A Day In The Life: SPROUTS

Second in a series compiled by Ms. Correy:

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A SPROUT

The Sprouts start their day by taking off their shoes and putting away their coats on their individual coat hooks. Then, they move on to the breakfast area where each Sprout scoops his or her own cereal and practices adding the milk so carefully. 

As the Sprouts finish their cereal, they put their bowls and cups into the dirty bin and move into their classroom to have a brief circle around 9:00am

At circle, they sing songs, read books and practice listening.  They start their Montessori work period around 9:15am. During the Montessori work period, the Sprouts explore the materials on the shelves.  They work with sensorial materials, learning gradation, colors, and textures. 

Sprouts love working with the practical life materials, learning how to scoop, pour, and sort.  Some beginning language and math materials are also made available. 

As the work period wraps up around 10:30am, the Sprouts meet together for snack time.  After snack, the children head outside to play in the sand box, slide down the slide, or run the trucks with their friends. 

Each child then comes in to wash hands and sit down for lunch.  When lunch is over, each Sprout finds his or her own rest mat and takes a nap. 

Nap time wraps up around 3:00pm, when everyone meets together again for snack.  

From 3:30-5:30 as kids are getting picked up, they are enjoying either another work period, group art project, or outside time (depending on the weather).