Schedules 

Children need time each day to play, read, eat, interact and engage with the world around them. Designing a schedule and space to support effective routines helps promote their development and learning. 

Creating an engaging and developmentally appropriate all-virtual Kindergarten schedule that was also flexible to the needs of children and their families was a unique challenge this year.

For most families, it has led to at least some form of disruption to their normal routine, as well as creating a broad range of expectations and hopes from families. Crafting a regular and consistent schedule is critical to everyone’s success. The key to creating an effective schedule for remote learning is to acknowledge and understand what is feasible for each family in a given day. 

Since every family has different needs and capabilities, it is crucial to provide families the flexibility to accommodate the changing needs of their young children.  A class schedule is designed to help parents keep their students engaged and on track, while giving young students some ownership over their remote learning experience.

If children have a consistent routine that they can rely on—one that incorporates dedicated time to focus on educational practice and enrichment, creativity, socialization, exercise and restful, relaxing time—they will be better prepared to weather the current storm in a healthy way.