I was just wondering, for those of you that run a family childcare, if you would be interested in running through your typical day. I don't have kids yet, but was wondering what a typical day would be like.

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530am first DCB arrives and lays back down
700am get my girls up for school and DCB
730am breakfast
800am my girls leave for school and my other 3 DCK come (Diaper change for early DCB)
800-900am free play I play with them until 830am
830-900am DCG (infant) feeding time
900am Infant DCG goes down for nap
900-1030am other 3 DCK we do circle time with stories and songs. we will also do our letters, numbers, color, and shape of the month. And some days do a craft.
1030-1115am Infant DCG wakes and we go for a walk or outside play. (Diaper changes for all)
1115am-1130am free play while I prep lunch
1130am-Noon is lunch for all even infant
Noon-1230pm free play while I clean up.
1230-1245pm diaper changes for nap
100-300pm NAP TIME and they ALL sleep
300pm All wake up, early DCB gets picked up (diaper changes)
315-345pm free play while I help my girls with school work
345-415pm snack time for all and Infant eats
415-500pm we are outside or inside listening to music, playing with blocks ect.
500pm-530pm free play and TV is turned on (one last diaper change) and I start to prep for dinner.

That's my day in a nut shell. LOL

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745 open
745-8:30 free play

8:30-8:55 breakfast
8:55-9:10 washroom, brush teeth, potty

9:15- class starts
9:15-9:25 warm up, stretch , sing and dance
9:25-9:40 circle time, weather, calendar, letter of the day, number of the day, shape, color, and theme of the week.
9:40-9:50: potty break
9:50-10:10 Story time and zoo phonics
10:00-10:25 Centers, playdough, art, puzzles, counting, social studies and etc
10:25-10:35- wash hand and potty break get ready for am snack
10:35-1050- AM snack
10:50-11:00- clean up snack and prep for outside playtime
11:00-12:00- outside free play
12:00-12:15 wash up and get ready for lunch, book time at kitchen table
12:15-12:25- prep for lunch, set table
12:25-12:50- lunch time
12:50-1:00- lunch clean up and nap time set up
1:00-3:30- nap time
3:30-3:25- potty breaks, nap clean up and snack prep
3:25-3:30 set table for snack
3:30-3:45- eat snack
3:45-3:50- clean up snack time
3:50-4:00- wash up brush teeth
4:00-4:30- Art time and end of the day circle time
4:30-600- free play and prep for home

10:25-10:30 potty break

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Typical day at my house...

7:30-8:00 Arrival/Free Play
8:00-8:30 Breakfast/Diapers
8:30-9:15 Free Play
9:15-9:30 Sensory Table (Different activity every week or every few days)
9:30-9:45 Small snack (seems silly to have snack so close to breakfast but
trying anything to curb biting problem)
9:45-10:00 Art
10:00-10:20 Walk
10:20-11:00 Outdoor Play (Swingset/Sandbox/Riding Toys)
11:00-11:15 Diapers/Free Play (while I prep lunch)
11:15-11:35 Lunch
11:30-12:00 Barney
12:00-2:30 Nap
2:30-3:00 Wake up/diapers/Free Play
3:00-3:15 Snack
3:15-4:30 Free Play/Outdoor Play/Close at 4:30

My art time/sensory times are quite short because the kids are two so the attention spans are short. Often times during the day I will do a second art time or second sensory time during some of the free play period. I'm thinking about incorporating a story time during the day as well, but imagine that will only be a few minutes too.

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also on a side note.... this is my ideal day... Often we get of track or off schedule and that's ok. I don't stress about it and do my best to follow this the best that I can.

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Thanks. You are busy ladies. I hope I'm busy soon too..

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730 to 9am - Kids arrive (free play)
900 to 930 - centers (reading, puzzles, playdough, blocks, art)
930 - am snack (potty, diaper changes, handwashing, toy pickup)
1000 - outside
1200 - lunch (potty, diaper changes, handwashing, toy pickup)
1230-300 naptime
315 - pm snack (potty, diaper changes, handwashing, toy pickup)
345 - outside
500 - toy pickup
530 - closing

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530am-8am drop offs ( the really early kids go back to sleep, i will feed my kids breakfast and get them off to school if other kids are up they free play)
8-830am Breakfast, clean up, get ready for day.
830-9 circle time, reading and weather
9-930 art time
930-10 (science, math, social studies)
10-11 outside play
11-1130 clean up, free play.
1130-12 lunch time, clean up.
12-1230 read and get everyone laying down for nap
1230-230 nap time ( i clean and relax)
230-3 clean up from nap, eat snack
3-330 finish up art if needed, or any activity that needs to go home
330-530 free play( everyone leaves between then)

I have infants too, but they are mostly on this schedule since they are 10-11 months now. But when I have a new one start they are on their own schedule, but try to get them on ours.

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7 AM first kids show up
Breakfast 7:30 to 8:30
I take kids to school at 7:45 and my assistant stays home with the rest
Between 8 and 8:30 babies and littles go down for a morning nap
Quiet activity or movie between that time for the others
10 we start waking kids up if they aren't up already
10ish we start our morning activity (circle time then a craft or activity and a "recess")
11:30 to 12:30 lunch
12:30 to 1 - Story time then getting beds ready
1 to 3 nap time
3:15 snack time
Rest of the day is free play/outside time
Last child picked up by 5:15

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7:15am: DCG1 arrives.

7:45am: Everyone gets into the stroller as DCB1, DCB1 & DCB3 arrive and we walk to the school.

8:45am: Diaper changes

9am: Snack!

9:30am: Circle time w/ songs and stories.

10am: freeplay for the babies and craft time for the 3yos. If nice weather, we play outside at this time.

11am: lunch then diaper changes

11:30-2pm: Naptime

2pm: Diaper changes

2:15pm: Into the stroller and off to the school

3:15pm: Snack time! Pickup for DCB1.

3:30: Outside play

4pm: Pickup for DCB1 & DCB3

5:30pm: Pickup for DCG1.

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6:40-8:00 - Drop off (at 6:40, 7:15 and 7:30) Kids eat breakfast and start free play time
8:00-9:15- Free play time while I clean up from breakfast and then I go play ( another gets dropped off at 9am)
9:15-9:30 Diaper Change/Potty
9:30-9:45- Snack time
9:45-11:30 - Crafts/Circle/Reading/etc
11:30-12:00 - Free play while I make lunch
12:00- 12:20 - Lunch
12:20-12:45 - Free play while I tidy up and change diapers/potty
12:45-2:45 - Nap/quiet time (I prepare for afternoon snack and tidy and rest)
2:45-3:00 - Snack/Diaper change
3:00 - get kids ready to go outside. Stay outside until p/u (4pm-5:15pm)

This is a new schedule. My other schedule used to have an outside time in AM and PM but now that fall is here (and soon winter) I changed it so that we only go out in the PM for two main reasons (#1- It takes way too long to put cooler weather clothing on and off, if I kept 2 outside times it would be chaos plus outside times would be super short and #2-now that we go out after nap until p/u time they don't bring dirt/mud (and soon snow) into my house! )
I have just started this new schedule yesterday and it seemed to go well...we will see how the rest of the week goes.

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I am gonna give you my typical summer day since my days are pretty short right now.

5:45-6:30 First Drop off
6:30-7:30 Breakfast
7:30-8:30 Free play since I have kids coming in through out the morning depending on the day.
8:30-10 Coloroing, puzzles, building blocks
10-10:30 Snack and reading time
10:30-11:30 Free play while I get lunch ready and clean up from am snack
11:30-12 Lunch
12-12:30 craft time, reading time
12:30-1:30 Nap time
1:30-2 Outside play inside free play
2-2:30 PM Snack
2:30-5 outside play or inside play depending on weather

I just started in august so its still a work in progress I know it doesn't seem very structured yet.

Tomorrow will be the start of shorter days since my last child that comes early is starting headstart so my schedule looks like this.

11-11:30 coloring while I get lunch ready
11:30-12 Lunch
12-12:30 crafts or reading
12:30-1:30 Nap time
1:30-2 free play or coloring
2-2:30 PM snack
2:30 to pick up Free play

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I have a small unlicesned daycare I am only allowed to have 2 daycare children without a licenses plus I have my 3 year old and my other 2 children are at school here is what we do in a day

7:30-8am- arrival
8am-8:30am- breakfest
8:30am-9am- clean up, diaper changes
9am-11:30pm- play in or outside
11:30pm-12pm- clean up diaper changes
12pm-12:30pm- lunch
12:30pm-3pm- nap time
3pm-3:30pm- diaper changes and snack time
3:30pm-5pm- play in or outside
5:30pm- clean up diaper changes
5:30pm- dismissal

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