OUR DAILY RHYTHM

Children are given the FREEDOM to make CHOICES, as often as possible, in all aspects of their day, for making choices is how they learn to make decisions as they grow. Ones that are the best for THEM.

We do have daily responsibilities, as tending and feeding the animals on time, and preparing and eating food ourselves, but I am a big advocate on CHOICE and FLEXIBILIY. And I don't believe in a rigid, structured day.

There IS a flow to our days though, a RHYTHMN, of work and play , noisy and quiet, so children do have some sense of order and know what to expect.

Arrival and free play **

Morning gathering circle time - stories. poems. sharing, brainstorming, discussing

Activity

Snack

Outside- Nature walk, Play, Feed and check on animals

Lunch

Free Play

Rest time

Stories, Music or Activity

Snack

Nature Walk- observing, exploring, discovering

Free play - inside or out

**Children who come early, 7- 7:30 am, are able to help with morning horse care in warmer weather. Winter is too cold.

( feed grain, scrub water buckets, fill water buckets, feed hay and rake paddocks, as much or as little as they desire .

We have a GUIDE as to what we will do each day but always with the ability to change, to what suits us best, according to how we feel and what we feel like doing, what the weather is like and what other opportunites come upon us. And we look to the world around us, to the seasons,as to what we may do.

I feel it important that children have a CHOICE, have TIME to decide what to do and the TIME to DO it . It's freedom, and cooperation and decision- making that helps them grow as people. You would be surprised that even the littliest people have a voice, an opinion, and absolutely wonderful suggestions.

  It is our gift to humanity to allow children to play.

Through the creativity of their imaginations, free-thinkers will be born.

                                                     ~from Palumba toy website