Philosophy and Goals
Parents and staff of Morgantown ELF cherish the worth and dignity of each child. Our goal for this program is to provide a succession of experiences whereby each child may have the opportunity to develop at her/his own rates as he/she becomes an individual who develops:
Personal Values & Skills:
■Learning to manage feelings
■Develop the ability to organize, plan and follow through on simple tasks
■Increase ability to make wise choices and decisions in a consistent manner
■Develop the ability to set standards for personal behavior and to live by them, reaching immediate concepts of right and wrong
■Establish routine and patterns of living
■Find both satisfactions and limitation in the field of make-believe
■Expect failures as well as successes
Academic Learning:
■Satisfying natural curiosity resulting in creative learnings
■Develop new interests and build on recent ones
■Bring to consciousness their environment that he/she does not perceive (physical and biological)
■Learn to think, learn how things are done
■Expand knowledge through exploration, investigation, assimilation and reflection
■Develop appreciation and interest in books
■Apply mathematic and scientific information to a solution of a problem
Group Values & Relationships:
■Feeling wanted, valued and cared for by his/her peers and adults in his/her life
■Become a social person, learn to interact with age mates
■Learn to be a part of a social group
■Learn to share and cooperate with others
Partnership with Parents:
■Learn to relate self to family and near associates
■Selection of clothing, toys and activities appropriate for his/her development level
■Develop and understanding of change through developmental sequence
■Participate in educational experiences that cannot be offered through the home situation, extending experiences through cooperative involving teacher, parent and child
■Begin to recognize his/her individuality through identification with family members and other age peers
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