Early education ensures free, integral and harmonious development of the child's personality, according to his rhythm and needs. The education provided has to ensure the differentiated stimulation of children, aiming the intellectual, emotional, social and physical development of each child and targeting to achieve the following results of early education (from birth to 6/7 years old):
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The free, integral and harmonious development of the child's personality, according to his own pace and general needs, supporting his autonomous and creative training.
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Development of the capacity to interact with other children, with adults and with the environment to acquire new knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours; encouraging exploration, exercises, tests and experiments, as autonomous learning experiences.
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The discovery, by each child, of his/her own identity and autonomy and the development of a positive self-image.
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Supporting the child in the acquisition of knowledge, abilities, skills and attitudes required for his school entry and throughout life.
All activities with young children should respect child's right to play - viewed as a form of activity, method, procedure and means of achieving educational approaches at early ages, as well as a method of stimulating the capacity and creativity of the child, as a right of him and as an opening to freedom to choose, according to his/her own needs.
