Our GOAL at Cradle 2 Kinder is to have each child feel welcome, acknowledged and cared for as a unique individual, in a home-like environment. Building on How Does Learning Happen?, our Emergent Curriculum is based around the foundational conditions that are important for children to grow and flourish: Belonging, Well-Being, Engagement, and Expression. Children are encouraged to discover, explore, and challenge their environment with emphasis on success and safety within limits that are sensible and consistent. Our goal is that each child will develop socially, emotionally, cognitively and physically. Emphasis is placed on socialization, co-operation and cognitive development. We have an open door policy for our program, and parents are welcome to come at any time, should they wish to participate in an activity that goes on during our scheduled program time.

Our Programs are developed and designed to:

• Cultivate authentic, caring relationships and connections to create a sense of belonging among and between children, adults and the world around them;
• Nurture children’s healthy development and support their growing sense of self;
• Provide environments and experiences to engage children in active, creative and meaningful exploration, play, and inquire;
• Foster communication and expression in all forms.

Our Classrooms are organized in a manner to facilitate learning in children. All items and materials such as toys, blocks, books etc are easily accessible to the children visually and physically. All the bins are labelled with words and pictures to assist children. Our curriculum recognizes that children have different learning styles and that they actually learn as much or more from running as from learning to pronounce a letter sound. We will provide outside time and free exploration daily, and we will support the varied learning styles – visual, auditory, sensory, verbal, etc.