The focus is on creating an enviroment that encourages children to learn. Young learners create understanding and knowledge actively, combining new concepts and ideas into what they already know. Research on brain development and how young children learn has demonstrated the phenomenal pace at which learning takes place from the moment of birth.

Adults have an opportunity and an obligation to assist children in becoming active participants in the learning process throughout their lives. To grow and learn young children need early childhood settings that support the development of the full range of capacities that will serve as a foundation for future school learning.