Typical infant daycare schedule: How to create daily schedules for your childcare classrooms

Montessori Infant Daily Routine | Montessori Academy Childcare

The infant routine outlines the typical daily flow for children aged six weeks to two years in the Montessori infant community.  It provides a consistent pattern of activities for learning time, meals, rest, and outdoor play. The predictability of the routine helps children to feel secure and positively influences their emotional, cognitive, and social development. The routine is adapted to meet children’s needs, support emerging interests, and nurture the development of each child’s personality and intelligence.

Daily Routine for Ages 0-2

Morning Routine

7:30am – 9am

Centre opens

Morning greeting

Montessori Work Cycle

Mid-Morning Routine

9am – 11:30am

Morning tea

Outdoor play

Group time

Lunch-time Routine

11:30am – 12:00pm

Lunch time

Socialising

Clean up

Sleep or Rest Time

12:00pm – 2:00pm

Sleep time

Rest time

Quiet activities

Afternoon Routine

2:00pm – 4:30pm

Afternoon tea

Outdoor play

Pack up time

Evening Routine

4:30pm – 6:00pm

Indoor activities

Late afternoon snack

Centre closes

About the Infant Routine

• The daily routine may be altered to accommodate for seasonal changes, wet weather, and special events
• Spontaneous groups times occur throughout the day
• Educators plan learning experiences for each day (these are displayed on the curriculum planning sheets in your child’s classroom)
• We seek to accommodate each child’s individual eating and sleeping schedule
• All Montessori Academy childcare centres are sun-safe and allergy aware
• A record of your child’s day is communicated to you via our family communication app

A Typical Day in the Infant Community

Morning Routine

Montessori Academy opens at 7:30am. Upon arrival, please remember to sign your child in, and place their bag and belongings in their locker. Children need a labelled water bottle, hat, and spare set of clothes each day. If your child attends a non-catered centre, they will also need a healthy packed lunch.

When you are ready to enter the classroom, please knock on the door, and wait for an educator to greet your child. Older children are encouraged to knock on the door once they have been introduced to the Grace and Courtesy Curriculum.

Work Cycle

Once your child enters the classroom they will begin the Montessori Work Cycle. During this time, younger children will interact with their teachers and peers in a small group setting, while older children will choose work from the shelves and work independently.

Educators present lessons to the children, introduce the Montessori materials, and allow them to work with the material at their own pace. Learning is individually paced and based on each child’s developmental needs and interests.

Mid-Morning Routine

Around 9am, children enjoy a nutritious morning tea from a rotating menu of fresh fruit, muffins, cereal, healthy slices, and sandwiches accompanied by milk or water. Younger children will nap according their sleep routine and daily needs.

The children then head outdoors to play and engage in activities that encourage the development of fundamental movement skills. Children learn how to roll a ball, play in the sandpit, engage in collaborative play, chase bubbles, climb, and participate in games, music, and dancing activities.

Group Time

After outdoor play, the infants engage in group time activities centred on children’s interests. These planned activities are documented on the Infant Curriculum Planning Sheets. Planned activities may include a group interest project, art and craft, sustainability, culture, or music and movement. Throughout the day children participate in both planned and spontaneous group time experiences.

Lunch and Rest Time

Around 11:30am, the children settle in for the lunchtime routine. Lunch is a social time, where educators encourage talking about different types of food and table manners. Lunch is also a time to practice skills such as finger feeding and learning how to use a spoon and fork.

After lunch, children sleep or have quiet rest time. The room is darkened and quiet sleep music lulls the children into a restful sleep. Younger children sleep in a cot while older children typically sleep on floor beds. Children who are not yet self-settlers are gently patted to sleep. Each child’s individual sleep routine is accommodated.

Afternoon Routine

Around 2pm children begin to wake up, and afternoon tea is served. Afternoon tea is typically fresh vegetable sticks and dip, sandwiches, cheese and crackers, yoghurt, wraps, fresh fruit, or healthy muffins accompanied by water.

Once children have finished afternoon tea, they proceed outside to play. Children follow their interests, explore the outdoors, and participate in individual and group  experiences that foster the development of social and fundamental movement skills.

Evening Routine

In the late afternoon, from around 4:30pm onwards, children return inside and begin winding down for the day. During this time, children participate in open-ended play, and also have a late snack.

At 6pm, all children have returned home with their families. The childcare centre is thoroughly cleaned and prepared for the next day. Throughout the day families will receive updates about their child’s day via our family communication app.

AAP Schedule of Well-Child Care Visits

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​Parents know who they should go to when their child is sick. But pediatrician visits are just as important for healthy children.

The Bright Futures/American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) developed a set of comprehensive health guidelines for well-child care, known as the “periodicity schedule.” It is a schedule of screenings and assessments recommended at each well-child visit from infancy through adolescence.

Schedule of well-child visits

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  The first week visit (3 to 5 days old)
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  1 month old
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  2 months old
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  4 months old
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  6 months old
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  9 months old
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  12 months old
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  15 months old
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  18 months old
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  2 years old (24 months)
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  2 ½ years old (30 months)
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  3 years old
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  4 years old​
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  5 years old
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  6 years old
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  7 years old
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  8 years old
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  9 years old
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  10 years old
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  11 years old
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  12 years old
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  13 years old
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  14 years old
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  15 years old
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  16 years old
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  17 years old
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  18 years old
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  19 years old
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  20 years old
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  21 years old

The benefits of well-child visits

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  Prevention. Your child gets scheduled immunizations to prevent illness. You also can ask your pediatrician about nutrition and safety in the home and at school.

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  Tracking growth & development. See how much your child has grown in the time since your last visit, and talk with your doctor about your child’s development. You can discuss your child’s milestones, social behaviors and learning.

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  Raising any concerns. Make a list of topics you want to talk about with your child’s pediatrician such as development, behavior, sleep, eating or getting along with other family members. Bring your top three to five questions or concerns with you to talk with your pediatrician at the start of the visit.

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  Team approach. Regular visits create strong, trustworthy relationships among pediatrician, parent and child. The AAP recommends well-child visits as a way for pediatricians and parents to serve the needs of children. This team approach helps develop optimal physical, mental and social health of a child.

More information

• 
  Back to School, Back to Doctor

• Recommended Immunization Schedules

• Milestones Matter: 10 to Watch for by Age 5

• Your Child’s Checkups

• Bright Futures/AAP Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric Health Care (periodicity schedule)

Last Updated

3/6/2023

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American Academy of Pediatrics (Copyright © 2018)

The information contained on this Web site should not be used as a substitute for the medical care and advice of your pediatrician. There may be variations in treatment that your pediatrician may recommend based on individual facts and circumstances.

What regulates the scheduling of kindergarten guards?

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Hello! Help, please, where can I find or how to draw up work schedules for caretakers in kindergartens so that labor laws are not violated. During the week there are night shifts for 12 hours, on weekends it is possible for a day or also for 12 hours. Staff – 3 watchmen, replacements are possible. Thank you.

November 24, 2016, 03:23 , Nina, Petrozavodsk

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Alexander Kuznetsov

Lawyer, Samara

Hello!

Schedules are drawn up on the basis of the established norm of working time for the accounting period for a specific category of employees and contain information on the length of working hours during the shift, rest breaks between shifts and the order in which they alternate.
Putting in the work schedule in two shifts in a row for one employee, even with his consent, is unacceptable.
As a rule, the schedule establishes a direct order of alternation of workers by shifts (having worked the first shift, the employee, after rest, is included in the second, third, etc.) or reverse (after working the first shift, the employee is included in the third after rest, then the second etc.). In organizations with a continuous production process, a shift schedule for four shifts can be applied (three shifts work a day, and the fourth rests).
It is important to reflect in the schedule the rest time of employees in accordance with the requirement of Art. 110 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation on providing an employee with at least 42 hours of uninterrupted rest weekly .
The duration of daily (between shifts) rest must be fixed in a local regulation or determined by a collective agreement. In addition to local regulations, the time of breaks between shifts may be regulated by other regulations. For example, clause 27 of the Regulations on the peculiarities of the working hours and rest time of metro workers (approved by Order of the Ministry of Transport of Russia dated 06/08/2005 N 63) establishes that daily rest must be at least twice the length of the working time on the previous working day (shift) .
If more than half of the time of the shift falls at night, then, as a general rule, its duration is reduced by one hour

After drawing up the shift schedule, it must be approved by the head of the organization. As a general rule, the schedule is put into effect by issuing an appropriate order.
Employees must be familiarized against signature with the approved shift schedule at least a month before its entry into force (part 4 of article 103 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation). If one of the employees refuses to familiarize, the employer should draw up an appropriate act.

Consultant Plus 2016

November 24, 2016, 03:43

Ventilation in preschool educational institutions according to SanPiN (types and schedule)

A healthy microclimate is one of the most important conditions for maintaining and strengthening the health of children attending kindergartens. To prevent the development of diseases, SanPiN standards have been developed, which are mandatory for preschool institutions throughout the Russian Federation. Particular attention in SanPiN is paid to such a procedure as ventilation in preschool educational institution .

Regular ventilation helps keep humidity and temperature levels within normal ranges and prevents too high concentrations of carbon dioxide. If the room is not ventilated, then due to the large number of people constantly staying in it, the CO2 concentration rises rapidly. Children are especially sensitive to changes in the composition of the air, and kindergarten students may experience such signs of illness as headache, fatigue, nausea, drowsiness, and lethargy.

Regular airing of the group in preschool solves these problems. Normal air circulation ensures proper oxygen supply and reduces the concentration of harmful substances, and also allows you to get rid of unpleasant odors, normalize humidity levels and reduce the likelihood of reproduction of fungi and bacteria. Of particular importance is ventilation in preschools for coronavirus , since the influx of fresh air can reduce the activity of viruses and, thereby, reduce the risk of morbidity. Finally, thorough ventilation improves children’s sleep, increases their activity, normalizes the functioning of all organs and systems, saturates tissue cells with oxygen and promotes a healthy metabolism.

Ventilation of groups in kindergarten

Ventilation must be carried out daily. The exact schedule is formed depending on the season and the duration of the groups. There are the following types of ventilation:

• through or corner – allowed only if there are no children in the room;
• one-sided – acceptable in the presence of pupils, but only in warm weather.

The most effective is through and corner ventilation. Its duration depends on the outside air temperature, on the presence and strength of the wind, as well as on the intensity of the heating supplied to the kindergarten. Through ventilation in the premises of the preschool educational institution is carried out in the absence of children and should be completed no later than 30 minutes before their arrival. This will eliminate the risk of hypothermia and optimize the microclimate in the room for the return of the kids.

Bedrooms are cross-ventilated before quiet hours. Airing the premises in the preschool educational institution through the toilet rooms is prohibited. In the summer, it is allowed to ventilate the rooms in the presence of children, provided that the weather is calm, avoiding significant drafts (one-sided ventilation). This change was introduced in the new SanPiN 2020. The updated regulation also allows for minor deviations from the standard temperature indicators in the rooms downward (22 degrees in the bedrooms and 24 in the playrooms). Exceeding these indicators is strictly prohibited, as it may adversely affect the well-being of children. In order to comply with these restrictions, regular micro-ventilation is allowed.

Schedule for ventilation of premises in the kindergarten

The schedule is formed taking into account weather conditions, the climate of the region and the time of year. The recommended frequency of ventilation is every 1.5 – 2 hours. According to SanPiN, airing in kindergarten should be carried out at least once every 3 hours. Only in this case it is possible to ensure a sufficient level of oxygen in the premises of the preschool educational institution.

When the outside temperature is below zero, the main room of the group may be ventilated only in the morning and evening for 15 – 20 minutes (before the children arrive and during quiet hours or classes in the gym). If the outside temperature ranges from zero to +5 degrees, multiple ventilation is allowed, but there should be no children in the room at that time.

The group ventilation schedule in the kindergarten is prepared by the nurse and approved by the head of the preschool educational institution. The schedule should take into account the technical features and area of ​​​​the premises, the age of the children, the daily routine in each group. The schedule necessarily contains data on the frequency and types of ventilation. A certified schedule is posted in each group.

Below is an example of a ventilation schedule for kindergarten .

The original copy of the schedule is stored together with a journal in which notes are made about the procedures actually performed – the number, time and duration of ventilation, its type are noted. When maintaining a journal, the responsible employee puts his signature and full name under each entry.

To automate the logging of ventilation, it is convenient to use the software module “Health Protection of Employees and Children” of the Educational Institution Monitoring System (SKDOU). It contains more than 20 journals and allows you to control the coronovirus infection COVID-19 in order to reduce the incidence of children and employees.

For example, watch the video on how to work with the ventilation log in the system:

You can try the program for free here.

In adhering to the schedule, preschool workers must also take into account actual weather and internal temperature conditions. So, the ventilation mode in the kindergarten can be adjusted in case of severe frost or, conversely, significant heat.