Classrooms

CCA strives to offer high quality early educational experiences. The classroom environment is child-centered, with developmentally appropriate daily activities and written curriculum plans following Arkansas Early Learning Standards and CLASS observation standards.

  • Classrooms are staffed to have a minimum of two teachers at all times (may include a sub/floater)
  • All classrooms have security cameras and security locks
  • Each classroom has an Ipad to access ProCare and provide daily updates, photos and messages to parents!
  • CCA will provide wipes and vaseline for all children

Infants 6wk-18 months

These classrooms provide a nurturing, caring environment for our youngest students to grow. Our infants learn through age-appropriate play and exploration of the world around them.  

Teachers provide authentic materials and active, hands-on learning experiences, creating secure connections and motivating exploration. These classrooms will follow your baby's home schedule as best as we can in a classroom setting, providing a structured and predictable routine.

You will provide any and all nutrition for infants 0-12months age. They may begin school snacks and lunch at 12mo age.

Wipes, Vaseline, Bedding is all provided. You will provide diapers, formula/breastmilk, extra clothing as needed.

 

Blooming Blossom’s 6wk-6 months

AR Ratio: 1:5

CCA Ratio: 1:4


Social-Emotional:

  • Builds foundational relationships by forming strong attachments with caregivers.
  • Expresses a range of basic emotions through sounds and facial expressions.
  • Begins to recognize familiar people and respond to comfort and nurturing cognitive development.
  • Explores objects with senses, showing early curiosity about the environment. Begins to understand object permanence.

Physical Health: Gains early motor skills like holding up the head, grasping objects, and pushing up during tummy time. Focuses on health through feeding routines and regular care .

Language Development: Recognizes familiar voices, reacts to changes in tone, and begins cooing and babbling. Communicates needs through crying and simple vocalizations.

Creativity: Displays responsiveness to sounds and music, often calming to familiar melodies or rhythmic movements.


Lil’ Lollipops 6-12 Months

AR Ratio: 1:5

CCA Ratio: 1:4

  • Social-Emotional: Engages in simple back-and-forth interactions like peek-a-boo. Demonstrates stranger anxiety and shows preference for familiar caregivers. Expresses joy through laughter and increased emotional range .
  • Cognitive: Expands understanding of cause by shaking toys or dropping objects. Shows improved memory by anticipating routines or searching for hidden items .
  • Physical and Health: Progresses in gross motor development including sitting, crawling, and pulling to stand. Begins self-feeding with support and explores objects with hands and mouth .
  • Language Development: Develops a wider range of sounds and may form simple words like “mama” or “dada.” Responds to names and simple instructions like “hi” or “wave”.
  • Creativity: Reacts to interactive activities. Enjoys banging objects around and participates in simple imitative play.


At 12 months, children begin to integrate into a classroom community schedule. Children will begin to do daily activities as a group including meal times and nap time. Daily outdoor play on the playground is introduced as well as attending J.A.M. Students can begin to have school lunch. Lots of transitions and big steps developmentally!

Dragonflies 12-15 months

AR Ratio: 1:5

CCA Ratio: 1:5


  • Social-Emotional: Shows increasing independence while frequently checking in with caregivers. Enjoys parallel play alongside peers and begins to express preferences in toys or activities .
  • Cognitive: Improves problem-solving skills by stacking blocks or completing simple puzzles. Learns with curiosity through exploration and experimentation.
  • Physical and Health: Learns to walk independently, explore new environments, and testing all boundaries! Uses fine motor skills with small objects like crayons and utensils.
  • Language Development: Expands vocabulary to include multiple words, gestures, and imitative speech. Begins to combine words to form early phrases. 
  • Creativity: Engages in early pretend play, such as mimicking adult activities. Enjoys drawing with crayons and experimenting with textures and sensory play! 

Caterpillars 15-18 months

AR Ratio: 1:5

CCA Ratio: 1:5

  • Social-Emotional: Shows increasing independence while frequently checking in with caregivers. Enjoys parallel play alongside peers and begins to express preferences in toys or activities .
  • Cognitive: Improves problem-solving skills by stacking blocks or completing simple puzzles. Learns with curiosity through exploration and experimentation.
  • Physical and Health: Learns toWalking independently, explore new environments, and testing all boundaries! Uses fine motor skills with small objects like crayons and utensils.
  • Language Development: Expands vocabulary to include multiple words, gestures, and imitative speech. Begins to combine words to form early phrases. 
  • Creativity: Engages in early pretend play, such as mimicking adult activities. Enjoys drawing with crayons and experimenting with textures and sensory play! 

Toddlers 18- 36 months

The children in these classrooms learn manners, friendship skills, how to play with others, and basic communication and language skills. Our toddlers learn through active play, manipulation, and exploration of the world around them. 

This classroom follows a predictable schedule.


The children learn through ideas, games, songs, and activities within centers, whole groups, small groups, and one-on-one instruction. The children follow a schedule that provides routine and structure throughout the day. 

CCA supports and can assist with potty training during the toddler years. CCA will provide routine potty practices while taking into consideration the child's readiness and development.

Typically, children are potty trained by 2.5-3 and entering the Fancy Flamingo's class.


Butterflies 18-21 months

AR Ratio: 1:8

CCA Ratio: 1:6

Wildflowers 21-26 months

AR Ratio: 1:8

CCA Ratio: 1:6


Busy Bee's 24-30 months

AR Ratio: 1:8

CCA Ratio: 1:6

Fancy Flamingos 2.5-3 years

AR Ratio 1:12

CCA Ratio 1:7.5

Social-Emotional: Shows growing self-awareness and begins playing cooperatively in small groups. Practices taking turns with guidance and expresses a wide range of emotions.

Cognitive: Uses problem-solving skills during more complex play—building taller towers, completing simple matching or shape puzzles, and engaging in early counting and sorting.

Physical & Health: Improves balance and coordination like running, jumping, climbing, and kicking. Fine motor skills expand with drawing circles, using utensils, and beginning early self-dressing skills.

Language Development: Uses 2–4 word sentences to express needs, ideas, and feelings. Understands simple questions, identifies pictures in books, and increases vocabulary rapidly.

Creativity: Participates in pretend scenarios with peers—cooking, caring for dolls, “going to work.” Enjoys painting, sensory trays, music, and imaginative storytelling.



PRe-K: 3-6 years

Kindergarten readin

Our Pre-Kindergarten program mirrors a traditional kindergarten classroom and follows the Kindergarten Readiness Checklist to ensure all students are ready to transition to elementary school after PreK.

Through a variety of learning experiences-our approach encourages discovery in each learning domain, guided by our dedicated teachers and their creativity and intent to follow the child's lead and interests.



Hedgehogs 3 Years

Must be 3years old and potty trained

AR Ratio: 1:12

CCA Ratio: 1: 7.5


Krazy Kangaroo's 4 years

Ratio 1:15

CCA Ratio: 1: 7.5


Dynamite Dolphins 5 years

Ratio 1:15

CCA Ratio: 1: 7.5


Students should be ready to enter elementary school after completing this class.

The Kindergarten Readiness Indicator Checklist helps families and caregivers identify a range of skills, knowledge, and behaviors children master as they move through the pre-kindergarten year. Admission to kindergarten is not dependent on mastery of any or all of these indicators. The Arkansas Department of Education and the Arkansas Department of Human Services encourages families and caregivers to use this checklist to help children enter kindergarten with confidence. 

Social–Emotional:

Children build meaningful friendships, practice sharing and turn-taking, and learn to navigate conflicts with growing independence. They express emotions using words, show empathy toward peers, and take pride in helping with classroom routines and responsibilities. As confidence grows, children display increasing self-regulation and awareness of how their actions affect others.

Cognitive:

Pre-K children explore problems with curiosity such as testing ideas, predicting outcomes, and adjusting strategies. They engage in matching, sorting, simple sequencing, and memory activities, and they persist with tasks that require more focus. Early literacy and numeracy concepts emerge naturally in their play as they ask questions and apply new information.

Physical & Health:

Pre-K learners develop stronger coordination-running, jumping, balancing, climbing, and participating in group games. Fine motor skills strengthen through drawing, writing attempts, building, cutting, and using small tools. Children become more independent in self-care routines such as dressing, hygiene, and managing personal belongings.

Language Development:

Children use longer, more detailed sentences to share ideas, retell events, and ask questions. They follow multi-step directions, expand vocabulary, and engage in meaningful conversations with peers and adults. Awareness of print grows as they recognize letters, symbols, and environmental print, and begin experimenting with writing.

Creativity & Imagination:

Imaginative play becomes rich and story-driven—children create roles, settings, and narratives with peers. They express themselves through drawing, painting, building, dramatic play, music, and movement. Artwork becomes more purposeful and detailed as children learn to represent their ideas visually.

STEM:

Children explore math concepts through counting, comparing quantities, identifying shapes, building patterns, and experimenting with simple addition/subtraction ideas. Scientific thinking emerges through observing changes, asking questions, making predictions, and engaging in hands-on experiments. Using tools like magnifiers, manipulatives, and building materials helps them explore how things work.