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During the early years, children develop the disposition and attutides toward education and themselves as learners. This attitude and disposition will stay with them their whole lives. As educators report, by the end of the second grade, many children have attained positive (school is exciting, challenging, fun, and I am a good learner), or negative (school is boring, difficult, painful, and I can’t learn) conclusions about school and positive learning experience to the children under our care.
In order to meet the child’s needs in an individual basis, each classroom has planned learning experiences designed to meet the children’s specific developmental need. Learning centers for science, art, music, cooking, language arts, math, and dramatic play provide the basis for the program.
Principles of faith are an integral part of all phases of the program. It is our goal to help children trust Jesus as a loving Friend.
About our program
We welcome you and your child to The Crayon Box Children’s Learning Center! We are glad you have decided to join us at an important time in your child’s development. The Andrews University Children’s Learning Center has a long history of providing a quality child care and preschool experience for young children. Our center began as a child development lab in the mid-1950s.
We are a Learning Center because we provide a variety of physical, emotional, spiritual, and academic experiences for children at every phase of their development. We believe that children learn best through play and exploration. They are in the process of building a solid foundation for continued academic learning. Our teachers provide the children with stimulating opportunities which encourage the child to build that foundation as s/he interacts with every facet of her/his environment. Not only do we provide for your child’s physical and emotional needs and cognitive growth, we also take seriously our responsibility to introduce children to Jesus as a loving friend.
The National Association for the Education of Young children (NAEYC) offers the following measure of quality care when considering accreditation. It is our goal at The Crayon Box to exceed these criteria:
• Teaching staff express warmth through behaviors such as physical affection, eye contact, tone of voice, and smiles. • Teaching staff function as the secure bases for children. They respond promptly in developmentally appropriate ways to children’s positive initiations, negative emotion, and feelings of hurt and fear by providing comfort, support, and assistance. • Teaching staff evaluate and change their responses based on individual needs. Teaching staff vary their interactions to be sensitive and responsive to differing abilities, temperaments, activity levels, and cognitive and social development.