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Philosophy

The Pride and Joy Preschool philosophy is quite simple. We RESPECT all children as individuals and their HAPPINESS matters. We emphasize the importance of providing a safe, warm, nurturing, and a healthy environment for our children to explore and to cultivate their self-esteem. We provide the opportunity for children to develop and learn to their maximum potential and we are sensitive to each and every child's needs regardless of their abilities.

At Pride and Joy Preschool we give the time, the patience, and the encouragement our children need to do whatever they are capable of doing for themselves. As Early Childhood Educators we recognize that play is the child's natural approach to investigating and understanding his/her environment.

The beauty and the value of our program derives from the combination of a multi-cultural group of children, their families, and our staff members. We serve children from all over the world and families from all walks of life, making Pride & Joy's program rich in cultural diversity. Our children are exposed to all different cultures, races, international foods - you name it - but they all share the same common interests; they love to play and be happy, and they need love and respect. At Pride and Joy we fully understand these feelings and we respect and honor them wholeheartedly.

While the children are free to safely explore and discover in our environment we, nevertheless, spend our time productively, teaching them the things they need to learn in all areas of their development. As the children learn from us at Pride and Joy Preschool, we learn from them as well and we are loving it!