The program goals that guide our program curriculum and teaching methodology are:
- Provide a safe, nurturing, and relaxed environment for each child’s physical, emotional, and social well-being.
- Encourage children to develop a positive self-image, self-reliance, and a sense of their own independence.
- Teach children social skills: the ability to share, work together, communicate effectively, and respect one another.
- Provide structure and unstructured time for children to spend in a variety of activities and satisfying learning experiences.
- Provide children with the skills and techniques that allow them to gain control over their environment and competence in their abilities.
- Encourage active curiosity about the world and to promote enthusiasm for learning.
- Provide spanish language development and an appreciation of all cultures.
- Help children develop self-discipline by providing an environment with reasonable limits and expectations.
- Encourage good stewardship of our world: to care for their belongings, to show respect for belongings of others, and to appreciate the world in which we live.
- Encourage an environment that promotes respect and appreciation for other cultures and inclusion.
