PROGRAM GOALS

Head Start's goal is to provide an environment that stimulates each child's curiosity and learning. We encourage each child to develop his/her unique pattern of interests, talents and skills. We know that children learn best through interaction with people and objects, and it is through play that they will achieve their educational goals.

While we recognize that each child grows and develops at different rates, their individual goals will focus on the following:    

• Language Development: Listening, understanding, speaking and communicating.

• Literacy: Phonological awareness (the sounds of words), book knowledge, appreciation of books, print awareness, pre-reading concepts, early writing and alphabet knowledge.      

• Mathematics: Geometry, spatial sense, patterns, measurements.   

• Science: Scientific skills, methods and knowledge.    

• Creative Arts: Music, art, movement and dramatic play.  

• Social and Emotional: Self-concept, self-control, cooperation, social relationships, knowledge of families and communities.

•    Approaches to Learning: Initiative, curiosity, engagement, persistence, reasoning and problem solving.  Research shows children learn through play.

• Physical Health and Development: Fine and gross motor skills, health status and health practices.