Mission
The Millbrook Early Childhood Education Center (MECEC) wants children to fall in love with learning. At MECEC children become active, engaged learners who discover joy and satisfaction in "learning for learning's sake".
Our teachers cultivate the children's willingness to meet new challenges and to become respectful, caring friends of the school community and the world beyond.
In working with young children, we believe in the importance of play and discovery. We encourage the mastery of all the essential skills while cultivating strong and affirming friendships.
MECEC's strong commitment to early childhood celebrates the whimsy, enthusiasm and joy that young children bring to their play and work.
To Achieve Our goals, MECEC
- nourishes and attends to the development of the whole child
- understands, values and respects each individual child
- provides a warm and nurturing environment where children can feel safe, comfortable and confident in exploring their emerging skills, their relationships with peers and their role within the school community as a whole
- develops a learning environment which allows children to confidently take risks, meet challenges and make mistakes safely
- encourages each child to be an independent, active learner, empowered by developing skills to think, reason, problem solve, imagine and create
- values imagination, creativity and play
- designs a thematic curriculum that stimulates and encourages a childŐs natural sense of curiosity and desire to explore their world and their role within it.
- advocates learning through play, hands-on exploration, cooperation and collaboration
- promotes respect and empathy for self, others, the group, our immediate world and the world beyond
- creates a strong working and welcoming partnership between home and school, teachers and parents
