Preschool
The Parkway Preschool program offers a quality, play-based learning experience in a safe and nurturing environment. Our developmentally appropriate curriculum fosters both academic and social growth.
- Full and Half Day classes
- 7 locations throughout the District
- Teachers are degreed and certified
- Children must be 3 years old before August 1
- Parkway Residents and Non-Residents
- Preschool follows the Parkway district calendar from August to May
- Fee-based program
Curriculum
At the heart of our preschool program is the Project Construct curriculum—an innovative, research-based approach to teaching the Missouri Early Learning Standards. This hands-on, project-based framework encourages children to follow their natural curiosity, explore meaningful questions, and lead their learning through purposeful play and discovery. Our classrooms extend beyond four walls, emphasizing nature-based and outdoor learning experiences that foster a deep connection to the environment. Alongside academic growth, we prioritize relationships and character education, nurturing empathy, responsibility, and resilience in every child. Through this approach, we cultivate caring, confident, capable learners ready to thrive in school and beyond.
Goals
- Provide meaningful, developmentally appropriate learning experiences based on the individual developmental needs of each child
- Help children value and respect themselves and others
- Stimulate creativity and self-expression
- Promote language and literacy skills
- Stimulate cognitive development
- Promote health, physical growth, and motor development
- Encourage self-discipline
- Help children become accepting, caring individuals and develop supportive and helpful classroom relationships