| stimulate and encourage the development of all areas - language, physical, cognitive, social, emotional and spiritual |
 38% |
| Develop a love for learning |
30% |
| To nurture and develop a child who can one day confidently maneuver the world it lives in |
22% |
| Experiences that offer each child the ability to tap in to her potential as an individual and as a contributing member of the community. |
19% |
| Early childhood education can successfully teach self-awareness, self-control, and empathy - the three main ingredients for moral development. |
16% |
| foster emotional development and the foundation of relationships |
13% |
| Social Skills |
11% |
| Responsibility for self, others, environment |
10% |
| all of the above |
9% |
| Cognitive development |
9% |
| Curiosity |
7% |
| Self confidence |
7% |
| all of these apply to ECE and Care |
6% |
| Creativity |
6% |
| self esteem |
6% |
| Support parents as first teachers in providing and provide experiences and interactions which will allow each child to develop as unique individuals ready to suceed in school and life. |
5% |
| To support and promote families. |
5% |
| Autonomy - to know what is true or false, right or wrong, by interacting with people and things in a child's world |
5% |
| to support and guide children's explorations and promote a love of learning |
5% |
| To provide the right experiences and environment for the child to grow up so that s/he can become a caring, committed, productive member of our society. A person who will try to make this world a better place for all who live in it. |
5% |
| Developing a well rounded child who can eventually read well |
5% |
| To build a foundation for future success |
4% |
| early brain development |
4% |
| Independence |
4% |
| Literacy |
3% |
| to recognize the needs of the individual child's development and foster those areas which most need it |
3% |
| to be socially, culturally, religiously 'open minded' or accepting |
3% |
| To nurture and respect children and their families in an environment that will foster and encourage learning in all areas - emotional, social, cognitive, physical on whatever level is appropriate for the development of each individual child |
3% |
| To provide an environment rich in play experiences promoting all areas of development |
3% |
| attachments with other, feeling of belonging to a group being part of a group. |
3% |
| Cooperation |
3% |
| To enrich children's lives, enabling them to live into the unique person they were created to be |
3% |
| to foster critical thinking skills |
3% |
| Why did I have to choose three |
3% |
| Health |
2% |
| Physical development |
2% |
| build relationships and partner with familes |
2% |
| Friendship |
2% |
| Nutrition |
2% |
| To assess a child's social-emotional development and provide an environment/curriculum rich in experiences promoting social-emotional development to ensure school readiness. |
2% |
| Allowing children to capture the wonder of childhood, becuase the best of each of us is the child within us |
1% |
| IDENTIFY SPECIAL NEEDS |
1% |
| to advocate to the community the importance of the whole child |
1% |
| to help children learn the basic social skills they need as well as teach tolerance in order for them to function productively in school settings as well as in society. |
1% |
| to model to society the critical role of children's play - that it is so much more than what it is given credit for |
1% |
| On a political front, early childhood education is for the socialization of cultural norms. |
1% |
| security |
1% |
| The field should recognize that teachers in this field are professionals and we should raise the education level to a minimum bachelor's degree in the field. |
1% |
| To celebrate diversity and differences as opposed to just |
1% |
| to contribute to the development healthy environments for children and their caregivers. This includes support communities so that they can support families and children. |
1% |
| To offer experiences that will help support the healthy learning and development of children, so that she/he can have opportunity to be a healthy adult. |
1% |
| This is beginning to look like a thesis |
0% |
| to foster independence |
0% |
| to provide structure and consistancy in their lives |
0% |
| Provide a safe environment |
0% |
| To help the field of ECE, community, and funders to understand that men play an important role in this equation and quality programs include men as staff and as fathers in the program. |
0% |
| to offer an enviornment where children are encouraged to plan what they will do and then be given the time to review what they have done looking for what can bring about a positive outcome |
0% |
| to offer an enviornment where it is okay to fail an activity without feeling like a failure |
0% |