The preschool years are in many respects the most important years of a child’s life.

Here are a few of the reasons:

1. Personality is being formed.By the time a child reaches age six his personality is almost fixed. Few personality changes occur after this age. Social skills are developed, especially during the years of three, four, and five. The disposition to share, cooperate, put others first, be friendly and courteous, be helpful, happy and cheerful, etc. are developed during these formative years.Our instructional and fun time in the classrooms; our structure; break and lunch times; and our supervised playground time have been purposefully devised in such a manner as to encourage good personality development.
2. Intelligence can be increased during these years. There are two primary ways Carolina Christian Academy’s preschool can impact your child’s intelligence. First, the intellectual boundaries that you pass on to your children can be shifted upward or downward. Academic preschool programs like CCA’s have been shown to significantly raise I.Q.’s.More important than high I.Q., however, is the industriousness and resourcefulness of a child’s mind. Regardless the I.Q., a child that is not intellectually challenged during the formative years will usually be an underachiever.
3. Values are being molded during these formative years. In general, our entire school is saturated with Christian values. Our program is designed to teach obedience, respect for authority, love for one’s country and for others. Additionally, children learn how to accept responsibility and follow through on instructions. Your child will develop a good work ethic and learn how to persevere in the face of difficulty. These values are indispensable to success in life.Students who attend a five day a week, structured, and academically oriented pre-k and kindergarten programs such as CCA’s, on average will have fewer discipline problems in school, are less likely to smoke, become alcohol dependent, use illegal drugs, and five time less likely to have been arrested by age twenty-seven (7% vs. 35%).Each child is taught the importance of being committed to Jesus Christ and that the only truly rewarding life is the one lived for His glory.
4. Intensive Phonics and Cursive Writing Prevents Dyslexia! CCA uses the world-renowned A-Beka curriculum. This curriculum is not only the most highly regarded among Christian schools; it is recognized as a leader in its field.Your child will learn to read in a relatively short time through intensive phonics. Your child will learn cursive writing first, because it is more natural. The incident rate of dyslexia among those who get intensive phonics and cursive instruction in preschool is extremely low. This is an important safeguard for your child.
5. Pre-k Education Yields Lifelong Benefits! Dozens of studies, some tracking children for more than forty years, consistently show the lifelong value of pre-k and kindergarten programs like CCA’s which have intensive phonics, rigorous reading curriculum, a high level of structure, parental involvement, and persistent teachers.Students who go through a pre-school program like CCA’s can expect to earn a third more in their lifetime, will be three times more likely to own a home and second car, twenty-five percent less likely to become a teen age parent, and five times more likely to be married at age twenty-seven. Over your child’s lifetime, he or she will reap a ten to fifteen dollar return for each dollar you spend at CCA.
6. Pre-k Education Lays Foundation for A Successful Elementary and High School Experience! Studies show students who go through a pre-k academic program like CCA’s will have higher I.Q. scores on every grade level, will outperform peers in every subject at every level, be forty-four percent less likely to repeat a grade, fifty percent more likely to graduate high school and three time more likely to graduate college