Love To Grow On Core Values
Our Teachers Created Our Core Values as a Collaborative Commitment to the Children of Love to Grow On
We Believe Children Have 100 Languages
Therefore, we will:
- Listen to their words and actions
- Document and record their interests, thoughts, and learning journeys
- Provide tools, materials, and varied experiences for optimum learning
- Let children’s ideas guide our curriculum
- Allow children to find their voice
- Introduce children to a variety of ways to express themselves through art, dance, music, and drama
- Teach children to celebrate the process over the product
We Believe Children Need Strong Role Models and Encouragement
Therefore, we will:
- Respect children’s abilities
- Model the joy of learning through exploring, researching, and taking risks.
- Promote self-confidence.
- Support children and offer encouragement.
- Give children the tools to problem solve.
- Teach responsibility.
- Model empathy.
- Practice forgiveness.
We Believe in Developing Trusting, Respectful Relationships Between Teachers, Parents, and Children
Therefore, we will:
- “Be there” for children.
- Be reliable.
- Create safe environments where children feel comfortable and loved.
- Allow for individual growth and development.
- Accept and encourage each child’s unique qualities.
- Positively and warmly welcome all parents.
- Collaborate with and support families, providing parenting classes and opportunities to come together.
- Be respectful of all cultures, parents’ choices, and be sensitive to family issues.
- Give children the right to make choices.
- Lovingly provide appropriate nurturing physical touch.
We Believe in Creating Positive Childhood Memories and Revisiting Past Experiences
Therefore, we will:
- Teach children to cherish and preserve nature.
- Introduce children to the wonders found in gardening.
- Foster children’s imaginations and discovery.
- Promote outside play and physical activity.
- Supply open-ended materials for exploration.
- Engage in creative, fun activities.
- Encourage energetic and messy play.
- Laugh, giggle, and be silly.
- Dig in the dirt, splash in puddles, and make mud pies.