Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Pre-Kindergarten Program

Classroom Settings, Learning Centers, and Teaching Methods within Our Program

• provides an environment that is child-centered and encourages learning through exploration and discovery;  
• recognizes that parents are the child's first and most important teachers;
• fosters the total development of the young child-socially, emotionally, physically, and intellectually;
• recognizes that children differ in their rates of development, backgrounds, and experiences;
• respects each child where he/she is developmentally, fosters their growth in learning, and helps them proceed forward to the next level of development;
• respects play for its value as an appropriate way for children to learn;
• is based on research that indicates how young children learn;
• provides activities and lessons designed to strengthen each child's ability to cope in an ever-changing world;
• fosters an atmosphere of cooperation between parents and the school.