Schedule

Tuesday / Thursday
9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.


First Day:  September 17, 2013


Daily Routine

Drop Off     
9:25 - 9:30 a.m.

Gathering Time  
9:30 - 9:40 a.m.
Gather together to introduce daily theme with a demonstration, invitation, and/or discussion; songs, wiggle activities

Centers / Exploration     
9:40 - 10:30 a.m.
Explain centers and then allow children to choose their centers based on interest, make observations, ask questions and brainstorm possible answers, conduct science experiments, test predictions, share discoveries, participate in various hands-on activities to further explore daily theme

Snack   
10:30 - 10:45 a.m.

Free Play      
10:45 - 11:25 a.m.
Outside free time, play games, run, dig holes, interest-led exploration

Discussion, Reading, Journals     
11:25 - 11:50 a.m.
Discuss as a group the discoveries of the day, encourage students to ask additional questions, read books about our discoveries and daily theme, evaluate information, draw conclusions, journals (outside if weather permits)

Clean up / Pick Up      
11:50 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Clean up, prepare for pick up. 



Calendar
We follow the school calendar for the Bellevue School District (BSD).