E.C.V.C is a progressive early childhood center that aligns pedagogy with best practice while seeking to meet children and their families where they are. E.C.V.C is an early Childhood center that seeks to implement enrichment in the lives children and their families within the Ellenville community. ECVC is determined to enhance critical thinking skills while engaging students despite their style of learning. E.C.V.C is not a typical daycare it is an early childhood learning academy that caters to families to enhance our students’ performance across all five learning domains. This organization’s purpose is to close the achievement gap while teaching our youth principles of leadership and self-worth. OUR MOTTO: Each child is a genius waiting to happen OUR MISSION: We exist to provide a childcare environment that teases out the unique genius in children, which allows the children to explore and question instruction for maximizing their life chances while becoming future leaders. OUR WATCH WORDS: Lead, Question, Explore, Inspire OUR ENVIRONMENT: Our environment is safe, nurturing, healthy, and secure. Our classroom is spacious with lots of natural light. o Our Center is licensed by OCFS, and the Department of Fire and Safety. o E.C.V.C welcome children and families of all cultures, languages and backgrounds. o ECVC accepts and supports all children who are challenged by physical and/or learning disabilities; and caters to the needs of children with I.E.P. needs.

OUR CURRICULUM: The Curriculum Components place high emphasis on educating the Whole Child. We use exploratory and active learning to excite our children’s creativity and exploration, which binds our students emotionally to the joy of learning. This practice will in turn enhance our children to develop transitional skills for school and life. Our Pedagogy is aligned with that of the High scope curriculum intertwined with the teachings of Reggio Emelia. We pride our selves on child centered learning and respecting and validating our student’s interests. o We ensure instruction caters to all learning domains, aligns with the Common Core, and builds Multiple Intelligences in our learners. o Our themes will be based on the children’s curiosity along with the monthly units of study Authentic Assessment of our Learners is guided using DAYC 2, The Help Checklist, and Brigance Authentic assessments. o Our Nature Based emphasis allows children to explore the excitement of Literacy, Math and Science through hands-on exposure to the environment, Gardening, Health and Nutrition, Music, Body movement etc. o Character Development of students’ is expanded by exposure to plants, animals and the natural world. o As part of their overall development, our children learn conversational French, Simple American Sign Language, and Yoga. Our children also enjoy exposure to Arts and creative exploration