Life in Doronko

Doronko Life

Activity starts at 8:30 am. Walking starts at 9:00 am.
While the sun is there, outdoor activities as much as possible.
Acquire strength to live through daily life, playing and labor not through special events.

Children, through 100 experiences not 10, learn to choose, think, act by themselves.
They walk long distance which helps them acquire not only physical strength but discovery capability as well.
They work in the fields, weed, catch bugs in the soil.
They clean up the dung of animals and clean the hut.
We cherish the time while the sun is there, everyday from 9:00 to 12:00 and from 15:00 till the sunset.

《For parents》
Morning activities such as floor wiping will start at 8:30, and walking start at 9:00. Please make sure that children can enter the nursery school before morning activities and before leaving for walking.

Doronko Daily Program

Daily Program

Children doing a crawling exercise indoors

Children observing vegetable plants in a garden

Children in yellow hats walking along a path

7:00
Children arrive at nursery school one after another. Courtyard playing / free playing * A nursery school with a courtyard welcomes children in the courtyard for playing outside.
8:00
Clean up
8:15
Hydration, morning supplementary meals, discharge (1) Cherry rhythmic gymnastics, singing * morning supplementary meals provided only for children of 0 to 2 years old (until the end of September).
8:30
(2) One-minute Zazen (meditation) (3) Floor wiping
8:45
Preparation for walking and experience activities
8:50
When going for walking, put on the shoes at the entrance and gather for assembly in line.
9:00
Experience activities, playing in the mud, experiencing nature start / walking start (4) Working in the field (5) Cleaning up the dung of animals and cleaning the hut (6) Barefoot nurture indoor and outdoor (except for walking） Hydration during the activities

A child smiling while holding an empty plate after lunch

0-1 year old children	2-5 year old children
11:30
Back to nursery school, washing hands, preparing lunch	* 2 year old children will move to infant activities from October 1st.
11:45
Start lunch (1-2 year old children) Hydration ((7)Having meals outdoors ） Changing clothes, toothbrushing (start in January of 1st year)
12:00
	Back to nursery school, washing hands, preparing lunch
12:15
	Start lunch Hydration ((7)Having meals outdoors ） Changing clothes, toothbrushing
12:30
Nap
13:00
	Nap
14:30
Getting up, discharge, washing hands

Children playing at a table on the veranda

Children of different ages spending time together outdoors

15:00
Snacks, hydration
15:25
Floor wiping
15:30
Afternoon activities (playing outdoors, walking) * Concerning nursery schools with courtyard, since children are playing outdoors, they can be picked up in the courtyard.

Sunset,indoor activities
afrer returning to nurture rooms.

18:30
Tidying up, hydration, discharge
19:00
Dinner (after the diner, to be picked up by parents)

Closing

Annual schedule of each nursery school

Doronko annual

Doronko group childcare is not based on a passive attitude following a set schedule. Each childcare teacher thinks about how to let children experience “what they need to experience”, and proposes to parents and implements them. The annual schedule that incorporates each nursery school’s own plan is created in this way.