Palma Ceia
United Methodist
Day School &
Day Care

3723 Bay to Bay Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33629

Tel. (813) 837-9580




Palma Ceia UMC Day School & Day Care
Our Daily Schedule


Day School
Daily Schedule

FIVE YEAR OLDS
9:00   –  9:30
Teacher directed free play & center time
9:30  – 10:00
Math workbooks, cuisinaire rods, cube units, science
10:00  – 10:30
Circle time, snack, story time 
10:30  – 11:15
Reading readiness activities, craft time
11:15  – 11:45
Playground activities
11:45  – 12:00
Close day, review , show & tell
FOUR YEAR OLDS
9:00     9:30
Teacher directed free play & center time
9:30  – 10:00
Concrete learning activities, reading readiness, and/or math
10:00  – 10:30
Craft time, puppetry, felt board stories
10:30  – 11:15
Circle time, story time, indoor learning games, show and tell
11:15  – 11:45
Playground activities
11:45  – 12:00
Story time, review
THREE YEAR OLDS
9:00     9:30
Teacher directed free play, craft time
9:30  – 10:00
Playground activities
10:00  – 10:30
Snack, bathroom, indoor games, puppetry
10:30  – 11:00
Show & Tell, felt board games
11:10  – 11:40
Music
11:45  – 12:00
Story time, review, close day
YOUNG THREES
9:00     9:30
Playground activities
9:30  – 10:00
Craft activities
10:00  – 10:30
Snack, bathroom, indoor games, puppetry
10:30  – 11:00
Show & Tell, felt board games, Spanish
11:10  – 11:40
Music
11:45  – 12:00
Story time, review, close day

EXCEPTIONS:  Field trips, class parties, Chapel, music, Spanish,
tumbling, puppet shows, special programs, & special events
.

Day Care
Daily Schedule

  7:30 –   8:50
Teacher-directed free play, center time, games, story time
  8:50 –   9:00
Children brought to classes by aides
  9:00 – 12:00
See program schedules for 5’s, 4’s, 3’s & Y-3’s
11:50 – 12:20
Children staying for lunch eat in their own classrooms, whether the school’s hot lunch or lunch from home
12:20 – 12:30
Bathroom, children escorted to day care on playground by teacher & aide from each class
12:30 – 1:00
Playground activities for those staying until 1:30
Playground activities for those staying for nap
 1:00 –   1:30
Children leaving before nap share story time, playtime, activities
 1:00 –   1:10
Children staying for nap, prepare for nap, bathroom, clean-up
 1:15 –   2:45
Nap time
 2:45 –   3:00
Children wake while getting on shoes, putting up cots, and blankets stored
 3:00 –   3:45
Craft activities planned by day care staff, seasonal murals, crafts, practice with large & small motor skills, movie, etc.
 3:45 –   4:15
Snack, bathroom
 4:15 –   5:15
Playground activities, movie, story time, free play
 5:15 –   5:30
Quiet indoor activities




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