A Bilingual Preschool Experience
Schedules & Curriculum
The teachers in our different classrooms follow various daily schedules, depending on the age of the children. Each classroom also has their own rotating monthly curriculum, as well as goals catered specifically to each child depending on where they currently are developmentally.
1-2 Years Sample Schedule
7:00-8:40 Free Play* (check diapers)
8:40-9:00 Music & Movement (teacher led)
9:00-9:20 Snack Time
9:20-9:25 Circle Time**
9:25-9:50 Art / Free Play (check diapers)
9:50-9:55 Circle Time**
9:55-10:30 Outdoor Play (weather permitting)
10:30-11:30 Free Play*
11:30-12:00 Lunch
12:00-12:30 Free Play (clean up, check diapers)
12:30-2:30 Nap / Quiet Time
2:30-3:00 Snack
3:00-3:30 Free Play* (check diapers)
3:30-4:00 Art & Music Play
4:00-5:00 Outdoor Play (weather permitting)
5:00-6:00 Free Play
* “Free Play” includes the following activities: fine motor development, books, puzzles, blocks, dramatic play, watering plants & feeding fish (science implementation), and musical instruments
** “Circle Time” includes some or all of the following: who is at school that day, review our color and shape, read a book that coincides with the theme, or sing a song
2-3 Years Sample Schedule
7:00-8:30 Free Play*
8:30-9:00 Clean up (potty or diaper changes)
9:00-9:30 Outdoor / Downstairs Play (weather dependent)
9:30-10:00 Handwashing & Snack
10:00-11:00 Free Play*
11:00-11:05 Circle Time #1**
11:10-11:20 Spark PE: Music & Movement (teacher led songs, dancing, finger plays, movement, poems)
11:20-11:30 Circle Time #2**
11:30-12:00 Activities (art, sensory, color, number, letter)
12:00-12:30 Handwashing & Lunch
12:35-1:00 Brushing Teeth (potty or diaper changes)
1:00-3:00 Nap / Quiet Time
3:00-3:30 Handwashing & Snack (potty or diaper changes)
3:30-4:00 Free Play*
4:00-5:00 Outdoor / Downstairs Play (weather dependent)
5:00-6:00 Free Play* (potty or diaper changes)
* "Free Play" includes the following activities: dramatic play, books, music, open art, manipulatives, science, and math
** "Circle Time" includes the following activities: Good Morning song, theme book, color, shape, number, letter, English/Spanish words of week, and social emotional book
3-4 Years Sample Schedule
8:00-8:30 Free Play*
8:30-9:00 Music & Movement
9:00-9:05 Hello & Sharing
9:05-9:20 Circle Time #1**
9:20-9:35 Spark PE: Spanish Games, Yoga
9:35-9:45 Circle Time #2**
9:45-10:15 Handwashing, Snack & Bathroom
10:15-10:25 Music & Movement
10:25-10:40 Writing, Math, Science, Art, Spanish Centers
10:40-11:40 Free Play*
11:40-12:15 Physical Play & Outside Time
12:15-12:30 Handwashing & Lunch
12:30-1:00 Brushing Teeth, Bathroom & Story Time
12:45-1:30 Nap / Quiet Time
1:30-3:00 Quiet Free Play*
3:00-3:30 Handwashing, Snack & Bathroom
3:30-6:00 Outside Free Play (large motor)
* "Free Play" includes the following activities: blocks, dramatic play, books, open art, music, manipulatives, sensory tables, science, and math
** "Circle Time" includes the following activities: Good Morning song, days of the week, months of the year, counting, weather identification, weekly letter, color, shape, and number, weekly English/Spanish words (+ colors and numbers), theme book
4-5 Years Sample Schedule
7:00-8:40 Free Play*
8:40-9:00 Music & Movement
9:00-9:15 Circle Time #1**
9:15-9:25 Spark PE: Music & Movement
9:25-9:35 Circle Time #2**
9:35-9:55 Handwashing, Snack & Library Time
9:55-10:50 Free Play*
10:50-11:05 Activities (child centered art, science, cooking)
11:05-11:30 Music & Movement
11:30-12:15 Outside Free Play (large motor)
12:15-12:30 Handwashing & Lunch
12:30-1:00 Brushing Teeth, Bathroom
1:00-1:30 Nap / Quiet Time
1:30-1:45 Circle Time #3**
1:45-2:20 Literacy (sight word book / words, HWT, journal)
2:20-2:30 Spark PE: Child Led Activity
2:30-2:50 Activities (math & science)
2:50-3:30 Handwashing, Snack & Library Time
3:30-6:00 Outside Free Play (large motor)
* "Free Play" includes the following activities: blocks, dramatic play, books, open art, music, manipulatives, sensory tables, science, and math
** "Circle Time" includes the following activities: Good Morning song, class helpers, counting, weather identification, weekly letter, color, shape, and number, schedule, weekly English/Spanish words (+ colors and numbers), theme book