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8:30 am
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Arrival at school; says goodbye to his mom during the carline drop-off and walks into school.
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8:30 am
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He walks to his coat hook; removes his coat and changes his shoes from ‘outdoor’ to
‘indoor.’
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8:40 am
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Says hello to his friends and considers his first work of the day.
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8:45 am
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Chooses a Puzzle Map of Europe: unrolls a rug, brings the puzzle map and begins working.
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9:15 am
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Finishes the Puzzle Map; cleans up the work and puts away all materials.
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9:20 am
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Chooses Metal Insets; prepares a tray and takes work to an open space at a table and
begins working.
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9:50 am
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Finishes the work with the Metal Insets; creates and binds a small book of the work;
cleans up and puts away all materials used.
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10:00 am
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Washes hands; serves himself a snack and sits with friends to eat.
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10:15 am
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Chooses the Movable Alphabet. Invites a friend to join him. One friend unrolls a rug the other brings the Movable Alphabet and they begin working by building words phonetically.
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11:00 am
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Finishes the work and together the materials are put away.
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11:05 am
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Walks around the room to decide on another work.
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11:10 am
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Chooses the Golden Bead math material. He finds two friends and the set-up of the material begins.
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11:20 am
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The small bell rings signally the end of the morning work cycle. As the Golden Bead material has just begun to be set-up, the small group of friends find their respective name tags and place them close to the work. The work will be completed during the afternoon work cycle.
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11:20 am
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Joins the class as a group to listen to a story or sing some songs.
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11:30 am
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Walks to his hook to change into outdoor clothing: shoes, coat, hat and mittens.
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11:45 am
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Takes a partners hand and joins his friends for a walk to the park.
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11:55 am
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Plays with his friends at the park.
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12:20 pm
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Takes his partner’s hand and joins his friends for a walk back to school.
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12:30 pm
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He walks to his coat hook; removes his coat and changes his shoes from ‘outdoor’ back to ‘indoor.’
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Helps prepare for lunch: washes his hands; helps to set the tables with placemats,
plates, cloth napkins, glasses and silverware.
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Brings his lunchbox and joins his friends at a table. Gives thanks together and enjoys eating his lunch with his friends.
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12:55 pm
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Cleans up his lunch space and restores the classroom back to a working environment.
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1:00 pm
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A second work cycle begins and the process of finishing previous work or choosing new work commences.
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2:45 pm
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The classroom work cycle ends; the room is cleaned up as a community and, together with his friends; he gets ready to leave for the day.
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3:00 pm
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Walking hand-in-hand with the Directress, he greets his mom in carline for the afternoon pick-up.
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