Registration Form

Please print and return your registration form to Sheri Boyd, Jackson Children’s Academy Director.


Welcome to
Jackson Children’s Academy

We are a quality, locally-owned preschool serving the Jackson Township community. Jackson Children’s Academy has provided high-quality early childhood preschool education since 2006.

Our school offers three levels of preschool classes for children ages 3-5 years. Jackson Children’s Academy’s classes are taught by our staff of excellent, dedicated teachers with over 75 years of experience in early childhood education.

Philosophy and Purpose

At Jackson Children‘s Academy, it is our primary goal and purpose to create a partnership among home, school, and community and a nurturing and happy environment so that the word ‘school’ has only the most pleasant associations and the students are excited about learning. We promise to provide a loving and stimulating environment which encourages participation, creativity, problem solving and enthusiasm for learning.

Our Curriculum

Jackson Children’s Academy plans an anti-bias curriculum for all programs. At Jackson Children‘s Academy, each child is given the opportunity to progress at his/her own pace due to the smaller class sizes and our teachers’ abilities to individualize projects and lessons to challenge each child. Our classroom environment is set up in interest learning centers to provide structured experiences to meet each child’s individual needs. We encourage this by planning a daily schedule that includes a circle time, group activities/projects, free choice, music and movement, snack, and large motor activities. In addition to art projects that enhance creativity and fine motor skills, we also plan math, science, language arts, social studies, and cooking activities as part of our small group projects. Although our program is academically based, our curriculum is taught through a play approach. Only by visiting can you experience the true atmosphere here and you will see how a mixture of play and learning has been successfully intertwined.

In all of our programs, the curriculum is created to encourage children to develop and maintain a positive self-esteem, as they maintain a wholesome attitude towards themselves, their teachers, their peers, their school, and their learning experiences. Our curriculum gives children a thirst for knowledge by asking open ended and problem solving questions and encourages them to express themselves creatively through the materials surrounding them in our child centered environment. Projects are planned to provide adequate opportunities for children to develop independence, expand their sense of curiosity, and to develop their own personalities. The teachers will plan activities which build social relationships, physical development of gross and fine motor skills, and allow them to express their emotions in a positive way. It is our goal to meet the needs of the children as individuals, and as a group. Jackson Children’s Academy is a family-oriented program, which strives to build a tie between the home and the school. It is our overall pledge to offer a curriculum that will give children an enriched beginning that will prepare them for future learning.

Three Year Old Classroom

We offer the Three’s class with a choice of two or three days per week. Children enrolled in this class are required to be potty trained. We believe that play is a child’s work. Children play to learn, to grow, and to experience the environment surrounding them. In this program, we follow a structured schedule that balances group activities, free exploration, and teacher directed activities in a learn through play exploration approach. This class focuses on themes which may include All About Me, Falling into Autumn, Nursery Rhymes, Holiday Celebrations, Winter Wonderland, Our Community, All About Animals, and Healthy Habits. Children are taught colors and shapes, numbers, likenesses and differences as well as music and art. Motor skills, both gross and fine, are stressed as an important part of this learning period. As the children follow a structured daily schedule, they are building social skills, and learning to follow directions from a teacher.

Four Year Old Classroom

We offer a program called Four’s where children can attend class four or five days a week. Lessons focus on themes that may be similar to those in the Three‘s class, with more detailed projects where children will have a bigger part in the preparation of the projects. We concentrate on the continuation of development of their social skills as well as the large and small motor skills. Children will study colors, shapes, and numbers and learn about holidays and seasons. Children will also work on recognizing their first and last names, as well as writing their names. Children will be introduced to the letters in the alphabet. In this program, as well as in our other classes, teachers are trained to individualize projects and lessons to challenge each child.

Pre-Kindergarten Classroom

Children must attend class five days a week. In this classroom, most of the children have attended Preschool at least one year prior and are ready for more structured learning. Lessons and activities focus on themes that correspond to the Letter of the Week. Children will become familiar with their addresses, phone numbers, and birthdates. The children will study numbers and develop critical thinking skills. The children are introduced to upper- and lower-case letters, the phonetic sound of each and how to form each letter correctly. Pre reading skills are developed through association, opposites, rhyming concepts and play activities. This program is a Kindergarten preparation program, and is designed with the intent for each child to be ready to attend Kindergarten the following year.