The Windy Hill Primary Program provides a stimulating environment for children ages five to seven years. Through a project approach, teachers provide a focus for children's development of spoken and written language skills, social skills, listening skills, and thinking skills.
Children participate in a wide variety of open-ended activities that foster creative expression.
This entails engaging children in short and long term in-depth investigations of subjects of interest to them and their teachers. It also strengthens the children's disposition to apply academic skills that are taught in a more systematic fashion throughout the day. Good project work provides a real-life context for children to practice skills they are learning. Two full-time teachers work together along with Child Development students to provide a challenging appropriate environment that is responsive to a broad developmental range as well as individual variation. Integral to the success of the program is the reciprocal relationship with the children's families.