What a Tuesday actually looks like.
Every age keeps its own rhythm, but here's a preschooler's Tuesday, hour by hour — so you can picture exactly where your child will be at 10am.
7:00–8:30 · Soft landings
Quiet arrivals into a calm room — puzzles, books, and a teacher's lap if the goodbye was hard. Breakfast is out until 8:15 for early birds.
8:30–9:00 · Morning circle
Songs (some in Spanish), the day's plan, and the all-important weather check by today's weather-helper. This is where community happens.
9:00–10:30 · Project time & studios
The heart of the morning: children choose among the art studio, block area, sensory table, and the current class project — this month, an increasingly elaborate cardboard veterinary clinic. Teachers work the room in small groups on early literacy and math, disguised as play.
10:30–11:45 · Outside, always
Garden checks, bikes, mud kitchen, bug hunts. In snow, it's sleds and shoveling practice. There is no bad weather, only inadequate mittens — we keep spares.
11:45–12:30 · Lunch, family-style
Children set tables, serve themselves, pour their own water, and talk about their morning. Our chef cooks from scratch daily; the menu is posted weekly and always includes something growing in our garden.
12:30–2:30 · Rest
Lights low, quiet music, backs rubbed. Non-nappers rest twenty minutes then move to quiet books and puzzles — nobody is forced to sleep, and nobody's nap is cut short.
2:30–4:00 · Snack & afternoon exploration
Smaller-group afternoon: music and movement on Tuesdays, cooking club on Thursdays, and long unhurried stretches of the morning's best play, continued.
4:00–6:00 · Outside again & slow goodbyes
Back outdoors as pickups begin. Your daily report lands in the app around 4pm, so you already know about the worm zoo before you arrive — ask about it in the car. That's the whole trick to "what did you do today?"