She joins the older children who are in child care in the Sunset Room and plays for a while. The children have afternoon snack. Depending on the weather and the mood or the children, they will stay outside from 15 minutes to the rest of the afternoon. The child care staff will always have several activities planned in the areas of art, storytelling, drama, games etc. We will sometimes do our art or storytelling or games outside as well.
Mom comes to school to pick up child.
Child puts on coat and backpack and shakes hands with a member of the child care staff to be dismissed. Parent signs child out on the chart in the foyer. If a child were at home every hour would not be regulated nor would every day be a particular day. One day might be dance class, or Suzuki lessons, or T-ball, but not every day. Sunset Hills Montessori wants to be a Children's House in more than name only.