Program Goals
The goals of Chapel Hill Day Care Center are:

• to promote a positive self-image,
• to plan for and work with each child at his/her level,
• to promote cooperation and sharing,
• to encourage problem solving and creative thinking,
• to promote constructive expression and feeling,
• to encourage curiosity and excitement about the world around us,
• to encourage independence through self-help skills, and
• to develop an appreciation for the similarities and differences among people.

The staff works toward these goals when writing lesson plans for weekly activities. Activities planned are a balance of free choice and teacher-directed activities. Children are encouraged to decide what materials they want to use and appropriate and creative ways to use them. Activities are planned in the following areas:

• The dramatic play area helps to promote cooperation, sharing a positive self-image, problem-solving, creative expression, and language development.
• The block area helps to promote cooperation, sharing, problem-solving, creative expression, and math skills.
• The art area helps to promote creative self-expression, language development, finishing a task, and small motor skills.
• The discovery area encourages curiosity and excitement about the world around us.
• The language area encourages an interest in books and reading, creative self-expression, and development of language skills.
• The manipulative area helps to promote completion of a task, working independently, and small motor skills.
  Other available activities are cooking, music, woodworking, and water/sand play.

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