Children have an intrinsic motivation to act and to organize their actions.
A variety of educational opportunities is more intellectually productive than is a specified set of lessons offered in sequential order to all children. Behaviors that reveal autonomy, openness, problem solving ability and personal integrity are critically needed in a modern, technological, democratic society. The ECHL program is designed to facilitate the total development of young children. The curriculum is designed to develop intellectual and personal competence rather than to train children in performing a limited set of academic skills.