Managing blocks of time in a kindergarten class made easy and clear for kindergarten teachers to facilitate the class systematically from arrival time up to dismissal time. Making your class fun and enjoyable makes learning effective.

1. BLOCKS OF TIME IN
KINDERGARTEN CLASS

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• First whole group activity
Provides children to share their experiences,
tell news about home, school and
environment, engage in conversations, sing
songs or recite poems and rhymes.
teaching children how to take turns talking
and listening to each other
Teacher can sit with the children in a semi
circle.

4. MEETING TIME 1 ACTIVITIES
• Prayer
• Checking of Attendance
• Day, Month and Year Update
• Weather Update
• News Update
• Class Job
• Whole Group Discussion (Refer to the
Guide)

5. Checking of Attendance

6. Day, Month and Year Update
Weather Update

7. Class Jobs

8. Sharing of Experiences &
News Update

9. Whole Group Discussion
(Based on the curriculum)

10. Work Period 1
• Small Group Activities (Focus on Language Arts
Activities)
• Teacher’s supervised and independent
activities are conducted

11. • Children are given the opportunity to
explore different media and work at
different tasks in a small group.
• Activities may include use of materials for
manipulation, hands-on and construction
that can develop various skills.

12. Teacher’s Supervised Activities
• People Puppets, Classroom Map, Birthday
Chart, Age Chart, Balangkas ng Katawan,
Senses Chart, Alphabet Poster, My Book of
Colors, Boy and Girl Chart

15. Independent Activities
• Simple activities given to pupils.
• Teacher gives instruction and let children work on
their own.

16. Examples of Independent
Activities
• Fishing Game
• Letter Bingo
• Letter Tracing
• Matching Game
• Seriation Game
• Sorting Game
• Play Dough
• Letter Domino
• Stringing Beads
• Letter Lotto
• Picture Puzzle
• Body Puzzle
• Letter Hunting
• Alphabet Board Game
• Picture-Sound Match

20. Language Arts Games &
Word Play

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• Second whole group activity
• Discussion of the content focus of the
day.
• Discussion of the teacher’s supervised
and independent activities
• Forming theme related concepts
• Asking and answering questions

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• Washing hands
• Praying before and after eating
• Emphasis on good table manners

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• Select story related to the content focus of the day
• The children sit on a mat in the storytelling area
• The teacher sits in front of the children
• The teacher follows the standards in storytelling

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• More on numeracy activities
• Small group work activities
(Teacher’s supervised and
independent activities)
• Literature-Based Activities

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34. Literature-Based Activities

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36. Indoor/
Outdoor
Play Activities

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38. BBLLOOCCKKSS OOFF TTIIMMEE
 MEETING TIME 1
 WORK PERIOD 1
 MEETING TIME 2
 SUPERVISED RECESS
 STORY TIME
 WORK PERIOD 2
 INDOOR AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
 MEETING TIME 3

39. KINDERGARTEN CLASS SCHEDULE
AAccttiivviittiieess MMiinn.. AAMM PPMM
AArrrriivvaall PPeerriioodd 1100 88::0000--88::1100 11::0000--11::1100
MMeeeettiinngg TTiimmee 11 1155 88::1100--88::2255 11::1100--11::2255
WWoorrkk PPeerriioodd 11 5500 88::2255--99::1155 11::2255--22::1155
MMeeeettiinngg TTiimmee 22 1155 99::1155--99::3300 22::1155--22::3300
SSuuppeerrvviisseedd rreecceessss 1155 99::3300--99::4455 22::3300--22::4455
SSttoorryy TTeelllliinngg 1155 99::4455--1100::0000 22::4455--33::0000
WWoorrkk PPeerriioodd 22 3355 1100::0000--1100::3355 33::0000--33::3355
IInnddoooorr//OOuuttddoooorr AAccttiivviittiieess 1155 1100::3355--1100::5500 33::3355--33::5500
MMeeeettiinngg TTiimmee 33 1100 1100::5500--1111::0000 33::5500--44::0000

40. Presented by;
HEIDELYN P. GEROMIANO
Division Kindergarten
Coordinator
Capiz Division
During the Division Training of
Untrained Kindergarten Teachers
in Capiz Division in July 2012