BUILD TRUST WITH YOUR NEW LITTLE STUDENTS

These are such impressionable years, where kids will decide how they feel about schooling and teachers, and of course, when they'll be reaching some key cognitive, physical, and emotional developmental milestones.

HELP KIDS MAKE FRIENDS & WORK TOGETHER

For most youngsters, daycare or preschool is their first opportunity to really mix with a lot of other kids from different walks of life. In many ways, this is their first exposure to a real community (other than their own families and close friends).

WORK ON FINE & GROSS MOTOR SKILLS

There are also quite a few practical goals we'll work toward every day as an early childhood educator. One of these is helping kids develop their fine and gross motor skills.

HELP KIDS BUILD SELF-CONFIDENCE & INDEPENDENCE

Self-confidence and independence are characteristics that develop slowly over time, in enriching and supportive ECE settings. The more we offer your young students opportunities to grow and thrive, and praise them for their efforts, the more those children will embrace new learning challenges.

PREPARE CHILDREN FOR FUTURE ACADEMIC SUCCESS

This last (but certainly not least) ECE goal includes academic essentials, like language, problem-solving and basic math skills—but also the structures and routines children need to get used to before starting kindergarten. These are all "readiness" skills—they combine to form the profile of a young child who is ready for the next phase of academic and social development.