Our Values: The principles that guide us

In the Berrybrook tradition, we are guided by and committed to these fundamental principles and practices:

Child-Centered
        Celebrating childhood and nurturing the whole child.
        Understanding and attending to the full range of each child's social, emotional, cognitive and          physical needs.

Respect and Caring
       Respecting and caring about individuals, families, relationships and cultures.

       Respecting one another's words, contributions and opinions.
       Respecting our planet, its seasons and all its wonders.

Fun
       Letting children be children;
       Children deserve and need joy, laughter and merriment.

Professionalism
        Respecting and valuing those who work with and nurture young children.
        Building, maintaining and supporting a fully engaged, deeply satisfied and passionately         committed community of early childhood educators.

Interconnectedness
         Appreciating the complex and wonderful web of life into which we are born, we live and we          die.
         Honoring the crafts, trades and professions that allow our society to function successfully.
         Celebrating the varied traditions that together reflect the richness of individual cultures and the          collective beauty of the human experience.