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OUR PHILOSOPHY
The Ginger Bread House was started out of a desire to offer children and parents home-like quality childcare services. It is our goal to facilitate a child's transition from the family circle to the larger social circle, and to provide an enjoyable introduction into the educational learning process. We base our program on the premise that a child grows and develops at his/her own rate, but by providing the proper stimulating environment that growth and development will be enhanced. We strive to provide a program to challenge a child's physical and intellectual abilities, to simulate curiosity, and to promote self-expression. In these ways, we feel that we are encouraging a child to become a successful learner.
Each child is a unique individual who brings specific interests, experiences and learning styles to the classroom. It is our responsibility to recognize and meet these interests and to encourage and respect a child's contributions. In turn, it is important that children learn to respect each other and work together within the environment. We believe that this is most easily accomplished through exemplary staff-child interactions. It is our desire to employ well-qualified staff members, to encourage the staff's professional growth, to recognize the staff's individual contributions to the program, and to minimize duties peripheral to direct contact and care of the children.
Environmentally, it is our responsibility to provide a clean, safe facility in which a child feels secure to explore and comfortably express his/herself and which provides a child to reach his/her individual potential. We strongly believe that the environment sets the stage for the child guidance policy. Well-equipped, varied, and stimulating atmosphere can circumvent unacceptable child-to-child interactions. In addition, by providing the proper environment, staff members are able to redirect children to other activities before potential problems occur. When disputes are inevitable, however, children will be encouraged to use proper problem-solving techniques.
The administrative aspects of Ginger Bread House support the program. Having a well organized, efficient business provides the framework within which the program orientation can be pursued. Well-kept records assist the staff in providing continuity and stability in the childcare services offered as well as support and foster a professional relationship between the parents and staff. We are happy to share our program activities with parents and encourage parent participation. However, we feel that our program and goal must identify the parents needs and must respect the working parents situation. We strive to maintain good working relationships with the community, and in this way we feel that we are promoting the respectable reputation of the childcare field as a whole.
We at the Ginger Bread House want the best for our children. We want to expose children to teaching strategies to help them become life-long learners. Our goal is to foster a sense of community where learning takes place through positive relationships between and among children and adults. We will have opportunities for children to develop self control and a sense of their own competence. We hope through our program to teach children skills which will enable them to meet the challenges in their lives.
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