Daily Rhythm K-2
A LOOK INTO OUR DAY
Morning Meeting
After the students come in, unpack, and sign-in for the day we gather in our whole group meeting area for morning meeting. Morning meeting is a time for us to set the intention for the day, thank God for his many blessings, and proudly stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.
Next we practice math skills through daily calendar exercises, number sense activities, and skill review, making learning engaging and interactive.
Center & Small Group Time
During our center and small group time students rotate between several different activities: art, home living, imaginative play, building, iPad skill review, fine motor, and small group instruction. Each of these centers provides students with opportunities to learn, socialize, collaborate, and problem-solve with friends.
Art
Students explore concepts of art including shape, color, texture, and creative expression through the use of different mediums. As they create, they use higher-level thinking skills, develop imagination, and utilize trial and error.
Dramatic Play
Students develop imaginative stories based on each month’s theme. They increase their literacy skills through the understanding of character, setting, identification of a problem, brainstorming solutions, and oral narration. These skills help develop their reading comprehension and understanding of story structure.
Imaginative Play
While at this center students are experimenting with telling stories, organizational structures, and develop an understanding of the world including similarities and differences among different families and people.
Building
The building center offers students the opportunity to explore spatial relationships, develop mathematical reasoning, and work on personal resiliency as they create and experiment within a 3D plane. They learn how to manipulate materials based on size, shape, number, area, pattern, and weight.
Fine Motor
Fine motor activities offer students time to develop their hand-eye coordination, build muscles needed for writing, increase attention span, promote pattern recognition, and broaden understanding of spatial skills as they manipulate objects.
iPad Skill Review
Students participate short activities on the iPad that review academic skills previously learned using the Khan Academy program.
Small Group Instruction
Students work in small groups on their language arts and math lessons listed in their academic plans. Groups are hands-on and interactive allowing for learning and practicing new skills, receiving immediate feedback, and increase long-term retention of skills.
Lunch & Outside
After centers we come together for lunch where students practice life skills of preparing their food, socializing with friends, and tidying up when finished.
Lunch is followed by a lengthy time outside where students play games like tag, basketball, flag football, Sharks and Minnows, create in our large sandbox, and more.
Enrichment
Following time outside, we come in for afternoon enrichment classes. Every afternoon is different as we focus on one area: science, social studies, directed art lessons, and seasonal activities. Activities are designed to be engaging, broaden student’s understanding of the world around them, and increase interest and curiosity of new topics.
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