A day at our setting
A day in the life of a baby
A day in the life of a Preschooler
A day in the life of a baby
Below is a popular routine for babies at our setting
7:00-9:00
Breakfast and Free Play. Breakfast is served from 7-8 and children are able to relax, watch tv, complete jigsaws, draw
9:00-10:00
Sand, Water, Messy and Creative Play. The children love baby dolls with bubbles and flannels in the water, sieves and colanders in the sand this is
Below is a popular routine for babies at our setting
7:00-9:00
Breakfast and Free Play. Breakfast is served from 7-8 and children are able to relax, watch tv, complete jigsaws, draw
9:00-10:00
Sand, Water, Messy and Creative Play. The children love baby dolls with bubbles and flannels in the water, sieves and colanders in the sand this is an easy creative and clean activity is mark making with paint brushes and water on parcel wrap or on the decking/fence panels or flags outside?
10:00-10:15
A fruit or vegetable based snack. Our favourites are mixed berries, cucumber and hummus or cheese and apples.
10:15-10:30
Circle Time. ‘What’s in the bag’ Fill a bag with items linked to nursery rhymes i.e. a sheep or a spider, children then choose an item and think about the song it is linked to then sing it together.
10:30-11:15
Outdoor Play. We love rolling balls and cars down tubes and guttering, banging metal spoons on different materials to make sounds, riding on our ride ons or going out for a walk into the woods and collecting natural materials.
11:15-11:30
Get ready for lunch time. We enjoy taking off our own shoes and putting them away, washing our own hands and faces and choosing our own cutlery to help pour our own drinks.
12:00-13:00/14:00
Nap time
14:00-15:30
Activities. We usually have a range of activities such as baking, baby massage, music and dancing, parachute games, sensory bags. We also have a rolling snack available.
15:30-16:00
Outdoor play/walk. We usually go for a walk before our tea and enjoy running up and down the hills exploring the woodlands.
16:00-17:00
Free play. We enjoy climbing on the soft play equipment, reading stories, listening to music and playing instruments, building blocks and ICT toys.
17:00: close
A day in the life of a tot
A day in the life of a Preschooler
A day in the life of a baby
Below is a popular routine for tots at our setting
7:00-8:00
Breakfast. During breakfast we enjoy playing in our kitchen and setting up our breakfast e.g fruit, veg, and jars. Then we eat our breakfast together sat at the table.
8:30-9:30
Free-Play. Tots love to play with an activity set up on the table, using our outside equipment and rea
Below is a popular routine for tots at our setting
7:00-8:00
Breakfast. During breakfast we enjoy playing in our kitchen and setting up our breakfast e.g fruit, veg, and jars. Then we eat our breakfast together sat at the table.
8:30-9:30
Free-Play. Tots love to play with an activity set up on the table, using our outside equipment and reading stories.
9:30-10:00
Snack Time. During snack time we will eat our favourite fruit or veg.
10:00-11:00
Planned creative / messy activity and Free-flow play. Tots love various activities with shaving foam, rainbow spaghetti and water play.
11:00-11:30
Outdoor Play. We usually go for a walk before our lunch and enjoy running up and down the hills and exploring the woodlands.
11:30-12:00
Lunch Time
12:00-13:30
Quiet Time for Tots to sleep or rest. We will dim the lights and put on some mindful music or a movie.
13:30-14:00
Snack time. Snacks consist or fresh fruit, breadsticks, crackers or rice cakes.
14:00-15:00
Planned creative / messy activity and Free-flow play
15:00-15:30
Outdoor Play. We like to play games and with the equipment in the outdoor area.
15:30-16:15
Evening snack. We wash our hands and wash faces; we will help ourselves to our own cutlery and drinks and will help to make our own snack.
16:15-17-00
Free-Flow play with an activity set up on the table and reading stories.
17:00 close
A day in the life of a Preschooler
A day in the life of a Preschooler
A day in the life of a Preschooler
Below is a popular routine for preschoolers at our setting
7:00-8:00
Breakfast and Free Play. We encourage the children to make their own breakfast, help to cut up fruit, butter their own toast.
9:00-10:30
Activities/Free Play. We enjoy investigation activities such as baking, experimenting with measurements, making prediction, using real
Below is a popular routine for preschoolers at our setting
7:00-8:00
Breakfast and Free Play. We encourage the children to make their own breakfast, help to cut up fruit, butter their own toast.
9:00-10:30
Activities/Free Play. We enjoy investigation activities such as baking, experimenting with measurements, making prediction, using real tools to create bug houses
10:00-10:15
A fruit or vegetable based snack. Our favourites are sliced apple, cucumber and hummus or melon boats.
10:15-11:30
Outdoor Play/Walk. We go on nature hunts looking for specific plants or animals, we build dens outside and enjoy planting and growing activities.
11:30-11:45
Phonics. Phonics games include looking for items around the room that begin with a certain sound.
11:45-12:15
Lunch time
12:15-14:00
Free Play/Activities. We choose our own resources; we enjoy painting and creative activities such as collage making and cutting/junk modelling. We continue to play with playdough and will play in the sand and water trays.
14:00-14:30
Mindful Activity. We will do a story time, listen to music from around the world, talk about the day etc
14:30-15:15
Outdoor Play/Walk. We usually go for a walk before our tea and enjoy running up and down the hills and exploring the woodlands, playing football and using hula hoops
and skipping ropes
15:15-16:00
Evening snack. We wash our hands and wash faces; we will help ourselves to our own cutlery and drinks and will help to make our own evening snack.
16:00-17:00
Free Play. We enjoy using our play equipment, listening to music and reading stories.
17:00- close