My name is Maury Duarte and I am an Early Childhood Educator. My philosophy is that if u are dedicated to building a safe, home-like yet stimulating and educational environment. Each child can then experience the sense of equality and trust within the classroom. By creating this type of environment it will ensure the child a warm, loving, caring, supportive atmosphere where each child can succeed, grow, feel loved and secure and develop a sense of belonging. I believe this occurs when educators have a genuine interest in caring for the children and love what they do. The educators should be respected by the children as positive role models, whose actions and choices they can appreciate and follow. It is very important to always encourage the