Little Scholars Christian Academy in Maryville, TN | Children`s and Teens` Education

Little Scholars Christian Academy

Little Scholars Christian Academy, Inc. is family owned and operated by Jeremy and Katie Teffeteller. Katie has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education and is highly committed to the early education of young children. Because Little Scholars is an extension of Pride and Joy Learning Center, a preschool in South Florida, Little Scholars is backed by more than sixteen years experience.
Being that Little Scholars is an extension of Pride and Joy, we have a proven system of quality child care and education that has been highly successful for the past seventeen years.
Our teachers are qualified, professional individuals and will strive to maintain a loving and stimulating environment for each child.
Little Scholars Christian Academy, Inc. aspires to be more than a preschool. We believe in motivating a child through consistent and stimulating input. Our goal for each child is for them to develop a love for learning. We encourage this by "hands on" experiences in phonics, numbers, art, science, music, sign language, Spanish, dramatic play, and physical play. Little Scholars is here to enhance the cognitive, emotional, social, spiritual, and physical growth of each child. Little Scholars believes in developing the whole child not just the intellectual aspect. Planned and spontaneous activities play a crucial part in encouraging each child to reach his/her potential.
The curriculum we use is called A Beka Book. A Beka is an accelerated phonics based curriculum meaning that we teach the sounds of the letters as well as how to sound out words. We use this type because it provides us with excellence in education from a Christian perspective. A Beka is an affiliate of Pensacola Christian College and supports the philosophy of Little Scholars Christian Academy.
Finally, we will share with our students that God is the creator of the Universe and the Supreme Being and that Jesus is the Son of God. We believe Jesus Christ came as a sacrifice and died on the cross and rose on the 3rd day that we might be saved. We will be sharing Bible stories and verses as well as singing Bible songs with our students.
At Little Scholars Christian Academy, children begin early knowing that learning is fun and exciting. Each of our programs are developmentally appropriate and designed to encourage a child's creativity and eagerness to learn. By the time your little one completes our four year old program, he/she will have an outstanding foundation and a strong head start for Kindergarten. This valuable beginning forms good habits for the future of your child and is a wonderful self-esteem builder as reading is fundamental to most other subjects in school.