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Learning + Growing at Leila Day

We Nurture The Six Competencies of the Whole Child:

Problem Solving Through Play

Problem Solving Through Play

Children become critical and creative problem solvers through play, adventure and inquiry.

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Nature-Based Learning

Nature-Based Learning

Leila Day Children develop deep connections with the natural world, and develop a sense of wonder and love for the earth and where they live. 

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Expression and Communication

Expression and Communication

Leila Day Children use language, art, and multiple sign systems to express themselves, communicate and learn from each other, and represent the world.

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Ethical Values and Emotional Intelligence

Ethical Values and Emotional Intelligence

We help children process their emotions and develop the ethical values of kindness, compassion, gratitude, courage, joyful appreciation and peace of mind.

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Happy, Healthy, Bodily Sense of Self

Happy, Healthy, Bodily Sense of Self

Children develop a happy, healthy, agile, bodily sense of self and gain confidence in themselves as they learn to move and use their bodies in different ways and navigate various places, spaces and physical challenges.

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Cultural Dignity and Multicultural Literacy

Cultural Dignity and Multicultural Literacy

Children develop an appreciation of human diversity and their own cultural dignity and worth.

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Explore . Wonder . Grow

Leila Day Nurseries | 100 Cold Spring Street | New Haven, CT 06511 
phone: 203.624.1374 | fax: 203.624.9489 | email: leiladay@leiladay.org

Leila Day does not discriminate based on gender, race, color, national or ethnic origin, physical disability or handicap, sexual orientation, or economic circumstances in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship or school administered programs, nor in its hiring of staff.