Time | Activities |
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7:00-7:30 | Staff Time: Opening Preparations |
7:30-8:30 | Arrival, Transition Activities, and Breakfast |
8:30-8:55 | Community Circle and Launch to talk about news, share stories, and learn about the day's activities |
8:55-9:15 | Clean-Up and Bathroom Break |
9:15-10:15 | Woodland Excursions in 2 age groups (2 ½ to 3 ½ and 3 ½ to 5 ½) |
10:15-10:45 | Woodland Excursions and Discorvery Trecks; Building structures and making outdoor creations, collecting, and recording |
10:45-11:00 | Bathroom Break and Transition Activities |
11:00-11:40 | Lunch (Outdoors some days, weather permitting) |
11:40-12:30 | Creating Documentation and Narrative Descriptions for observations, outdoor creations, recordings/photos,and/or collected artifacts |
12:30-2:00 | Nap time / Quiet time |
2:00-2:15 | Wake up; Bathroom Break; Transition Activities |
2:15-2:45 | Snack and Clean-Up |
2:45-3:30 | Art Explorations related to Outdoor Experiences (outdoors or indoors) |
3:30-4:15 | Free Choice: Engage in Music, Drama, Creative Movement, Storytelling (Dictation) and/or Construction Projects (outdoors or indoors) |
4:15-4:35 | Reflection and Closing Circle: Review of Day (actions, achievements, process, and lingering questions) and Teasers or Questions for the Next Day |
4:35-5:00 | Parent Arrival; Transition Activities: Quiet time activities, Exploration of artifacts, and Book browsing |
5:00-5:30 | Staff Time: Additional Cleaning and Closing Procedures |
------ Days the Center is Closed ------
- New Year's Day (Federal Holiday)
- Good Friday (Church Event)
- Memorial Day (Federal Holiday)
- West Denmark Fiddle School (full week mid-June TBA; Church Event)
- Independence Day (Federal Holiday)
- Labor Day (Federal Holiday)
- Thanksgiving Day (Federal Holiday)
- Christmas Eve Day (Church Event)
- Christmas Day (Federal Holiday)