There are dozens of childcare options in the Crestwood area. While it’s wonderful to have options, the abundance of daycares can make it challenging to decide on the right program for your family.
Crestwood Preschool Academy is one of Crestwood’s top daycare and early childhood education programs! What sets us apart? Here are just a few reasons:
Our Outstanding Early Childhood Education Program
Our goal at Crestwood Preschool Academy is to help the children develop a passion for learning that they will carry with them throughout their lives. Crestwood Preschool Academy uses a weekly theme-based curriculum that fosters social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and language development and enhances learning in literacy, math, science, social studies, and the arts.
Our curriculum is a balance between teacher-directed and child-initiated learning. Teachers plan and implement a developmentally appropriate, content-rich program for children of all backgrounds and skill levels that constantly matches the students’ interests.
Opportunities for Socialization
All children must learn to interact and socialize with peers and adults. The more practice they get, the easier their education will be. When they start kindergarten, socializing with peers and listening to new authority figures won’t be intimidating. Instead, it will be automatic.
Children who don’t have daily opportunities for socialization will have to learn to interact with peers, respond to teachers, and learn academics all at once. Enrolling your child in Crestwood Preschool Academy will provide extra opportunities to practice appropriate social skills. This gives them a head start so they can primarily focus on learning the educational material when starting kindergarten.
Children enrolled in a daycare program like Crestwood Preschool Academy learn to make friends in kindergarten quickly because they’ve learned valuable skills like sharing, patience, problem-solving, and conflict resolution. These skills benefit them not only in kindergarten but also for the rest of their lives.
Introduction to Quality Nutrition
Children who stay at home with their parents may not be exposed to nutritious foods because parents are likely to cater to their child’s specific likes and dislikes. While understandable, serving a child only what they like to eat limits their palate and potentially raises picky eaters who get addicted to unhealthy foods.
At Crestwood Preschool Academy, we offer a variety of healthy foods that follow current dietary guidelines. Children get exposed to foods they might not see at home, which helps expand their palate and opens their world to new flavors, textures, and combinations.
Practice for Kindergarten and Beyond
Kindergarten can be overwhelming to children who have never been to an early childhood education program. There are new people, rules, and schedules to follow, and having no early exposure can make these even more challenging.
Skills that seem simple to adults–like raising your hand before speaking or standing in line in the hallway–are foreign to children who stay home with their parents until the first day of school. In many ways, their whole world is different. No wonder kindergarten is intimidating for young children!
But the first day of school can be exciting for your child instead of overwhelming. Children can develop confidence and independence in an early childhood education program. Then on the first day of school, they are ready to learn instead of still learning the rules.
Enroll at Crestwood Preschool Academy Today!
Crestwood Preschool Academy offers an outstanding early childhood education program that will prepare your child for kindergarten and beyond! Ready to get started? Contact us today!