Goals for Children

We work to help children keep their spontaneity, curiosity and joy of learning. In this view, four qualities are emphasized for healthy child development.

To be able to do, make, think and move – climb, run, balance, pour, catch, draw, cut, sift, sort, fit, count, understand, reason, infer
To use language effectively
To see similarities and differences
To overcome obstacles
To be resourceful
To be resilient
To sense one’s own competence

COMPETENCE

The having of skills and the ability to use them effectively

INDIVIDUALITY

The active declaration of self

To become increasingly autonomous
To feel self reliant
To make choices and develop preferences
To initiate activities
To take risks
To solve problems one’s own way
To enter new experiences comfortably
To be spontaneous
To have feelings and express a range of emotions appropriately – pleasure, sadness, joy, anger, excitement, fear, affection or surprise
To cope constructively with frustrations, fears and anxieties

SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS

The adapting of oneself to group life

To enjoy playing with other children
To engage comfortably with adults
To accept limits
To re-channel impulses
To begin to internalize controls
To develop sensitivity to others feelings and space
To learn to see other points of view
To be openly sensitive and responsive

CREATIVITY

The synthesizing of a wide range of experiences into a variety of expressions; the reasoned as well as intuitive

To explore materials freely
To play heartily and with deep involvement
To solve problems and see alternate possibilities
To imagine
To express innovative ideas
To reflect broadly; hypothesize, suppose