The foundation for learning success is built in these early years.
Program Goals for 3 Year Olds
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Emotional Growth
To promote emotional growth by encouraging curiosity and a sense of wonder with emphasis on self motivation.
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Accepting Environment
To provide and foster a warm and accepting environment for the children to work and play within.
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Self-Confidence
To build self-confidence and a sense of self-worth by allowing choices within limits and to build in successful experiences.
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Social Growth
To promote and instill a sense of caring for and sensitivity toward others and to encourage recognition of group needs versus individual differences.
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Intellectual Growth
To promote intellectual growth by creating a safe atmosphere where children discover and explore, to teach independence through teaching how and where to find solutions.
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Curiosity
To instill a sense of curiosity by providing a wide variety of activities within a routine where cooperative play is encouraged.
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Curriculum Areas
Activities take place within the curriculum areas of art, math, science, cooking, music and movement, large muscle, practical life, dramatic play, language arts and fine motor activities.
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Trust
Through activities, children are learning to be able to trust their own feelings about what they learn, hear, see and do and to begin sharing these experiences with others.
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Motor Development
To promote healthy physical/motor development through a variety of fine and large motor activities both indoors and outdoors.
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Spiritual Growth
To promote spiritual growth in the children through the teaching of Bible stories, art, songs, prayer, and teacher-to-teacher interaction.