Classroom Activities

A rich, structured day designed to nurture every aspect of your child's development.

A Typical Preschool Day

1

Welcome

Arrival

Before entering the classroom, students hang up their belongings and put on their indoor shoes. They are greeted by a teacher and move to the circle area where they can play for around 10 minutes to settle down.

2

Circle Time

Morning

Calendar activities, songs, games, and stories help children develop number skills and social interactions.

3

Show and Tell

Morning

Children are encouraged to talk about something they bring from home — usually a toy or book. A fun way to develop confidence and language.

4

Activity Time

Morning

This time is used to help children enhance fine motor skills like pencil grasp, colouring with crayons, tracing letters and numbers, etc.

5

Learning Centres

Morning

A working time with different Montessori-oriented activities around the classroom. We also provide a workbook so children can practise their readiness skills.

6

Snack Time

Mid-morning

Please provide your child only with a healthy snack.

7

Free Play Time

Mid-morning

Children can circulate among the play centres we set up for them.

8

Art

Late morning

We do a craft every day about the theme of the day.

9

Spanish Class

Late morning

Every day we provide a full Spanish Immersion Class so children learn the Spanish basics.

10

Story Time

Before dismissal

Before dismissal, we have story time. It is usually done in Spanish so children are more involved in the language.

11

Dismissal

Dismissal

Time to go home after having a great time at preschool.

12

Lunch

Afternoon

Children who stay all day have lunch from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm.

13

Rest Time

Afternoon

A rest period in the afternoon for those children in the toddler program or any other child who needs to rest.

14

Yoga / Music and Movement

Afternoon

We do yoga or music and movement on days where the weather is not an option for spending longer periods outside.

Monthly Field Trips & Special Guests

In addition to class activities, we provide our children with either a field trip or special guest each month to enhance our curriculum. These are included in our fees.

Visit to the Zoo
Butterfield Acres
Grocery Store Tour and Cooking Class
Bow Habitat
Police Visit
Firemen Visit
Mad Science
Clay for Kids
Miss Tune-ah
Food Impact
Cochrane Humane Society