Advantage Preschool and Child Care

The core of the preschool day occurs in the morning hours, from 8:00am to 12:30pm. We enjoy our circle time first thing every morning, which includes our greetings, morning messages, calendar time, weather graph, letter of the week, theme connections, and learning time of math and literacy skills. This is always followed up with a group learning experience in the core curriculum areas. 

In between our group learning experiences, which are teacher-directed, we enjoy lots of self-directed play times here at Advantage Preschool in Ann Arbor during each "plan, work, recall" section. During this time, each child gets to plan his or her own "work" in  the various areas or interest centers set up by the teacher.  After our "work" time, we clean up and then recall what our plan was and what work we carried out during work time. The "plan, work, recall" or what is sometimes referred to as "plan, do, review" is a core piece of the High Scope preschool curriculum.

Please realize that the more consistent your child is in attending, the more they will take away from the program. 

DAILY ROUTINE

8:30-10:00am        Children arrive and are greeted by the teacher. Parents sign students in, observe any new notes on the bulletin board, and may write notes to relay important information. Children are engaged in “plan, work, clean up, and recall”.  (Breakfast is served as children arrive and are ready to eat, from 8:30-9:00 am.)

10:00-10:20am      Students wash hands, say grace, and enjoy morning snack

10:20-10:40am      Children are engaged in Circle Time, which consists of greetings,  morning message, calendar routines, weather routines, math routines, literacy routines,  songs, stories, finger plays, theme discussions, and discussing our day’s activities

10:40-11:00am       Group Time (a learning experience in any of the following areas, and often combining several at a time: literacy, math, science, social studies, Bible-themed, dramatic arts, arts and crafts, or music and movement)

11:-11:45am              Students get dressed for outdoors and play outside*

11:45-12:00pm       Students enjoy quiet free play inside during lunch prep

12:00-12:30pm      Students wash hands, say grace, and enjoy lunch

12:30-12:45pm       Prepare for naps/rest times with quiet stories and songs

12:45-2:15pm          Students sleep and/or read books quietly on their cots

2:15-3:20pm           Upon waking, students engage in “plan, work, clean up, and recall”

3:20-3:40pm          Students wash hands, say grace, and enjoy an afternoon snack

3:40-4:00pm         Group Time (a learning experience in any of the following areas, and often combining several at a time: literacy, math, science, social studies, Bible-themed, dramatic arts, arts and crafts, or music and movement)

4:00-5:00pm         Students get dressed for outdoors and play outside*

5:00-5:30pm          Students engage in free choice play while waiting to be picked up

*During inclement weather, children stay indoors to play--During winter, we usually go outside only once*