As child care providers, we strive to provide a loving, nurturing and creative environment for children. We are committed to supporting children’s social, emotional, intellectual, and physical development, respecting individual differences and helping children learn to live and play cooperatively. The number one goal of A Place to Grow Childcare centre is to provide the highest quality childcare to every single family we serve. In an effort to achieve that goal, we will strive to:
-make children and families our number one priority at all times
-respect and support families in their task of nurturing children
-listen and respond to the needs of our children and families
-treat all employees, children and families fairly, regardless of race, religion or origin
-keep informed on current matters affecting the child care industry
We believe that quality child care is about genuine concern about the quality of everyone’s day. We believe it is about everyone being accepted and respected without reservation. Whatever special need a child has, he/she is still first of all a child and should, whenever possible, be able to attend and be included in an early childhood program. Inclusion is about belonging, being valued and having choices. It is about providing the necessary support so that all children and their families can successfully participate in the programs of their choice. Our goal is to foster skills and encourage attitudes that promote inclusion as a central component of excellence in early childhood. To accomplish this goal, we strive to expand child care options for children with disabilities and their families. We believe an inclusive program must consider the unique experience of every child and family. It must also take into account how the program can address the child’s strengths and needs as well as family priorities. In addition, our staff is provided with training, assistance and information that enable them to feel comfortable teaching children with special needs and to be successful in including and interpreting them into our program. In an inclusive setting, we regard the physical environment too with special importance because of the range of differences among children. Our indoor and outdoor play spaces are arranged so that children with disabilities are included
easily and naturally. All kinds of children can play together and have fun. Having fun together promotes genuine inclusion of all children. Parents are the most significant adults in children’s lives and the best outcomes for a child are achieved when child care workers have a good working relationship with parents. We strive to create mutual respect between parents and teachers to achieve a common goal – to provide the best care possible for your child. Our primary concern is for the well-being and safety of every child enrolled at the centre. However, we understand that parents will have feelings of anxiety and apprehension. Our goal is to earn the trust of parents as well as children and to establish a level of comfort for both. We instill an atmosphere at the centre in which the parents as well as the child feel welcomed. We encourage every teacher to respond to parents’ interests and to communicate clearly, sensitively and respectfully to them. We encourage parent involvement. Our doors are open to parents at all times. Play can be a fun, pleasurable and spontaneous activity, expanding children’s imagination and creativity. Our program promotes an interest in learning through play. We believe play is children’s unique way of experiencing the world and the opportunity to play in a safe, free and expressive way is vital to a child’s healthy physical, cognitive, social and emotional development. It promotes the growth of sensory abilities and physical skills and provides endless opportunities to exercise and expand intellectual and language skills. Play has the ability to be flexible and take many directions, thus offering endless situations for open-ended learning which we believe is essential for the development of every individual child. Our approach to working with young children continues to focus on supporting, encouraging and responding to the developmental needs of every child. We seek to improve the quality of child care experience for ALL children.
