OBJECTIVES OF THE VILLAGE PRE-SCHOOL

1. Provide frequent, positive, and warm interactions between a highly qualified teaching staff and children.
2. Provide pre-school children with experiences designed to develop learning responsiveness and communication skills through fostering listening skills and speaking vocabulary.
3. Help the pre-school child develop positive attitudes towards school as he relates to sympathetic and dependable adults in an environment that is conducive to success.
4. Provide all types of materials designed to promote creative expression in art, music, literature and physical activities.
5. Help the child gain an understanding of his immediate community and the world about him through firsthand and various experiences.
6. Provide good health habits and develop motor and manipulative skills.
7. Stimulate the child to be curious, to explore, and to question.
8. Help the child learn self-control and grow in independence and responsibility.
9. Provide some background for adequacy in social situations and developing happy qualities, i.e., fun, humor, and healthy optimism.
10. Communicating with parents in the understanding of their child’s emotional and physical needs.  The fulfillment of these needs increases a child’s chances of success in school.  Parents are welcome visitors at all times.