About us
Unlike most daycares, we operate more like a traditional school, ensuring that our students receive lessons tailored to their specific ages and developmental stages. This also means that during the school year months (August - May) our teachers have daily lesson plans which include:
In addition to our daily curriculum, students participate in weekly chapel services in our fellowship hall, where they are introduced to a new Bible story, engage in worship music, and receive guidance and inspiration from our dedicated staff. A unique aspect of our daycare is our in-house Bible curriculum, based on the preschool Bible, which introduces young minds to Bible stories and teachings in an age-appropriate and engaging manner.(Our curriculum schedule is available here)
Beginning in 2025, we will transition to a 12-month program, meaning we will now operate year-round. This change will align with a new school calendar, based on the ZCSD calendar, though not identical. We will follow their schedule for emergency closures and weather-related cancellations but will be open for more days during extended holiday breaks and teacher in-service/remote days.
- Circle time
- Language Arts
- Math & Science
- Motor Skills (fine and gross)
- Sensory play
- Processed art
- Music and Movement
- A book
- Bible lesson
In addition to our daily curriculum, students participate in weekly chapel services in our fellowship hall, where they are introduced to a new Bible story, engage in worship music, and receive guidance and inspiration from our dedicated staff. A unique aspect of our daycare is our in-house Bible curriculum, based on the preschool Bible, which introduces young minds to Bible stories and teachings in an age-appropriate and engaging manner.(Our curriculum schedule is available here)
Beginning in 2025, we will transition to a 12-month program, meaning we will now operate year-round. This change will align with a new school calendar, based on the ZCSD calendar, though not identical. We will follow their schedule for emergency closures and weather-related cancellations but will be open for more days during extended holiday breaks and teacher in-service/remote days.
Hours of Operation
Monday - Friday from 6:30 am- 4:30pm
Full Day Preschool
5 days per week
Hours: 6:30-4:30 pm
Monthly Tuition: $850
Monday - Friday from 6:30 am- 4:30pm
Full Day Preschool
5 days per week
Hours: 6:30-4:30 pm
Monthly Tuition: $850
Our History
The Little School, one of Zachary’s oldest organizations dedicated to children, was established in the summer of 1976. That summer a group met to discuss opening a preschool-kindergarten program for the children and families in Zachary. The founding group included Marcia Eisworth, Brenda Triche, Barbara Calvin and June Siebert. They enthusiastically took their plans before the church’s administrative board, which showed its support with an overwhelming affirmative vote to provide space for The Little School. Eisworth was named director, and Triche, Calvin and Siebert became the school’s first teachers.
The group of four women was busy that bicentennial summer preparing the building and classrooms the church designated for their use in the original Sunday school building. In August 1976, The Little School opened its doors, offering a kindergarten class and preschool classes, using a developmental curriculum. That small group had no idea how many lives their creation would touch. They did not imagine the day when children of graduates would be enrolling their own children in The Little School, now a commonplace experience.
Eisworth and her teachers lived by the belief that learning should and could be joyful experience involving hand-on activities to stimulate children’s developmental and learning process. Eisworth’s attitude about childhood learning remains part of The Little School’s philosophy. The school’s students learn by having fun. Students enjoy activities such as arts, crafts, field trips, music and playtime, as well as informal chapel and story time.
“The Little School has always put the children first. There is a lot of Christian love shared, as well as plenty of smiles, hugs, and laughter seen, felt and heard in our classrooms. The Little School has touched many lives because it becomes a second home for our students. They are loved and cared for and thrive in this environment.”
For information on personnel related to The Little School visit the School and talk with our School Director or visit the Heritage Room within the Zachary United Methodist Church, or contact the Church Historian.
The group of four women was busy that bicentennial summer preparing the building and classrooms the church designated for their use in the original Sunday school building. In August 1976, The Little School opened its doors, offering a kindergarten class and preschool classes, using a developmental curriculum. That small group had no idea how many lives their creation would touch. They did not imagine the day when children of graduates would be enrolling their own children in The Little School, now a commonplace experience.
Eisworth and her teachers lived by the belief that learning should and could be joyful experience involving hand-on activities to stimulate children’s developmental and learning process. Eisworth’s attitude about childhood learning remains part of The Little School’s philosophy. The school’s students learn by having fun. Students enjoy activities such as arts, crafts, field trips, music and playtime, as well as informal chapel and story time.
“The Little School has always put the children first. There is a lot of Christian love shared, as well as plenty of smiles, hugs, and laughter seen, felt and heard in our classrooms. The Little School has touched many lives because it becomes a second home for our students. They are loved and cared for and thrive in this environment.”
For information on personnel related to The Little School visit the School and talk with our School Director or visit the Heritage Room within the Zachary United Methodist Church, or contact the Church Historian.
For more information about the Little School at ZUMC:
Email us: [email protected]
or Call us: (225) 654-7695
May God Bless You and Your Children!
Email us: [email protected]
or Call us: (225) 654-7695
May God Bless You and Your Children!