The Maya Childcare Trust - Daily activities at the childcare centre.

The Centre’s hours of childcare reflect the hours of school for children over 7. This is to enable older children, who would otherwise be responsible for childcare, to attend school.

The timetable below outlines a flexible daily routine designed to provide opportunities for children to make choices and decisions; to explore a variety of materials; to develop social skills through interaction with peers and adults; to reflect on ideas and actions; to use language in personally meaningful ways; and to receive appropriate adult care and support.

Daily Activities:

08:00	Welcome and activities in Art Area
09:00	Breakfast
09:20	Cleaning teeth and washing
09:30	Morning circle: songs, stories, and large group activities
10:00	Plan, Do, Clean-up (Personal choice of activities)
11:00	Snack and Review of morning activities
11:20	Small group activities (Planned activities relating to the observation area for the day)
12:00	Outdoor play (Paddling pool, small sandpit, chalk etc.)
13:00	Lunch and cleaning teeth
13:30	Rest time – music and stories in the Quiet Area
14:00	Smaller children sleep, older children do puzzles and quieter activities Adults plan
15:30	Play time in sandpit or Active Play Area
16:15	Snack
16:30	Free play as mothers begin to arrive
17:00	Hometime / Clean up

Within this daily routine adults support children’s active learning experiences, offering a variety of activities and providing resources to aid their development in relation to 10 key experiences:

Creative representation
Language and literacy
Initiative and social relations
Music
Movement
Classification
Seriation
Number
Space
Time

Plans are developed by the staff based on their observations of each child, which are interpreted and evaluated using the criteria outlined by High/Scope.