Program Goals and Objectives

1. To create and atmosphere of trust, security and comfort in which the child can feel motivated, esteemed and appreciated.
2. To promote the uniqueness and individual worth of each child by focusing on competence and capabilities.
3. To provide and enriched and stimulating environment that meets the needs of the whole child, including the cognitive, creative, social, emotional, physical and spiritual self.
4. To provide opportunities for self-expression, investigation and experimentation both independently and collaboratively.
5. To cultivate attitudes, habits and appreciations that will enable the child to explore, question and discover the world, its peoples, and their cultures.
6. To encourage problem solving skills and responsible decision through respectful guidance.
7. To provide an appropriate balance between active and passive activities, as well as between child-initiated and adult-initiated activities.

I tried to each my child with books,
He gave me only puzzled looks.
I tried to each my child with words,
They passed him by, often unheard.
"How shall I teach this child?" I cried
into my hands he put the key…
"Come he said, play with me!"
--Anonymous