Daily Schedule needs update?

[kindertime]

Hello fellow providers!!

Looking for other schedules, ideas etc. Just finding right now that with the nice weather we are outside ALOT and seems the kids are sleeping, eating, (daily walk and park visit) sleeping eating and then going home. Suggestions? I've cut down the amount of food because for a while there was quite a bit of waste (too much food in small time frame). I really cannot cut out a nap just yet, parents still wanting two (myself incl!). Any insight to other scheds and routines would be wonderful.. THX

Human beings are (usually) creatures of habit. We tend to like to do the things we like and we tend to do these things over and over. There are exceptions, of course, even with children but I believe, for the most part, this is true. So, in daycare and then in school and then in work, there is routine. For little ones, it is necessary because it provides them with a sense of security and comfort. They know what is coming next and what is expected of them. My schedule is flexible to meet the needs of the group I have. It does not change daily, but will be altered when the group ages over time or new babies start, for example.

If your schedule is working for your group, meaning the transition times and the expectations are working, then why change? If they are having trouble with the routine, figure out what the problem is and make a change and see what happens. I personally, don't think there is anything wrong with a routine of; play, eat, sleep, play, eat, sleep, play, home. I could live like that! LOL

Is it that you are bored with the routine? If so, the advice is the same, Figure out why. What would you rather be doing? Looking at your schedule, I think I would be bringing lunch to the park. I like the picnics that we have on Fridays (except today cuz its raining so we ate on the playroom floor) and I like the no dishes on Fridays too. We have also done the snacks outside too from time to time. Just out of curiosity, what do you do for learning time?