Setting up a neighborhood co-op preschool

I got together with some Moms in my neighborhood with a goal to set up a co-op preschool together. This is what we came up with:

-Meet once a week for 90 minutes
-Each child was 3 or 4 years-old
-Each Mom would teach 3-4 times a semester
-The lessons would be based around values that we selected. We felt strongly that we wanted our children's first experience in a school setting to be founded on core values.
-The values/themes we chose: sharing, respect, citizenship, honesty, imagination, Thanksgiving, Christmas, nature, families, service, obedience and kindness.
-We also decided what should be included in each teaching time. The key pieces we felt that would be important to include were: prayer, the pledge, nursery rhymes, read a-louds, calendar, weather, music time, show & tell, a lesson, an activity , a service project, art time and free play time.
-Here is a sample schedule:


9:30-9:45
Opening/Carpet Time:
-Welcome Song
-Prayer
-Pledge
-Music/Singing Time
-Rhymes
-Calendar
-Show & Tell


9:45-10:15
Story/Lesson Time/Music Exploration


10:15-10:30
Play Time


10:30-10:45
Activity/Service


10:45-11
Art

And thus began our little preschool. Stay tuned . . . I'll post lesson plans, art projects and more ;)