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Red Room: Ages 2-3

Yellow Room: Ages 3-4

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Developmental Benchmarks

	The Blue Room Daily Schedule Director: Janie Charlton Morning Teacher: Colleen Feeney-Griffith Afternoon Teacher: Donna Allocca Children Ages 4 and 5
7:15	ECLC is Open
7:15 - 8:10	Community Time. ALL children arriving come to Blue Room' individual greetings, multi-age grouping with free-choice activities in centers
8:10	Red and Yellow Room children leave with their teachers Blue Room children continue activities in centers
8:30	Clean-up
8:35 - 8:50	Circle Time, or "Morning Meeting" Songs, greetings, "news", calendar, class jobs, talking about our activity choices, planning
8:50 - 9:00	Clean-up, toileting, and hand-washing, preparation for breakfast
9:00 - 9:30	Breakfast
9:30 - 10:25	Activity or Project time. Teacher-planned small-group activities in art, math, language, cooking, science, cooperative and concept games, or group work on class projects.
10:25	Clean-up
10:30 - 11:25	Outside Time
10:45 - 11:15	Teacher Colleen on Lunch Break
11:25	Movie inside, bathroom, handwashing, and preperation for lunch
11:30 - 12:00	Lunch. Family-style food service, children serve themselves, practice manners and conversation skills, clear own table, then bathroom and handwashing; quiet reading until friends are finished
12:00	Outside Time (or inside activities, depending on weather conditions)
12:00	Colleen goes home. Teacher Donna takes over in Blue Room. See below.

AFTERNOON:	Donna Allocca
10:00 - 10:30	Donna Arrives - Planning Time
10:30 - 10:45	Story-Donna joins Colleen in Blue Room
10:45 - 11:30	Outside
11:30 - 12:00	Lunch
12:00 - 12:45	Outside
12:45 - 1:00	Clean-up/Restroom
1:00 - 2:00	Rest Time
2:00 - 2:30	Activities/Projects
2:30 - 2:45	Prep for snack/Wash hands
2:45 - 3:00	Donna's Break
2:45 - 3:00	Snack Time
3:00 - 5:00	Indoor/Outdoor Choices
*** 3:05	*** 1st Bus Comes (Mt Stuart)
*** 3:45	*** 2nd Bus Comes (Valley View, Lincoln)
5:00 - 5:30	Clean-up, stories, ready for pick-up
5:30	ECLC is Closed.

Late charge of $1.00 per minute that a parent is late past 5:30 pm. $2.00 charge for each missing Signature or time entry on daily sign-in Sheets.

After School
Homework time with assistance from ECLC staff (Children coming after school are joining other kids/siblings that are already there).

Blue Room Sample Activities:

The 4-5yr old children in the Blue Room have enjoyed these activities as part of our study of winter weather. They are fun, simple, and provide opportunities for building skills and developing concepts as we play.

Coffee Filter Snowflake Cutting:

Prep: Pre-fold coffee filters; flatten, fold in half and then fold the half into thirds (making a triangle shape).

Note - Great to do the first day it snows! Read a snow story; sing a snow song, or talk about snow crystals each having six sides, but each one is different. You may want to do this with a small group of children.

Directions: Give each child scissors and guide them to cut small pieces out of each side of their triangle, then unfold and magic! Our room is lovely with snowflakes hanging all around.

Goals: Developing fine, motor skills of cutting and folding; learning science concepts and vocabulary about snowflakes; practicing following directions.

Extensions: Have children paint or dobber colorful snowflakes!

Ice Cream in a Bag:

Prep: collect all ingredients in the recipe and materials needed.

Recipe:
1/3c Milk (or cream), 1 Large Ziploc bag, 6T salt (table or rock), 1T. sugar, 1 small Ziploc bag 1/8 teas. Vanilla, Crushed Ice

Directions: Set up 3 ingredients on table in a row, give each child a small bag and have them measure milk, sugar, and vanilla into the bag (an adult bag holder may be needed!) Shut bag securely and place in larger bag with ice. Add salt, seal tightly, and shake. Continue for 3-5 minutes or until milk mixture has frozen.

Goals: Teamwork, cooperation; following steps in a sequence; science concepts of freezing and thawing; liquid and solid, and a fun and tasty treat too!

In our classroom we chose partners and helped each other fill the small bags, then put two small bags in one large bag with ice and salt and passed the bag back and forth with our partner until it was done!