The kindergarten in cooperation and understanding with the home, safeguard the children’s need for care, play, and promote learning and education as the foundation for all-round development. Kindergarten should be based on fundamental values in Christian and humanist heritage and tradition, such as respect for human dignity and nature, on intellectual freedom, charity, forgiveness, equality and solidarity, values that are expressed in different religions and beliefs and are rooted in human rights (Barnehageloven §1 Formål,1. ledd). |