Approaches to Learning (AL)

Approaches to Learning (AL) Components and Goals

COMPONENT 1: CURIOSITY, INFORMATION-SEEKING AND EAGERNESS

AL Goal-1: Children demonstrate curiosity and eagerness and express interest in the world around them.

AL Goal-2: Children actively seek to understand the world around them in play and everyday tasks.

COMPONENT 2: INITIATIVE, EFFORT, ENGAGEMENT, AND PERSISTENCE

AL Goal-3: Children demonstrate initiative and effort in play and everyday tasks.

AL Goal-4: Children are engaged and maintain focus in play and everyday tasks.

AL Goal-5: Children persist at challenging activities in play and everyday tasks.

COMPONENT 3: RISK-TAKING, PROBLEM-SOLVING, FLEXIBILITY, AND RESILIENCY

AL Goal-6: Children are willing to try new and challenging experiences in play and everyday tasks.

AL Goal-7: Children use a variety of strategies to solve problems in play and everyday tasks.

COMPONENT 4: PLAY AND IMAGINATION

AL Goal-8: Children engage in increasingly complex play.

AL Goal-9: Children demonstrate creativity, imagination, and inventiveness in play and everyday tasks.