- To provide a safe, nurturing, and creative environment which promotes the healthy growth and holistic development of each child.
- To work in partnership with families in program development and daily practices to ensure success for each child.
- To build partnerships with community resources – bringing community members in and exposing the children to the community outside of the walls of Roots & Fruits.
- To recognize that all humans have multiple ways of learning and self expression that will be supported and enhanced through the program’s activities and games.
- To respect and teach diversity – cultural and linguistic needs of all families and to fostering an anti-biased approach to learning for the entire Roots & Fruits Community.
- To provide physical, emotional, social, cognitive, creative and spiritual activities in a variety of ways to promote each child’s learning potential.
- To allow learning to unfold naturally between teacher and students where the child is an investigator and involved participant in his/her own learning.