Our Bigs Class

“Meg and I have prepared a full curriculum. The classroom environment is designed so that the children learn to cherish personal responsibility as well as build a strong foundation in the pre-reading concepts. They are already learning how their behavior impacts others; how who they are and how they behave makes an enormous difference in the larger world that surrounds them.
Some of our beginning projects include mixing colors leading to the discovery of orange, purple and green. It is so inspiring to observe the inner essence of smiling faces transform red and yellow into Orange.
We will continue to practice: Letter names and sounds; 2 and 3 dimensional shapes; ‘look a-likes’ and ‘go-togethers’; Diretions such as under, over, around and through; Opposites; Sorting; Arranging; Sequencing; Counting; Odd and even; Big, bigger, biggest; Long, longer, longest.
In addition, we will identify everyday objects: Sings; Directions; Colors; Sounds; Rules; Marvelous magical words — ‘please’, ‘thank you’, ‘excuse me’, and ‘I’m sorry’”
-Taye

Big’s Daily Schedule

9:00-9:10am
Welcome Circle

9:10 – 9:40 am
Outdoor Recess

9:45 – 11:00 am
Teacher presentation of a new lesson.
Individual work period.

11:00 – 11:10 am
Clean up. Children demonstrate responsibility
for keeping our classroom environment tidy.

11:15 – 11:30 am
Hand washing. Snack.

11:30 – 11:40 am
Story time or small group lesson.

11:40 -
Noon pm Outdoor Recess.

Noon – 12:30 pm
Lunch.

12:30 – 12:45 pm
Sharing Circle.

12:45 – 1:00 pm
Lunch Recess.

1:00
First Dismissal

1:30 – 2:30 pm
Enrichment Time – Mondays & Wednesdays
Physical Fitness/Construction/Outdoor Adventure with Wayne

Tuesdays & Thursdays -Formal Library with Shelley

2:30 – 3:00 pm
Rest Time.

3:00 pm
Afternoon Dismissal.

3:00 – 3:15 pm
Afternoon Snack.

3:20 – 4:00 pm
Outdoor Recess.

4:00 – 5:00 pm
Free choice play, games, manipulatives, dressup, art projects.

5:00 – 6:00 pm
Story time, books, small group circle.

6:00 Last Dismissal.