For children ages 6 weeks to 30 months.

• provide a safe, engaging and nurturing environment for the child

• promote trust in themselves and their world

• develop confidence in their emerging abilities

• develop gross motor coordination, fine motor skills, and language skills

• offer opportunities to gain independence in daily tasks

For children ages 30 months to 6 years.

• foster the growth of functional independence, task persistence and self-regulation

• promote social development through respectful, clear communication and safe, natural consequences

• contain a large variety of materials for the refinement of sensory perception and the development of literacy and mathematical understanding

• offer opportunities for imaginative exploration leading to confident, creative self-expression