We take pride in our history!

The Academy is an Owner Operated and Directed facility. The owner and director, Lana Eddins Walton, takes pride in telling prospective parents about the longevity of her staff.  She also is quick to list the ways that her school helps give children an advantage, when they finally enter elementary school. Much of this is due to staff who have worked at the school for years, the weekly lesson plans teachers are required to submit, the rotation of stations and a strict curriculum and schedule that classes follow each day.   

We are proud of the fact that we are able to retain our staff for long periods of time.  
Ms. Lana, Owner/Director, 21 years                       Ms. Amara, Teacher, 1 year                             
Ms. Helen, Teacher, 21 years                                    Ms. Kayla, Teacher, 5 years                    
Ms. Lyndsie, Assistant Director, 13 years             Ms. Morgan, Teacher, 2 years       
Ms. Sterling, Teacher, 9 years                                   Ms. Melanie, Teacher, 1 year
Ms. Kayleigh, Teacher, combined 6 years                         
Ms. Ashley, Teacher, Combined 6 years               
Ms. Courtney, Teacher, combined 4 years            
Ms. Karlie, Teacher, 2 years                                       
Ms. Patsy, Teacher, 1 year                                          
                                                                  

Below is a list of our classrooms with a description of the curriculum for each room.
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        Infant Room       ​​
Our infant room is a bright happy room with colorful murals, loving smiles & huge hearts greeting you at the door.  The main focus in our infant room is to incorporate our developmental schedule with our parents daily home schedule and to build upon your infant's social development &  receptive language development. This includes sign language, refining large motor developmental skills and small motor developmental skills 
Toddler Rooms
​Our toddler program introduces  colors, shapes,  letters, numbers, safety, manners, and social skills to help introduce the toddlers to the world around them. Our program includes art activities, games, songs  and interactive play.
This program also has incorporated the "Your Baby Can Read" vocabulary, spanish, and sign language into it's curriculum.



​​​Two Year Old Rooms

​Our twos program further introduces the children to letters, numbers, colors and shapes, and many of the children will know these when they leave this classroom.  It includes learning projects that are age appropriate, and also games, songs and play to help with both physical and mental development.

Three Year Old Rooms

The three year old program goes over letters, numbers, colors and shapes to continue with the concept they have learned in our two year old program and furthers their education in these subjects.  It also includes the following:  Language skills, word recognition, parts of speech, music, science, phonics, rhymes, safety, health & good manners, body rhythmics, perception games and make-do activities.
 

Four Year Old Rooms

The four year old program is geared to prepare the children for kindergarten.  Phonics are a big part of the curriculum in preparing the children in the beginning to sound out words and read.  They will continue to go over letters, numbers, colors and shapes.  This program also continues and builds on the concepts learned in our three year old program which includes:  Language skills, word recognition, parts of speech, music, science, phonics, rhymes, safety, health & good manners, body rhythmics, perception games and make-do projects.  The four year old program also introduces the children to math concepts. 

Curriculum Information

Understanding that each child learns in their own unique way, we have developed a V.A.R.K curriculum that incorporates Visual, Auditory, Reading/Writing, and Kinesthetic methods of learning.

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