Areas of Development At His Growing Grove, children enhance
their communication skills by using receptive language
(understanding gestures, words, directions, questions, and
routines) and by practicing expressive language and practicing
participating in conversations. Moreover, children develop
beginning reading and writing skills by listening, questioning
and responding to various types of books, developing print
awareness, retelling familiar stories and practicing the writing
process starting with scribbles that represent letters, and
making representational drawings. Children at His Growing Grove
are encouraged to develop a positive self-concept and learn pro-
social skills by expressing their feelings and learning to
respond to other children’s feelings by developing friendships,
a sense of competence, by learning cooperation and other pro-
social behavior such as understanding and respecting
differences. Our goal is to help children learn to regulate
their emotions, and resolve conflicts constructively. At