Values
The Principles That Guide Us
Child Centered
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Celebrating childhood and nurturing the whole child. |
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Understanding and attending to the full range of each child's social, emotional, cognitive and physical needs. |
Respect and Caring
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Respecting and caring about individuals, families, relationships and cultures. |
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Respecting one another's words, contributions and opinions. |
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Respecting our planet, its seasons and all its wonders. |
Fun
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Letting children be children; |
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Children deserve and need joy, laughter and merriment. |
Professionalism
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Respecting and valuing those who work with and nurture young children. |
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Building, maintaining and supporting a fully engaged, deeply satisfied and passionately committed community of early childhood educators. |
Interconnectedness
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Appreciating the complex and wonderful web of life into which we are born, we live and we die. |
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Honoring the crafts, trades and professions that allow our society to function successfully. |
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Celebrating the varied traditions that together reflect the richness of individual cultures and the collective beauty of the human experience. |
