Hours
The Center is open year-round, Monday through Friday from 6:45 AM – 6:00 PM.
The daily schedule may vary depending on weather, field trips, special activities or guest instructors.
A typical day at St. Joseph’s is as follows:
Morning Arrival: As children are arriving between 6:45 – 8:30 am they make simple choices in the room until all of their friends arrive.
AM Snack: Children have snack together in their classroom (we work on manners, social conversation, and communication skills often during meals)
Greeting: The children sit together for Circle Time to do activities that their individual teacher has planned (say hello to each other, sing songs, talk about the events of that day/schedule, share a story, etc)
Choice Time/Learning Centers: The children make choices to work with specific materials in the room and/or work in small groups.
Gross Motor: We go outside to the playground for movement and exercise (weather permitting) for at least a half hour in the morning and afternoon. If the weather is not cooperating then we move and exercise to music.
Lunch: Children eat lunch together in their classroom and practice serving themselves.
Rest: Rest time is from 12:30 – 2:30 pm for all classes. During this time children who do not rest are given quiet activities to do on their cot.
PM Snack: Children have snack together in their classroom where they continue to work on manners, social conversation, and communication skills.
Studio: Each student has the opportunity to visit the studio at least once a week where he/she is offered open-ended materials to engage in creative exploration.
Music and Movement: We sing and dance together to explore rhythms, socialization, and to simply have fun.
Afternoon Circle Time: Specific activity for the children to target certain skills or content and review what they learned that day. This is also a time where students share stories and participate in show and tell.
Closing: The children gather with their class to end the day with small activities, reflection on the day, sing songs, dance, and/or read stories.
Related Services: We have a religion class that students attend on a weekly basis which is taught by our religious and resource teacher. The class consists of stories and songs with further discussion around Holidays. There are opt-out options for those interested. We also work with different vendors who come in and run special activities with the children which includes soccer, music & movement, and a computer class.
For more information or a tour of St. Joseph’s Preschool contact us.