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Little Pilgrim School
PHILOSOPHY
We acknowledge that it is the kind of experiences offered and the way adults interact with children that are the most important components of Little Pilgrim School. Because God’s love cannot be confined to a particular place or particular people, we are inclusive of all people in the use of language, and give equal value to sexes, races and nationalities. Current teaching methods and quality materials are used as we work with the children in our care.
We love the child so the child will learn to love. We present ourselves as trustworthy and dependable so the child learns to trust and grow in faith. We accept angry feelings, we seek to understand fears and we forgive errors so the child learns to handle anger, fears and guilt in acceptable ways. We deal with children in this way because it is the way God deals with us. It is the way Christian people live and treat one another.
During early childhood we do very little talking about the gospel. We do not say much about God, Jesus, the Bible and prayer, but seek to establish the foundation for the child’s relationship to the church, the body of Christ and the people of God by letting the child experience, at the preschool level, the Christian life. When the child can use words and ideas easily, conversation about and study of the facts of our Christian faith begins. During early childhood we will build a strong base from which that study of facts can develop.
Approved by Board of CE 1/04