Preschool/Toddlers Group - Gormley Daycare

From 2 years to 5 years

- Extra curriculum gym, art and music classes are provided
- “Discovering I know”
- Elementary Reading and writing
- Math (counting in 2’s, 3’s and 5’s)
- Provide activities in where child sort objects (such as buttons or seeds) according to their characteristics
- Ask children to make up stories or make up the ending for a story
- Help children to mix paint to make new colors
- Teach children about primary and secondary colours
- Provide dress-up clothes to develop imagination and creativity
- Set up play stores, farms, or villages for imaginative play
- Introduce science in the world (example: plant seeds and take care of them)
- Exercise observation skills by showing different experiments
- Make paper bag puppets. Then have a puppet show with the children. (Children often express their feelings through this type of play. )
- Introduce the computer and play board games
- Have children create and play musical instruments
- Outdoor play
- Indoor gym (activities such as walking on a straight line, a curved line, and a low balance beam etc.)

Daily Schedule of Preschool Program
- Time
  Description of the Activities
- 7:00 AM – 8:45 AM
  Arrival Time, Breakfast, and Grouping Time; Books/Shelf Toys
- 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM
  Washroom & Hand Washing Routine
- 9:00 AM - 9: 30 AM
  Small Groups: Reading Program, Cognitive, Creative Manipulative Activities
- 9:30 AM – 10:20 AM
  Morning Circle Time / Art / Sensory / Science
- 10:20 AM – 10:45 AM
  Free Play / Teacher Observations
- 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM
  Washroom & Hand Washing Routines
- 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
  Outdoor Play/Indoor Play; Gross Motor Activities (Weather Permitted)
- 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM
  Washroom & Hand Washing Routines
- 12:15 PM – 12:30 PM
  Lunch
- 12:30 PM – 12:45 PM
  Clean-up Time & Washroom RoutinesWashroom & Hand Washing Routines
- 12:45 PM – 2:45 PM
  Rest Period / Quiet Activities
- 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM
  Washroom & Hand Washing Routines
- 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM
  Snack
- 3:15 PM – 3: 25 PM
  Clean-up Time & Washroom Routines
- 3:25 PM – 3:50 PM
  Art
- 3:50 PM – 4:00 PM
  Washroom & Hand Washing Routines
- 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
  Outdoor Play/Indoor Play; Gross Motor Activities (Weather Permitted)
- 5:00 PM – 5:15 PM
  Washroom & Hand Washing Routines
- 5:15 PM – 5: 45 PM
  Free Play/ Teacher Observations
- 5:45 PM – 6:00 PM
  Clean-Up and Get Ready To Meet Guardians
- 6:00 PM
  Center Closing