to me a preschool is 2 to 3 hours a day though some do have extended day programs available.

I have a childcare with a preschool curriculum meaning in the morning for 3 hours we have preschool. No I do not have a degree I do not use boxed curriculum I plan my own and I surely do not sit them down to do work sheets flash cards and such.

I have a play based curriculum. Meaning we learn hands on. So If my plan was to talk about winter birds. I would have binoculars out for them to choose. I would have books, puppets, posters available to set the stage

Then I would plan some activites like making bird feeders that week. I would read some books about birds and winter that week.Much of the day is child directed activites but I do float around the room observing, providing more materials to expand their play, I may join in ( let them lead) then I can ask open ended questions .

We learn about letters, math science all through our activites.

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