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Daycare description / philosophy

Island Kids Academy
Philosophy

Good care educates and good education cares: (ECEBC)

We recognize that children under five are growing and learning at a rate more rapid than any other time in their life. Children of this age group need care and attention within a nurturing and safe environment, where they can be free to choose activities that support their development and learning.

We believe in quality child care programming. By quality, we mean that our staff, our centre and our curriculum are organized in such a way as to reflect what research has told us works for children in child care settings. We draw from a variety of theories, historical and new, in order to develop a program suited to children's individual developmental needs.

We operate under a child-centered approach, which means that we believe every child is unique, and that there is no right way to care for every child. Children learn in their own way, at their own rate and we strive to support their learning in a way that works for them.
We strive to be inclusive, adapting our program as much as possible for every child's unique physical, developmental, educational, and spiritual needs. We believe in nurturing the whole child, and attempt to support all levels of their being.

We take a strength-based approach, which means that we look to the child to see what he/she does well and what he/she is personally interested in, and we build on this as appropriate.

We also operate under a family-centered approach, which means that we believe that child care is a service that is a support not only to the child, but also to the family. Each family is unique and we strive to honor the diversity of the children in our care and their families. Whenever possible, we invite parents to become involved in programming and to participate in activities.

We believe in virtues such as respect, kindness, compassion, understanding, patience, acceptance, forgiveness, tolerance, appreciation, etc. and we see that child development offers countless teachable moments where children can be directed towards an understanding of these virtues and the way they are used in everyday life.