Welcome to The Children’s Village and Jendza Early Learning Center. Our philosophy is based on our ability to implement and understand developmentally appropriate practice. We nurture young children to achieve their fullest potential upon entering kindergarten. Our goal is to teach them life long skills and to foster their social and emotional progress along with their intellectual curiosity to help develop them into life long learners and to insure their success in school.

Based on our knowledge and proven research, as early childhood educators, we realize the importance of the earliest approaches to learning in shaping a child for future success. The foundation for this success is based on the Rhode Island Early Learning Standards’ eight domains of learning. The eight domains that we incorporate into our curriculum and daily activities consists of; approaches to learning, social and emotional development, language development and communication, literacy, mathematics, science, creativity and physical health and development. Our programs have various ways in applying our knowledge to teach children by implementing our curriculum in a variety of contexts and different styles which insures that each child is taught on an individual level and will have a successful outcome.

In order for us to facilitate our curriculum, we first become familiar with each child and their families. We have a personal interview with the parents and child and each family completes a social resume about the child which helps us to assess the needs of the child. We evaluate the child‘s language skills, social relationships and behaviors. We then will implement the proper tools to meet their needs. If we are successful in maintaining supportive relationship between school and home, among adults and children, it will promote healthy social and emotional development. By using this method, we have the capacity to support all children and their families.