This is my best guess at John's school schedule.
When he gets in around 9am, it's usually "choice time," which means they get to play with toys. They are supposed to pick from a preselected array, and put away the toys when they are done.
Followed by snack.
Followed by diaper changing and pottying (John can name the kids in his class who can "pee on the potty." I'm dying to tell you who, but privacy policy forbids!)
Followed by outside time: John's current favorites are driving the shopping cart and digging, throwing, and rolling in the playground mulch.
Followed by activity/learning unit: crafts, coloring, learning Bible stories, playing with musical instruments, parachutes, etc.
Followed by lunch and more diaper changing and potty time
Followed by nap: John has been told (many times) that he doesn't have to sleep, but he needs to rest quietly on his mat so that his friends can sleep. He is back to napping the majority of the time, but he drops it occasionally (once a week or so)
Post-nap is the period I am less sure about...
I think they have another activity, choice time, and possibly another snack, as well as diapers and potty. Then about 3:15 they head out to the playground again.
I usually pick him up between 3:30 and 4pm, and they are usually out on the playground.
If John gets a sticker in the morning and one in the afternoon, he gets a "treat" from the treat jar, which is stuff like smarties candy, 100-calorie cookie packs, stickers, little cars, etc. He goes STRAIGHT for the candy if there is any, and I trickle it out to him as slowly as I can on the car ride home.
John has about 8 kids in his two's class and they combine a lot with the one's class, particularly because they are down one teacher in the two's. Tuesdays and Thursdays are the fullest days, I think there are at 4-5 kids who only come on T's and Th's.
Everyone loves him at the school, but he has been having issues with (1) crashing the shopping cart or monster truck into other kids or the fence outside or the walls; (2) being disruptive during naptime; (3) throwing mulch; and (4) occasionally being defiant, that is, choosing to not follow directions, or continuing to do something he has been asked to stop even after he acknowledges that he's not supposed to do it.
Here is a sample of his daily report:
(Sorry about the shadows on the picture. This was the best of the EIGHT I took at 10pm!)
Danielle Behind the Wheel
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2 comments:
Parachutes are the BEST!!!!!!!!
thank you sooooooooo much for sharing - i enjoy hearing about jm and school......and you and tony too....mimi
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