OUR DAY: PRESCHOOL CLASSROOM.
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7:00- 8:00 AM |
Arrival time |
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8:00- 9:00 AM |
Preparing breakfast table, taking breakfast, and preparing all learning areas and play materials. | |
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9:00- 9:40 AM |
Group meeting; includes story telling and singing to get ready for the day’s activities. | |
| 9:40- 10:20 AM | Learning center visit; this includes official activities like writing, mathematics activities and science activities among others. | |
| 10:20- 10:50 AM | Break time; learners visit washrooms and rest. | |
| 10:50- 11:30AM | Individual activities: children visit their centers of interest. The learners at this time involve themselves in activities which they love most. | |
| 11:30- 12:10 PM | Outdoor play; children involve in various activities outside the classroom. This promote multiple domains of development in the child. | |
| 12:10-12:20 PM | Hand washing; to prepare for lunch taking | |
| 12:20- 1:00 PM | Dine time. | |
| 1:00- 1:30PM | Quite reading; learners read stories of their choice quietly. | |
| 1:30- 2:30 PM | Rest time and sleeping | |
| 2:30- 3:00 PM | Washroom visit and handwashing. | |
| 3:00-3:30 PM | Snacks time. | |
| 3:30-4:00 PM | Music and movement time. | |
| 4:00- 5:00 PM |
Free play and departure time. |
In this case, a transition is a period between activities that are carried out in a preschool premise. Change is crucial in a learning center as well as in other places. Therefore, as a teacher, it is essential to come up with different tricks that will help to transit smoothly. In this case, I would consider employing several activities when transiting from one event to another. One of these tricks is music. Music has a soothing effect on both adults and children. Playing a piece of soft music is, therefore, an excellent way to enable children to switch from one activity to another. Besides, playing a simple game represents a significant role in helping learners to transit from one event to another. Singing and clapping is another trick I would employ to ensure a good transition.
References.
Lago, L., & Elvstrand, H. (2019). Pupils’ everyday transitions in school as a condition for social relations and activities in leisure time centres. Early Years, 39(2), 163-174.
Abraham, V. D., Shifres, F., & Justel, N. (2017). Effect of musical improvisation in visual emotional memory. In Global Arts and Psychology Student Conference. University of Graz.