Arrival + Free Play + Art Children select from a variety of free play choices in manipulatives, dramatic play, STEM and sensory activities, clay, watercolors, and collage. This gives kiddos the chance to practice fine motor skills.
9:30-10:30
Clean up + Dance Party + Toileting + Hand Washing
10:30-10:50
Circle Time Gathering A daily group gathering with poems, fingerplays, action songs, and music. We have interactive music with Jory or yoga with Yoga Playgrounds every Wednesday. Once a month, we have interactive storytime with Karen from The Multnomah County Library.
10:50-11:30
Snack Time We take this opportunity to chat and read a story. We enjoy our snack (brought from home) outdoors under our covered patio.
11:30-12:00
Outside Play / Art Project / Nature Walk Depending on the season these activities vary.
12:00-12:30
Lunch + Conversation Children bring lunch items from home. We enjoy our lunch outdoors under our covered patio.
12:30-1:00
Outside Play We offer a variety of large loose parts so kiddos can practice large motor skills as well as gardening, art, and an outdoor creation kitchen.
1:00- 1:15
End of Day Circle Gathering Includes a story and end of day conversation with tea and bisquits.
1:15-1:30
Pickup from Playschool
1:30
Paper Moon Playschool participates in Multnomah County Library storytime and music and educational enrichment programs.
Each Wednesday we offer either music or yoga. Jory Aronson teaches interactive music incorporating props, and participation as well as teacher Madi who teaches yoga from yogaplaygrouns.
When all the elements align, we love to take Nature Walks to the Dharma Rain Zen Center, where we feed the chickens. This gives the kiddos a strong connection with nature and the changing seasons as they observe the transformation of the landscape and grow their own snacks.
During the course of the Playschool year, we bring in Environmental Enrichment Education Programs such as Talk About Trees and WolfWays, which further deepen the connection to nature and the environment.