The Center's mission statements are as written
1. To create a setting in which children will find warmth, comfort, and gentleness as well as abundance of opportunities for movement, exploration, and self discovery according to individual needs, interests, and abilities.
2. To assist each child to grow to his/her fullest potential by recognizing each stage of development and fashioning an environment (ie, curriculum, facilities, staff) designed to nurture and facilitate growth during each stage
3. To help children achieve independence, self-discipline, social competence, self-knowledge. enthusiasm for learning, positive attitudes, intellectual growth, and an organized approach to problem-solving.
4. To assist parents in their understanding of developmental stages of their child, enabling them to contribute effectively to the child's growth and enrichment
Program Philosophy and Curriculum Design
The center provides a developmentally-based program in an environment designed especially for young
children.
We work to develop caring, respectful, and responsive relationships with children from infancy through preschool as well as after school, by partnering with families to support children's growth and development
Respect for each child's individualized pattern and timing of growth, as well as individual personality, learning style, interests, culture, logic and family background are central to the fabric of daily interactions and the direction the curriculum follows
The staff support each child's disposition to learn while (1) facilitating their learning and (2) fostering competencies in all domains, including intellectual, physical, social and emotional development
We value the interaction between the individual and environment, seeing it as the basis for more complex learning and growth. Children come to own newfound understanding and knowledge when it is integrated into their daily experiences and existing paradigms in action and meaningful ways. This social constructivist philosophy forms the basis for our curriculum our emphasis on all aspects of the environment.
The schedule and space is structured to allow children to pace themselves and select ac based on their individual needs. Knowledge is not given to children; they learn through playful.