Goals
The goals of WPCP are achieved through maintaining small groups of children, usually no greater than 15 children, who are warmly directed by two teachers. Some specific goals are:
- To help the child separate from the family and feel comfortable relating in social setting other than their own family.
- To promote cooperation.
- To increase independence in meeting and solving problems.
- To promote confidence.
- To promote language development.
- To help the child develop large motor skills such as climbing, running, jumping, balancing, etc.
- To help the child develop small motor skills such as cutting with scissors, building with blocks, working with puzzles, stringing beads, manipulating play dough, controlling crayons, holding a paint brush, etc.
- To foster an appreciation & acceptance of the multicultural world we live in.
- To further intellectual development by fostering cognitive learning, concept formation, self-awareness and curiosity.
- To develop the imagination through fantasy play.
- To foster creativity through open-ended art and music experiences.
- To help the child learn how to follow directions, complete tasks, and develop impulse control.
- To encourage the expression of feelings in acceptable ways.
- To encourage a positive attitude which, along with competency, develops a positive self-image.