Daily Schedules

Schedules

Please note that this is a very general schedule. Daily programs vary by class and by day. Accommodations are made for children who have given up naps or cannot sleep on a particular day.

Little Rainbow (3 – 11 months)

(Schedule subject to change based on children’s individual needs)

8:30 – 9:00	Drop-off: greet children and parents; free play with range of activities
9:00 – 9:30	Snacks and bottles
9:30 – 10:30	Diapers and Gross Motor Room
10:30 – 11:30	Outside time; walks
11:30 – 12:30	Lunch; bottles; diapers
12:30 – 2:30	Naps and free play
2:30 – 3:00	Diapers; snack; bottles
3:00 – 3:30	Free play; pick-up

Rainbow 1 (12 – 23 months)

8:30 – 9:20	Drop-off: greet children and parents; free play with range of activities
9:20 – 9:35	Clean up
9:35 – 10:00	Snack and story time
10:00 – 10:30	Toileting/diapering; music and movement
10:30 – 11:30	Gross motor play
11:30 – 12:30	Lunch and toileting
12:30 – 2:30	Nap-time; children rest on their mats or in cribs
2:30 – 3:00	Quiet activities; diapering
3:00 – 3:30	Snack and story time; pick-up

Rainbow 2/2A (18 – 32 months)

8:30 – 9:40	Drop-off: greet children and parents; free play with range of activities
9:40 – 9:50	Clean up
9:50 – 10:00	Morning circle: songs, movement, stories
10:00 – 10:15	Snack
10:15 – 10:30	Clean up: teeth brushing, toileting/diapering; free play
10:30 – 10:35	Transition to outdoors
10:30 – 11:45	Outdoors/big room free play
11:45 – 11:55	Transition back to classroom
11:55 – 12:20	Lunch
12:20 – 12:30	Clean up: toileting/diapering; quiet reading
12:30 – 2:30	Nap/quiet time: children are asked to rest on their mats for at least 45 mins
2:30 – 3:00	Put away mats; toileting/diapering; free play
3:00 – 3:15	Snack
3:15 – 3:00	Clean up; free play, pick-up

Rainbow 3 (33 months – 5 years old)

8:30 – 9:15	Drop-off: free play and open snack
9:15 – 9:35	Clean up and circle time
9:35 – 10:20	Free play: activity choice and open snack
10:20 – 10:45	Toileting
10:45 – 12:00	Gross motor play
12:00 – 12:30	Lunch
12:30 – 12:45	Toileting and quiet book time
12:45 – 1:15	Nap time: children rest on their mats
1:15 – 3:00	Writing center and tabletop activities
3:00 – 3:30	Snack and end-of-day circle; pick-up