- opportunities to learn persistence when working at tasks, direction following, and good listening skills
- focus on language and literacy skills, as well as interactive book reading
- emphasis on teaching children problem-solving skills
- helping children expand their knowledge and increase their vocabulary
- opportunities to learn beginning skills involving the alphabet, numbers, and spatial awareness
- focus on scientific thinking skills as well as information about the everyday environment, the world, and how things work
- emphasis on teaching early literacy and mathematics through a variety of activities and projects
- opportunities to engage in music, art, and dramatic play
- educational program in which parents are involved and have opportunities to watch and take part in classroom activities
- field trips
- encouraged to be patient, share, be polite, and be responsible
