At BELA, a child’s individual developmental stage is combined with realistic expectations, balancing support and challenge, to produce learning. Foundational to our programming, through play, we provide developmentally appropriate learning opportunities designed to support and encourage children as they discover, create, and learn. We believe that the Early Childhood Professional’s role is to support families in maximizing the potential of each child. Therefore, the emergent character development of each child is supported, as character education is embedded in our programming, with positive character traits modeled and explicitly taught, in order to support children in becoming positive, contributing members or our community. Every aspect of our program is supported by early childhood education research and best practices. We strive to provide our students with the best possible support to ensure their success as life long learners.