A Southern Kentucky school district, the fourth largest in the state, officially opened its first designated preschool center this semester.

Dozens of community leaders and supporters gathered today in Bowling Green for the official ribbon cutting.

Our Laura Rogers tells us more about how the school district is helping kids grow from preschool to profession.

Research tells us that the basis of learning occurs from the time a child is born, until they're five years old.

More than 475 children, ages three and four are getting kindergarten ready at Warren County Public Schools New Early Learning Academy.

They're going to enter school ready, ready to learn.

Ready to be a success.

The Academy provides full day preschool for students who qualify at.

Three years old.

Our students can come based on a suspected disability and then at four years old, our preschoolers are eligible based on income or disability.

In addition to typical preschool classrooms.

The academy also has learning spaces devoted to fine arts, Stem subjects, and a culinary lab.

Children are building and they're talking with one another in their creating.

That collaboration is a pivotal part of the learning environment.

Building social skills along with academics.

We are working not just with our ABCs and our one two threes, but we are teaching our students the love of learning, and how to build friendships, how to do school, how to make it enjoyable and fun.

Also focused on fun.

A new playground called the Amy and David Chandler Preschool to Profession hub.

I am so proud to be a Warren County.

Public school kid.

It absolutely is a model for the world.

They're preschools that are embedding the leadership culture into their curriculum.

But none like what Warren County is doing.

The early learning Academy plans to soon add more classroom space, enrolling more than 500 students by the end of the school year.

For Kentucky Edition, I'm Laura Rogers.

Thank you so much, Laura.

The school district also cut the ribbon for its new Little Learners mobile classroom bus that takes preschool learning on the road to locations across the county.