Program Goals and Objectives

At Annandale Cooperative Preschool, we promise:

• To provide an enriched and stimulating environment that meets the needs of the whole child including their emotional, social, physical, cognitive, language, and creative development.
• To create an atmosphere of trust, security, and comfort in which the child can feel motivated, esteemed, and appreciated.
• To promote the uniqueness and individual worth of each child by focusing on competence and capabilities.
• To provide opportunities for self-expression, investigation, and experimentation both independently and collaboratively.
• To cultivate attitudes, habits, and appreciations that will enable the child to explore, question and discover the world, its people, and their cultures.
• To encourage problem solving skills and responsible decision making through respectful guidance.
• To provide an appropriate balance between active and passive activities, as well as between child-initiated and adult-initiated activities.
• To provide an environment for parents to work as partners in their child's education and development.
• To promote hands-on involvement in activities focusing on the process rather than the end result.
• To provide a stimulating, happy environment where children learn through play.
• To foster strong reciprocal relationships with families by providing opportunities for families to share their culture, interests, and skills.
• To provide opportunities for cooperative and collaborative effort with the families to support the program.