Young children with strong senses of security, healthy self esteems, and enthusiastic motivations for learning are well prepared for a rapidly changing world. Therefore, Early Childhood Family Education works toward providing a setting and modeling a process of responding to children through developmentally appropriate practices. The uniqueness of each parent-child relationship is worthy of respect. Therefore, Early Childhood Family Education attempts to establish a curriculum that is multicultural, gender fair, and disability sensitive. It seeks to establish a nurturing atmosphere where all parents and children can experience positive ways of being together.
Parents come with their children to the early childhood center for two hour sessions once a week.
Families are placed in groups according to the age of the child. The main focus is always the parent-child relationship. The expectation is that each parent will find support in working out a balance between his own needs and the child's needs. For the parents there is time to observe the uniqueness of their individual child and talk about parenting concerns and child development with other parents and staff. The program focuses on the quality of the parent-child relationship, on supporting parents in their parenting role, and on the development of a competent, resourceful child.