There are two main preschool philosophies that you will find when looking for a preschool. They are developmental and academic. In developmental preschool, children are seen as growing and changing and learning at different rates. And so they look at children individually. And it's often play-based and child-centered classroom. In an academic setting, preschool children are gearing up to be ready for kindergarten. So often, children in those settings have an academic curriculum and they do teacher-directed lessons. Remember, when you go on a preschool tour that often the developmental and the academic overlap or intersperse. A developmental classroom will have some academics in it often and often an academic setting will have some developmental aspects to it. It's usually not strictly academic or strictly developmental. But those are the two prevailing philosophies. When you go on a tour, just remember, "What is the best fit for my child and my family when looking at philosophy?"