So, some of you have been wondering just what it is I do all day with my little bundles of fun.  Well…it’s complicated and will most likely require more than one post.  Today, I’ll start by rattling off my schedule and follow up later this week with more informative posts about what teaching early childhood special education actually looks like.  But for now, my weekly routine:

5:02 a.m. — Alarm goes off.  Hit snooze repeatedly.

5:30 — 5:45 a.m. — Actually drag self out of bed and stumble to the shower.

6:00ish a.m. — Get out of shower and finish up bathroom activities.

6:10 a.m. — Read e-mail, check weather, look at blogs.

6:15 — 6:45 a.m. — Blow dry hair

6:50 a.m. — Get dressed and run out the door.

6:50 a.m. — 7:10ish a.m. — Drive to work

7:10 a.m. — 9:25 a.m. –  Tons of stuff, including but not limited to: Checking/answering e-mail, setting up room, lesson planning, writing IEPs, updating class blog, teaching technology classes to peers, creating and adapting materials for students, etc., etc., etc.

9:25a.m. — 9:35 a.m.  –Kids arrive, Run parent drop-off door

9:35 a.m. — 9:45 — Wait for my students, collect my students, walk my students down to my room, hand up backpacks

9:45 a.m. — 10:05 a.m. — Playground time — work on gross motor skills with kids

10:05 — 10:10 — Come inside, take off coats, check our schedules

10:10 — 10:20 — Table Work — small group fine motor activities

10:20 — 10:30 — Dancing — we dance to the Wiggles and Jim Gill to practice imitating motor movements and get our sensory systems in check.

10:30 — 10:45 — Circle Time — We sing "Hello", Count how many friends came to school, check the calendar, write a message, and do a special activity related to the theme.

10:45 — 10:50 — Check Schedules and Write Play Plans — students choose where they want to work in the room.

10:50 — 11:15 — Work Time — students are free to choose centers to play in, toileting occurs, I pull students to work with me one-on-one on their individual goals

11:15 — 11:25 — Clean Up & Wash Hands

11:25 — 11:35 — Snack time — we use the Picture Exchange Communication System to request food items

11:35 — 11:50 — Circle Time — We read a story related to the theme and sing songs

11:50 — 11:55 — Get coats/backpacks on and walk to buses.

11:55 — 12:05 — Run Parent Pick-Up Door

12:05 — 12:55 — Lunch time (this really means responding to e-mail, team meetings, call parents, etc.)

12:55 — 1:05 — Kids Arrive, Run Parent Drop-Off Door

1:05 — 3:35 — Remember all that stuff I did in the morning?  I do it again!

3:35 — 4:00** — Clean up room and get ready to go home

4:00 — 4:30 — Drive home

4:30 — 5:30 — Let dogs out, read e-mail, catch up on blogs, feed dogs

5:30 — 8:30 — More computer fun, dinner, prime time TV

8:30 — 9:00 –Get ready for bed and go to sleep!

Crazy huh?  I’m tired just from typing it!  So that’s what my weekdays look like.  I’ll elaborate more on things like schedules and PECS later this week.  For now…I’m sleepy!

**Except this week when I have class from 4-7.  Hence the reason I’m so sleepy!