The teachers of each of the four classrooms at Green Tree customize their teaching styles, and curriculum based on their children. Below you can find typical schedules for each room:

Infant Room Daily Schedule
~ages 8 weeks through 1 year**
According to developmentally appropriate practices, we respect and follow each child's individual daily schedule including the following:

Eating*
Sleeping
Diaper changes
Active playing
Exploring
Singing
Social activities

*Parents supply food until infant transitions to table food.

Toddler Room Daily Schedule
~ages 1 year through 2 1/2 years**
7:00-8:00 - Children Arrive, Wash Hands, Diaper Check, Free Play
8:00-8:30 - Wash Hands, Breakfast (click here for a sample menu)
8:30-10:15 - Diapering, Choice of Activities (circle time, art, sensory, puzzles, blocks, books, table toys, field trips etc.)
10:15-11:00 - Clean up, Outside Time
11:00-11:30 - Wash Hands, Lunch (click here for a sample menu)
11:30-12:00 - Preparing for Nap (diapering, books for older toddlers)
12:00-2:30 - Nap Time (quiet activities for children that are awake)
2:30-3:00 - Diapering
3:00-3:30 - Snack (click here for a sample menu)
3:30-4:00 - Free Play
4:00-6:00 - Diapering, Choice of Activities, Outside Play, Late Afternoon Snack

Preschool Room Daily Schedule
~ages 2 1/2 through 4 years**
7-7:45 - Free play with table activities set out to greet first comers
7:45-8:00 - Clean up
8-8:30 - Breakfast (click here for a sample menu)
8:30-10:30 - Free play and Activities (including outside play, sensory, art, fieldtrips etc.) Each day the teacher leads children in a Structured activity which involves the teacher leading a circle discussion on topics the children have been talking about...dinosaurs, blocks, machines etc.
10:30-11:15 - Outside play
11:15-11:45 - Lunch (click here for a sample menu)
11:45-12:00 - Quiet book time on mats. Children choose their own books.
12:00-2:30 - Nap Time (quiet time for children that are awake)
2:30-3:00 - Put mats away, free play outside.
3:00-3:30 - Snack Time (click here for a sample menu)
3:30-6:00 - Free Play inside/outside and clean up from the day.

Pre-K Daily Schedule
~ages 4 years through kindergarten**
7-7:45 - Free play
7:45-8:00 - Clean up
8-8:30 - Breakfast (click here for a sample menu)
8:30-9:00 - Clean up and free play
9:00-9:30 - Class meeting, Calendar time, Explain project work for the day.
9:30-10:30 - Project work*
10:30-11:30 - Free play / yoga
11:30-12:15 - Lunch. Parents feel free to join us. (click here for a sample menu)
12:15 - Chapter book read aloud
12:45-2:00 - Nap/rest time
2:00-3:00 - Art table
3:00-3:30 - Snack (click here for a sample menu)
3:30 - 6:00 - Afternoon free play

*Project Work is the structured part of our day where we provide activities from the different social and academic areas of instruction in a developmentally appropriate way. Work done from this time is catalogued in each child's portfolio to be a tool for measuring learning and growth throughout the year. Children love to share their portfolios with their parents. They are very proud of their work and love to explain it.

**Classroom ages are approximate.This decision to move a child to the next level in the center is left to the child’s teacher, who considers many factors when contemplating a move and who will consult with the child’s parents and the director. It is very important that children be developmentally ready for the next level in the Center. The primary factor in moving to the next group is the well being of the child. Transitions are gradual, so that a child can get to know the caregivers, the other children and the environment a little at a time.