When we come to pre-school in the morning, the first thing we do is take off our coat and hang it on our special peg. We put our bag away too. Then it’s time to choose where we’d like to play!
At pre-school, we get to think for ourselves and pick our own activities. Some fun things are planned by the grown-ups, and sometimes we come up with our very own games. There are always exciting things to explore!
We might do painting and mix our very own colours. We can squish and roll playdough, build tall towers with construction toys, or solve puzzles. There are lots of toys to choose from. We can draw and make marks whenever we like, using paper, notebooks, chalks, whiteboards and special pens.
We can move freely between the classroom, the garden room and the garden outside. We love going outdoors! In the garden, we can cook in the mud kitchen, dig and build in the sand, ride bikes, play with bats and balls, build with big construction pieces, or carefully balance along the beam. In our nature area, we plant flowers, vegetables and herbs, and we even have fruit trees growing!
When we feel hungry, we have snack time. We share fruit, vegetables and breadsticks. We practise cutting our own food and pouring our own drinks like big, capable children. We can have milk or water to drink.
Before the morning ends, we all come together for group time. We say hello, talk about the day of the week, practise our special Makaton sign, look at the weather, and sometimes enjoy a story, sing songs, play instruments or share our news. Then it’s time to get ready to go home — or get ready for lunch.
If we stay for lunch, we wash our hands and sit at the table with our friends. We eat our lunch from home and chat together. A grown-up is always nearby if we need help.
After lunch, we clean our teeth to keep them nice and healthy, with a grown-up helping us. Then we either get ready to go home or enjoy our afternoon session, where we choose our own activities and sometimes join in with special grown-up-led activities to help us learn and grow.
