- Introduce God’s plan and the love of Jesus for the children, encouraging His values and character into their lives. - Recognize formative years of children are an important window of opportunity to teach and equip them for life. - Provide developmentally appropriate curriculum and emergent activities that encompass the spiritual, social, emotional, cognitive, and creative domains, engaging the whole child in learning. - Provide a balanced combination of self –directed and teacher-directed experiences , recognizing that young children learn fundamentally different than older children, and that play constitutes a deeper form of learning. - Provide learning experiences for children to develop confidence and self-esteem.