During normal operations, the preschool operates Tuesday through Friday from 8:45 am to 11:45 am (“AM session” for 3 and 4-year-olds) and from 12:45 pm to 3:45 pm (“PM session” or pre-kindergarten for 4 and 5-year-olds). Holidays and vacations coincide with the Castro Valley Unified School District’s calendar.
| AM | Schedule | PM |
| 8:30 | Work Day Parents Arrive: Set Up Projects & Assigned Areas | 12:30 |
| 8:45 | Children arrive, school starts | 12:15 |
| 9:00 | Opening circle: songs, calendar, projects introduced (in the front room) | 1:00 |
| 9:15 | Circle dismissed: projects & free choice play (PM: work stations twice a week) | 1:15 |
| 10:15 | Clean up & wash up for snack time: story time at snack tables | 2:15 |
| 10:25 | Snack | 2:25 |
| 10:40 | Free Choice Play | 2:40 |
| 11:30 | Closing circle: freeze dance/song/day review (in the front room) | 3:30 |
| 11:45 | Children depart: school day ends Workday parents finish area jobs, clean up, talk time with the workday team |
3:45 |
| 12:00 | Workday parents depart | 4:00 |
The schedule may change due to special occasions like birthdays, picture days, guest speakers, fireman visits, Santa Claus visits, Easter Bunny, Teddy Bear Tea, etc.