Daily Schedule
At Glenbrook, we believe in large amounts of time for free play each day—both inside and outside. We provide a child-size world in which we give children experiences with people, experiences with social customs that relate to care and maintenance of body and possessions, and experiences that extend children’s understanding of the world and their place in time and space.
Each class follows a slightly different routine; however, each school day is made up of the same critical components, allowing the children to feel a sense of routine and community:
- Free Play/Crafts & Activities
- Clean-up
- Circle Time
- Bathroom/Washing Hands
- Snack
- Book Look/Story Time
- Outdoor Play
- Dismissal
Once the school year is underway, each child rotates through appropriate “jobs” to assist in accomplishing specific tasks; those jobs become part of their daily routine. Leading the line to the bathroom or playground, passing out cups and napkins, ringing the clean-up bell, watering plants, and feeding the hamster are all important to building the child’s sense of belonging and their responsibility to their classroom community.
Enrichment Activities
Special activities take place during the school year including a weekly music program led by a music specialist that provides the children with an opportunity to sing, engage in movement activities and to develop an awareness of and appreciation for all types of music. Yoga is a popular monthly program that provides opportunities for stretching, yoga poses, mediation and increased body awareness and control.
Every year the calendar includes special events at the school such as a puppet show, concerts or petting zoo animals.
Field Trips
Field trips to Bethesda Fire Station 26 or the nearby Locust Grove Nature Center are also part of the school year. 
In-house field trips include a visit from a local petting zoo, a tumble bus and a visit from Montgomery County, MD police officers. The unique skills of the parents—from juggling to playing the guitar to decorating cookies—are introduced at various points of the year, exposing the children (and parents alike) to a host of different experiences.
For more information about the classes we offer, eligibility and schedule please click visit our Programs page here.
