Hansel and Gretel Day Care, Inc.
Program Goals & Expectations
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world". Nelson Mandela
Hansel & Gretel has the following curriculum in place to achieve its Goals and to enhance each child in the following areas:
Social Development
To build a positive self-image
To learn to interact with other children and adults
To learn responsible behavior
To learn to respect and appreciate others
Emotional Development
To learn self-control
To learn to express their feelings
To have fun and enjoy his or her work
Physical Development
To improve hand/eye coordination
To improve large and small muscle development
To learn behaviors that will improve overall health
Cognitive Development
To develop oral language skills
To learn to make good choices
To explore and express his or her creativity
Health Development
To develop and build on healthy and safe habits
Children are encouraged to progress toward goals through planned curriculum based on assessment of
each child’s progress.
Guidance Policy:
Hansel & Gretel staff believes that helping the child to learn self-control is very important. Our hope is that each child will learn self-discipline through careful guidance. Your child will be treated with love and respect. If children are treated with respect, they in turn learn to respect the teachers and their friends.
Your child will be made aware of the facility expectations:
We are responsible
We are Kind/Friendly
We are safe and healthy
We are respectful.
Positive descriptive acknowledgements reinforcement (commenting on children doing the “right” thing) and positive redirection (redirecting them to an appropriate activity) will be used.
If a situation arises where a child is consistently endangering himself, peers or staff, it may become necessary to disenroll the child. Every attempt will be made to work together with the parents and the child to correct the behavior. However, the safety of children is always our primary concern. The Site Supervisor would be in communication with the parents prior to this occurring. If the child demonstrates behavior that requires frequent “extra attention” from the staff, we may choose to develop and implement a behavior management plan. This plan would be developed in consultation with the Parents, Teachers and Site Supervisor