Keeping fixed schedules and repeating activities continuously is essential for children.
To feel safe, the little ones need things to always happen the same way. And not just at home; Also at school, the routine calms them down, calms them down and that gives them the security they need. Therefore, the program that the nursery follows in its day-to-day life has an identical order regarding:
– Entrance
– Scheduled activities
– Free play
– Hygiene
– Food
– Nap
If this order did not exist, if there were no fixed schedules for each activity, the little ones would feel disoriented. In addition, the routine does not mean that they always do the same thing and it is boring and monotonous, but rather it is about structuring the time in blocks of activities that occur consecutively. Thus, the little ones will be able to anticipate what is going to come next and will build the notion of the passage of time.
The daily routine is not something inflexible either. In fact, it adapts to the evolutionary needs of each group and varies according to age. For example, in the classrooms of the babies every morning there is a moment destined to lasiesta, something that does not happen in the classes of those older than two years.