We offer care to children 6 weeks to 5 years old.

We generally follow the Knox County Schools schedule; therefore, our regular school year typically begins the first week of August and ends the week before Memorial Day. We offer a summer program from late May to late July, and full-day students are automatically enrolled. (Preschool students can enroll in the summer program in early spring based on availability.) To view our 2024/2025 calendar, see below.

Trick question, we are neither! We are a preschool that teaches through play-based learning, child-initiated experiences, and independent center-based exploration. Teachers provide scaffolding and experiences that promote growth in the following developmental domains: social-emotional, cognitive, language, and physical development. Additionally, teachers will plan and encourage activities that promote learning in science and technology, literacy, math, social studies, the arts, and music

We are currently full for all classrooms for the 2024/2025 school year, which begins Monday, 8/5/24. We are accepting waitlist applications for the 2024/2025 school year for our 3’s, 4’s, and 5’s classrooms, but our Infants, Toddlers, and 2’s classrooms have closed waitlists for the 2024/2025 school year. We are accepting waitlist applications for all classrooms for the 2025/2026 school year.

If you are interested in more information about our waitlist, please complete the waitlist inquiry form below.

We fill spots based on our waitlist. Priority is given to siblings of current students and church members.

Yes. Please contact us for more info on the discount for current church members.

No. Parents are responsible for providing lunch and snacks daily. As a threestar DHS-licensed program, parents are required to send well-balanced and healthy lunches that include the following components: 1 milk or milk alternative, 1 protein, 1 whole grain, 1 fruit and 1 vegetable (or two fruits and vegetables). Part-day students need 1 snack daily; full-day students need 2 snacks daily.

We are a ministry of the First United Methodist Church. The philosophy of the Methodist Church believes in Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors, and that is what we practice at First Church Preschool. Our families represent a wide range of beliefs and backgrounds, and we are extremely grateful for that diversity and all it brings to our program. Pre-K students are invited to attend a monthly chapel focusing on universal ideals like kindness, treating others as we would like to be treated, and social responsibility.




The Creative Curriculum for Preschool empowers children to be confident, creative, and caring learners through play-based, hands-on investigations--a research-based approach that incorporates language, literacy, and mathematics throughout the day.

• nurture the whole child from birth to age 5

• connect families to what their children are learning

• provide support for teachers when and where they need it

We also follow Conscious Discipline for behavior management and believe that "behavior moments" are simply a child's attempt to communicate a need or desire.

We generally follow the Knox County Schools schedule; therefore, our regular school year typically begins the first week of August and ends the week before Memorial Day. We offer a summer program from late May to late July, and full-day students are automatically enrolled. (Preschool students can enroll in the summer program in early spring based on availability.) To view our 2024/2025 calendar, see below.