To promote emotional growth by:
a. Building self-confidence and a sense of self-growth by allowing choices within limits and building on successes.
b. Providing a warm, loving, accepting environment for each child to work and play in.
c. Opportunities to help each child identify personal feelings and the feelings of others.
d. Encouraging a curiosity and a sense of wonder with an emphasis on self motivation.
e. Assisting in the development of self-discipline in each child.
f. Providing appropriate alternatives to angry and aggressive behavior and strengthening inner emotional controls.

To promote social growth by:
a. Promoting and instilling a sense of caring and sensitivity toward others.
b. Aiding in the development of problem solving skills.
c. Encouraging individual decision making power so that each child feels a sense of control over their own lives.
d. Providing staff/child interactions which are warm, nurturing and compassionate.
e. Opportunities for each child to interact with a diversity of children.

To promote intellectual growth through:
a. Sparking excitement in children about the opportunity to learn.
b. Encouraging children to seek knowledge in areas where the child is interested.
c. Providing an atmosphere where children discover and explore; teaching independence through learning how and where to find solutions

To promote physical/motor development by:
a. Teaching each child to use their body in a variety of active ways by participating in large motor activities, both indoors and outdoors.
b. Promoting physical growth and competence at each child’s developmental level.
c. Meeting each child’s nutritional needs through well-balanced meals and snacks.
d. A daily rest of nap.