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12/1/2015

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1) Reflect on your program, what is the most challenging part of the daily routine?
2) What could you do to improve the routine?

31 Comments

Jodi

3/1/2018 01:01:04 pm

The most challenging time for me is pick up time. The kids are wound up from the day all ready. When the parent comes they all of a sudden go into crazy mode.Bringing out some calm activities during that hour would help.

Eustralberta Mathis

7/28/2018 10:58:04 am

The most challenging part of the routine is when other classes feel the need to use the restroom during my classes scheduled time, especially since bathroom space is so limited. It creates problems with children who are potty training. I think a solution would be for all classes to have a scheduled time to use the restroom. it would minimize the problems. I understand that there will be individual emergency breaks, but dealing with one or two children compared to a class of 12 would make it easier.

Amy

8/1/2018 04:00:33 pm

I think the most challening part of our daily routine is between centers (arrival time when kids have free play) to cleaning up and going to chapel. Many kids are involved in their particular toys or activities and getting them to stop and re-focus on going to a structured period of listening and singing can be tough... especially for kids who might arrive late and feel like they 'didn't get enough time to play with XYZ toy'. I believe a way to improve the routine is by giving a five minute warning to students that it's about time for cleaning up - that they are warned ahead of time to get their minds ready.

Michelle Nugent

12/29/2018 10:08:46 am

My most challenging time is the transition from lunch to small group activities. I recently started asking one teacher to engage the children in a short storytime while I prepare the tables for the small group activities.

Eva

8/2/2018 02:58:16 pm

The most challenging part of our daily routine is transition time between activities. Keeping a consistent schedule, and giving the children a ‘5 minute reminder’ between activities seems to help make transition time easier.

Teresa Max

8/8/2018 12:17:57 pm

Certain children have a more difficult transition into circle time. Having to slow down and listen and follow along can be a challenge. There is always at least one child who doesn't want to put a toy down and try to sneak it onto the rug with us. What I have tried to incorporate is a more active song to start off our circle time which gives them a chance to get the rest of there wiggles out before sitting down to listen which has helped tremendously!

Amanda

8/13/2018 09:30:11 pm

The most challenging part of the day is pick up. All of my students get picked up at the same time. Parents tend to linger and chat with each other. It makes the students get inpatient and they start acting out.

Teresa Presler

8/20/2018 09:00:54 pm

I think the most challenging part of our day is pick up trying to keep it running smoothly especially when parents want to talk to us. We are moving our class to a different room it will allow drop of and pick up to run more smoothly one teacher will be taking children to their parents the other teacher will remain with the other students and it will keep them from running out.

Cheree

8/26/2018 05:55:22 pm

I think the most challenging part of our day is transition from one activity to the next, especially when you need to discuss how the activity needs to go with your fellow teacher or just getting last minute things gathered for it. The best way to improve this situation would to have time in the morning to discuss which teacher is doing what for the day and how they plan to do it, so the other teacher is aware and little to no discussion needs to happen from each activity.

Niki

8/27/2018 09:38:35 pm

I feel like our most challenging part of the day is during lunch when some children are finished and others are still eating. The children who are finished are allowed to read books once they have cleaned up, but there is just too much down time for some kids. We are going to put out an activity, such as coloring, along with reading, so the quick eaters have something to keep them occupied.

Christine

8/28/2018 09:13:14 am

1. Reflect on your program, what is the most challenging part of the daily routine?
I think the most challenging part of the day is transitioning from one activity to the next.
2. What could you do to improve the routine?
Give the kids a 2 minute reminder, reminding them what we're going to do next and putting out coloring or something quiet to keep those who finish first will help.

mary

8/29/2018 12:59:52 pm

I think the most challenging part on our day can be our transition from snack to going home. The children get so excited to go home and see their family that the linger in the class room and run around.

Michelle

8/29/2018 03:52:16 pm

My most difficult part of the day is dismissal. The kids get restless waiting for their parent. All the kids are dismissed at the same time, so generally there are several parents coming in at the same time. They often like to linger and chat with other parents while their kids run around the room. I think it would be a smoother transition if they are dismissed one by one. As the parent signs out their child, they exit the room and the next parent enters. This would be less hectic and easier to keep an eye on who is leaving with who.

Sheetal

8/29/2018 05:25:55 pm

Most difficult time during the day is coming inside after play time. This transition is little difficult for preschoolers as they always wanted to play more outside.
To avoid nervousness we usually inform them that 10 more minutes left & then 5 min left, so that they are prepared to go inside happily.

Judy

8/30/2018 12:46:55 pm

In our program I think the more difficult times can be during transitions. I have been thinking about suggesting the use of music to ease some of that. When you tell a toddler or preschooler they have five minutes they aren't sure what that means. I am wondering if they hear a certain song and learn to understand that when that song is over they have to change activities.

Ana-Maria Sanchez-Guilbault

8/31/2018 08:29:02 pm

I'd have to say my most challenging part of the day is the morning with drop off. Parents like to linger and drop very close to our academic day start time (kindergarten), not allowing ample transition time for their child. What I have found works best is encouraging parents to drop off in our "after school" room with other school-age children. Some of these other children get bused to a public school so it has been a good way for my kiddos to see that when the public school kiddos leave for school so do they. I pick them up from that classroom and we walk together to our room.

juliet

9/16/2018 10:17:48 pm

1.transitions, they are too long
2. Doing less transitions. only asking what kids need to go to the bathroom instead of taking all at the same time. making subgroups of kids

Erin Baker

10/6/2018 02:58:35 pm

The most challenging part of our day is the final 30-45 minutes of the day. My toddlers are pretty much done having to share toys and crave some quiet alone time by themselves. To improve this time, I have special quiet activities (puzzles, coloring, books) that I save just for this time. I separate the children and give them each a special activity.

Dan

10/23/2018 06:26:27 pm

One of the most challenging times of the day is after lunch, everyone going potty, diapers changed and down for nap.

Caitlin

10/23/2018 07:43:39 pm

I think that the most challenging part of the daily routine would probably be the transition from lunch to nap time. When the kids finish up lunch its potty time, and then nap/rest time. we have kids ranging from infant to 5 years so we have some who still do naps, some who need some quiet rest time, and some who have outgrown naps completely so getting everyone to where they need to be and doing what the need to be doing can be a bit challenging.
To make the routine go smoother we usually each have a task, someone who is going to sit with and sooth the toddlers, someone who is going to keep an eye on the babies, and someone who is going to find quiet activities for the older ones and it usually works well.

Norma

11/4/2018 08:58:16 pm

I think that the most challenging part of the daily routine is transitioning from one activity to the other one.

Kimberley Williams

11/6/2018 09:32:31 pm

I feel for the hardest parts of the week are the transitions to the special ciriculum that we offer the children! Spanish and dance! It’s a huge interruption in our day! Especially dance, because they are usually fired up after and can’t sit still! I have been implementing yoga breathing exercises to transition back to circle! It seems to bring us back together as a class!

Alpana

11/20/2018 09:54:03 pm

The most challenging part of daily routine is transitioning from one activity to another . keep consistent schedule and reminding that 5 minutes left clean up and we are doing another activity or we are going outside really improves the routines.

Anna Vosk

11/27/2018 03:15:13 pm

The most challenging time is post-lunch time cleaning and preparing for nap. It is usually a bit chaotic as teachers and children change diapers, wash hands, clean the table, set up cots, etc. I think it would help if we had a better routine for transitions and a break-down of tasks for each teacher. For example one teacher facilitates clean-up and hand washing. Another one changes diapers and monitors the set-up of the children's cots (each child brings his own out). Maybe we could involve our oldest preschool age children in the routines by designating a meal clean-up helper, etc.

Cheryl

12/6/2018 05:22:42 pm

The most challenging part of the day can sometimes be either drop off or pick up times. It really just depends of the child. Some children don't want to leave their parents, and sometimes children can be so involved in what they are doing, that they don' want to leave! We try and make things as easy as possible for our parents by having interesting items for the children to be doing when they are dropped off and in the later part of the day, have all of their items ready to go home for when parents pick up.

Brittany

12/7/2018 06:50:24 pm

The most challenging part of the day is the last hour or so before pick up. Everyone is well rested and ready to play, lots of energy. We normally have free play but the kids get so rowdy.

I like that I saw to add music and movement at the end of the day. I think that would be a good way to get some focused energy out.

Nadejda

12/18/2018 06:33:43 pm

The most challenging part of the daily routine is cleaning up part after centers time. Pre-School age kids don't want to clean every time and they start to walk around to spend a time.
I think we can ask kid by names to clean a certain things.

Mardi Gauthier

12/24/2018 10:14:31 am

One of the more challenging parts of my day is after nap time. My co teacher and I have our hands full, changing diapers/taking children to the potty, picking up the beds, etc. It can be tough to redirect the children from our gross motor activities to quieter activities while all the bustle is going on. I try to mitigate that by laying out books and puzzles for the children before nap time is over and specifically directing each child to a preferred activity.

Judi Dorsey

12/31/2018 10:36:09 pm

Difficult part of our day is the infants needing to be feed & 2 year olds wanting their schedule kept to also. Improved by me being flexible and not stressed

katrina

1/19/2019 12:21:42 pm

I think transitions can be difficult, especially if your staff are unable to be proactive and be one step ahead of a challenge. When activities such as calendar time are already in progress and the bell rings for a student arrival it breaks the continuity. As our center is smaller than some our preschool program has a broader age group. Meeting all needs can become overwhelming.

Maria Valerio

2/9/2019 02:44:13 pm

The most challenging part of the day and the routine is transition from my kids outside time into large group time, I always have one or two kids wanting to go to block area or home living area instead of large group time. I have been implementing yoga the first few minutes of circle time to help them slow down, calm down and is been helping tremendously.

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