The Ruth Staples Child Development Laboratory

The Ruth Staples Child Development Laboratory Program provides an educational and developmentally appropriate setting in which children and adults grow and learn together. To this end, the environment is prepared by staff and students and experiences are provided that:

• contribute to developing positive self-regard

• maintain good health and safety

• support holistic development

• encourage understanding and acceptance of one's own and other's emotions

• model appreciation of individual differences

• encourage self-expression

• stimulate curiosity and the desire to learn

• foster a value for all living things and the responsibility for living in the world in an ecologically wise manner

• promote the importance of living peacefully with a variety of people