Elizabeth River Baptist Daycare's approach to early learning looks very different from what you may usually expect from a childcare. There are no brightly colored walls or a lot of shiny plastic toys that make noises. Instead the focus of the physical environment is on natural materials, neutral tones, calm colors and wooden objects. If children are using open-ended resources and natural materials, we invite various elements, textures and smells. That sense of curiosity and wonder will spark discovery and learning. 

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Elizabeth River Baptist Daycare works on developing skills that will be relevant to children growing up on God's ever-changing world. These include:

Independent thinking

Stronger non-verbal communication

Language and verbal communication

Problem solving

 Lifelong learning

Risk taking

Imagination

Respect for resources and God's natural world

Creative and critical thinking 

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The best thing we can do here at Elizabeth River Baptist Daycare with the children is to create thinkers and doers. Provide authentic resources and environments, spark invitations to learning, to manage and take risks. To be curious. Because curiosity is the spark that ignites everything else.