If you plan on snack being 15 minutes and it takes 8-10 minutes for all of your children to wash their hands, does that mean snack time is really only 5 minutes long? No, of course not, but what it usually means is that your activity after snack time (usually outside time) will be cut short because you didn’t plan on hand-washing! The truth is, whether you plan for them or not, transitions are part of your day. Inevitably, this will result in outside time being shortened from 30 min to 10 min or removed all together and just doing a teacher-led active game or a round of the Hokey Pokey as you play catchup. You haven’t allowed time for clean up after center time, handwashing before snack or putting on jackets before going outside. When we come in, we read a story and then Mommy comes. We are washing our hands, so we are going to have snack. The daily preschool schedule helps children to predict their day and therefore participate more as well as reduce separation anxiety: We are asked daily “When do we have snack? When do we go outside? For some children, the preoccupation with the question "When is Mommy coming?" limits the child's ability to participate. They “tell time” by knowing what comes next. Preschoolers tell time differently than we do.
The predictability of knowing what comes next helps preschoolers to feel secure which leads to them feeling comfortable to engage and participate in activities throughout the day. Having a daily preschool schedule is important. Let’s look at the 9 tips you need to know! 1. If you don’t consider them, you’ll spend your days (and year!) wondering why you are always running behind or why the children are not in the groove of school (aka behavior problems). You need to consider many other areas such as transition times and balancing passive/active activities. Planning a daily preschool schedule is important and there is more to it than listing Circle Time, Activity Times, Snack Time, etc.
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