Daily Schedules

Sample Daily Infant Schedule

  • Arrival
  • Breakfast or bottle and diapering
  • Nap
  • Daily activities may include:
    • Listening to music
    • Stories
    • Sensory activities
    • Conversation with adults
    • Movement exploration
    • Visual stimulation
    • Playing with age-appropriate materials
    • Rocking and cuddling
    • Bottle/diapering
    • Walk outside
    • Lunch or bottle
    • Afternoon activities
    • Bottle
    • Nap
    • Departure

Your child’s daily schedule will depend entirely on his or her individual feeding and sleeping schedule.

Sample Daily Toddler Schedule

  • Arrival
  • Breakfast/bathroom
  • Daily activities may include:
    • Play dough
    • Water play
    • Block play
    • Painting
    • Socio-dramatic play
    • Stories
    • Music and Movement
    • Lunch/bathroom
    • Nap
    • Afternoon activities
    • Snack
    • Outside play
    • Departure

Younger toddlers will still nap on demand while older toddlers may fall into the pattern of a nap after lunch.

Sample Daily Preschool Schedule

  • Arrival
  • Breakfast/toileting
  • Free Choice Activities
  • Meeting Time
  • Learning Center Activities
    • Art
    • Math/Science
    • Language
    • Writing
    • Blocks
    • Dramatic Play
    • Fine Motor Activities
    • Gross Motor Activities
    • Music
  • Outdoor Play
  • Lunch/toileting
  • Nap/rest time
  • Snack
  • Additional learning center opportunities, small group activities, music, and/or outside play
  • Departure