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STATEMENT OF PHILOSOPHY
We
believe that most children will develop needed skills and attitudes in a
challenging environment with the help of caring, interested teachers. Our
aim is to provide a program which will help individual young children grow
spiritually, emotionally, physically, socially and intellectually. Our
focus is on what the child can do and is learning rather than what the
child cannot do and needs to be taught. We are more interested in the
process and the thinking involved than in the end product or the mere
recitation of facts or labels. We believe that learning is best
accomplished by doing, and that children of preschool age require this
method of learning.
Our program helps children develop
habits of observation, questioning, and listening. The child learns there
is freedom to make choices, and that within the limits of consideration
for people and things, conformity is not always necessary. We believe an
open-ended program like ours prepares the child to utilize intellectual
and creative abilities in future learning tasks.
Every day, children work at centers such as; art,
blocks, floor toys, table toys, puzzles, books, sensory, discovery and
pretend. A staff member is always near to answer a question, offer a
challenging statement, or make a requested suggestion. Class schedules
include much action and movement.
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