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Forsyth
Tech’s new Early Childhood LAB School
features a bright, contemporary,
age-appropriate and stimulating
learning environment for children ages 3 to 5
years old.
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"(Winston-Salem, NC)
– Forsyth Tech has opened an Early
Childhood LAB School at 2410 Oak Grove Center on the
college’s Main Campus in Winston-Salem that is designed to provide Early
Childhood Education students with onsite supervised, hands-on teaching
experience and instruction. The program is open to Forsyth Tech faculty and
students as well as the general public and is now accepting applications.
The LAB school has been created for children ages 3 to 5
with a maximum capacity of 15 children. The half-day program runs Monday
through Friday from 8 am to noon, giving children up to four hours of
participation in an enriching and well-planned environment. The best-practices
program is designed to stimulate growth and
development, meeting the individual needs of each child. The daily curriculum
includes indoor and outdoor activities, art, music, math, science, language and
literacy, dramatic play, gross and fine motor coordination, and technology.
Nutritious snacks are also provided. There is a one-time registration fee of
$75 and tuition is $300 per month per child.
“We are so excited about the opening of our Early Childhood LAB school—our
vision for this teaching facility has been 15 years in the making,” says
Karatha Scott, the lab school coordinator. “This program is vital to the
training of our early childhood education students, and provides them with the
same level of expert training, instruction and supervision that’s available at four-year
institutions. It represents an investment in the future as most of our students
will get jobs right here in our local community after they graduate.”
Forsyth Tech Early Childhood Education interns are carefully
supervised and coached by certified teachers who possess strong backgrounds in
early childhood education and who mentor the students in how to administer
quality, nurturing care in an environment that is developmentally appropriate, stimulating
and comfortable.
Parents are welcome to interact with their children via the
Observation Room or Parent-Resource Corner, which is stocked with age-appropriate
books, games, technology, book packs and other academic materials that are available
for parents to check out. The Parent-Resource Corner was created through a
$23,000 grant from the Kate B. Reynolds Foundation and is designed to develop
literacy pathways with innovative school-to-home and home-to-school learning
options for parents and their children.
The LAB school schedule will align with Forsyth Tech’s
academic calendar year schedule.
- A Press Release
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