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MISSION STATEMENT

At BHNS our mission is to provide the child with a nurturing environment and to instill a love of learning within our developmental play-based curriculum.

PHILOSOPHY

Our program fosters creativity, stimulates the imagination, creates an inner sense of trust and autonomy and develops intellectual, phyical and social skills. The emphasis is on the development of the child's self-esteem empowering the child in independent decision-making. We provide hands-on experiences that engage in problem solving and enhance acquisition of cognitive and linguistic skills within a developemental play-based curriculum.

EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT: To nurture in the child an inner sense of trust and autonomy that will allow the development of positive self-esteem so that the young child experiences good feelings about himself or herself and his or her world.

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: To develop a sense of independence and the ability to accept help from teachers and peers in order to participate with others in a cooperative and satisfying manner. To learn more about himself or herself and how to be a friend.

INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT: To provide first-hand experiences that enable problem-solving adn have the effect of enhancing the acquisition of cognitive and linguistic skills.

PHYSICAL GROWTH: To provide a planned gross motor program which is integrated into the daily schedule.