The Delaware Child Development Program focuses on the importance of learning through play, interaction, and engagement. Children in our centers are encouraged to dream, imagine, and invent -- to create and share with one another their own adventures.
We embrace outside play -- hot or cold. Research indicates that there is no temperature too hot or too cold for a child as long as s/he is dressed appropriately. However, we have developed our own temperature guidelines for determining when temperatures are too extreme for children to be outside. These guidelines are based on the heat index, wind chill factor, the age of the child, and the teacher's determination at time of play. Outside of these extremes, children at our centers will be enjoying the refreshing seasons all year round.
We promote active play instead of passive engagement with televisions, computers, or electronic games. Research has shown that any amount of screen time could be detrimental to the growth and development of children, even infants. The amount of screen time may be directly related to attention challenges later in life. Because of this, our teachers embrace play environments that encourage children to play, imagine, and engage each other and their teachers.
