School Readiness
Head Start of Eastern Orange County
School Readiness
We are helping to create thinkers,
doers & leaders!
This is the most important period of brain development & learning for your young child. From birth to age 5, a child’s brain develops more than at any other time in his/her life & early brain development has a lasting impact on a child’s ability to learn & succeed in school & life. In other words, what & how your child learns now, can have impacting results. This is why we take your child’s learning & overall health/development very seriously at HSEOC.
HSEOC's PHILOSOPHY
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Families are children's most important & primary teachers; therefore, partnering with families provides the best results.
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Children learn best when:
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they are interested, are engaged in fun & open ended activities, have opportunities to explore (hands on learning), are encouraged to be curious & allowed to take risks and feel successful
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they have committed invested adults, high quality interactions really makes a difference
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activities are individualized to meet each child's individual development
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when they are challenged to think about thinking (metacognition skills)
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they are loved, respected and see themselves consistently represented
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equity & diversity are embedded in daily practices
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they're taught self-regulation & behavioral skills
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A comprehensive approach works best to provide the very best "head start" for children & families.
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Research based curriculums and practices are needed to create significant outcomes.