Mission Statement Los Pasitos Learning Center welcomes families with infants, toddlers, and pre-school children ages six weeks through five years to an inclusive, play-based childcare setting. Philosophy Statement Los Pasitos learning center is founded on the principle that all children deserve quality childcare. We believe that young children learn through play and exploration of their environment. We facilitate children’s learning, of all abilities, through a play based curriculum using tactile and multi-cultural toys, sensory exploration centers, child-initiated art, and a playground accessible to all children. Teachers interact frequently with all children initiating discussion and responding to children’s cues for attention and care giving as soon as possible. Curriculum Statement Los Pasitos’s Center-based “curriculum”, or plan for learning, hinges on two fundamental aspects of childhood: play and daily routines. Los Pasitos uses learning centers with developmentally appropriate activities and a play based daily routine to ensure skill development through their play. Children are given the opportunity to choose and experiment in the learning centers within the classroom. We believe that learning center activities are opportunities for children to learn skills in large muscle movement (gross motor), small muscle movement (fine motor), understanding and communicating with others, doing things for him/her self (adaptive/self help), developing relationships and feelings about ones self (social emotional), thinking and problem solving (cognitive) and child initiated art and music (creativity). Los Pasitos enhances these opportunities for children to learn by allowing them to explore the environment and support them with many teacher child interactions throughout their play and daily activities.