Program Goals
Aesthetic and Artistic Development
The child will:
- Develop enthusiasm for the arts,
- Imagine and visualize through the arts,
- Respond through the arts,
- Express and represent through the arts,
- Interpret through the arts,
- Create through the arts,
- Appreciate the arts, and
- Think, learn and communicate through the arts.
Intellectual Development
The child will:
- Sustain and extend natural curiosity,
- Develop thinking through meaningful learning experiences,
- Use language to facilitate thinking and learning
- Use language to communicate effectively,
- Develop and integrate the attitudes, skills, and knowledge of the arts, humanities, practical arts, and sciences, and
- Become an independent lifelong learner.
Development of Responsibility
The child will:
- Value and respect individual contributions
- Value, respect and appreciate cultural identify and heritage, accept and demonstrate epiphany
- Establish a collaborative environment and acquire cooperative and independent social skills,
- Respect and care for the environment and adapt to a changing world.
Emotional Development
The child will:
- Develop a positive self-concept,
- Develop independence
- Set appropriate goals and feel satisfaction in accomplishments and efforts
- Cope with change
- Share and cooperate,
- Develop friendships
- Learn from others, and
- Enjoy living and learning
Physical Development
The child will:
- Learn and practice safety procedures
- Take care of and respect his/her body
- Develop awareness of good nutrition,
- Develop a wide variety of motor skills while maintaining physical fitness,
- Develop appreciation and enjoyment of human movement, and
- Learn social skills in a physical activity setting.