 12 months-5 years.

    Just wondering what you all do?

    We usually start off with a cartoon or movie. That's around 7:30.

    We have snack at 10-10:30

    Lunch 12-12:30

    Quiet time from 1-3

    Snack from 3:30-4

    4-5 outside play ( when the weathers nice)

    Indoor play/cartoon 5-5:30

    5:30 pick up..

    This is how I'm doing things now, but I'd like to add more structure, just not too sure what to do or where to start??

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    This is my daycare schedule right now and it seems to work well...

    7:00 am - Daycare opens, indoor freeplay
    8:35 am - Walk school children to school
    9:20 am - Morning snack
    9:50 am - Craft
    10:15 am - Circle time, learning activities
    10:45 am - Outdoor play (weather permitting)
    11:45 pm - Lunch
    12:20 pm - Nap/quiet time
    2:30 pm - Afternoon snack
    2:55 pm - Walk to pick up school children
    3:40 pm - Outdoor play (weather permitting), indoor freeplay
    5:30 pm - Daycare closes

    I don't follow the times exactly but fairly close and aside from the school run times, everything else is pretty flexible. Once summer comes and I don't have to do the school run then we will do longer freeplay/outdoor freeplay and more crafts/circle activities. Hope this helps a bit.

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    My day:

    Free play/arrival of kids
    circle time - Calendar, weather, felt board activities, finger plays, story time, etc.
    morning snack
    Art or learning activity
    Free play/outside play
    lunch
    Quiet time
    Snack
    Group activities/Free play/outdoor play

    Learning activities include science activities/experiments, math, fine motor skills activities (like cutting, tear, gluing, scooping) and sensory bins (sand, water, etc). These can be created/adapted to suit a wide range of ages.

    I do different things each day of the week - Monday is Art, Wednesday is Science, Friday is Sensory Bins. I leave Tuesday and Thursday as more of my variety days, they could be math activities, fine motor skills activities, etc.

    I really like the following website, it has lots of great ideas and it doesn't involve a lot of prep for you...

    http://www.preschool-plan-it.com/preschool-themes.html

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