Saint Paul Public Schools


	Discovery Club

Discovery Club Goals for Children

To encourage social development by providing opportunities for sharing, taking turns, making friends, resolving conflicts, problem solving, helping others, recognition and acceptance by others, cooperative experiences and

building self-esteem.

To encourage emotional development through use of oral language to express thoughts and feelings, through experiencing rules and limits, kindness, justice and empathy, and recognizing

and accepting emotions in others.

To develop responsibility for one's own actions in self-help, health, safety, and interpersonal areas and to exercise independence when appropriate.

To

facilitate intellectual development by offering many kinds of materials and experiences that enrich and support the basic concepts and skills learned in school. Homework time and/or quiet reading time is scheduled on

a regular basis.

To encourage physical development of large motor skills through outdoor and indoor games and activities as well as fine motor development through use of a wide variety of manipulative

materials.

To encourage creative development by offering many kinds of materials and experiences in music, art, dramatics, literature, and oral stories.