Location, cost, curriculum, and quality are factors to consider when selecting the perfect preschool. For many families, whether to register their child for a religious preschool is either a no-brainer or a hot-button topic. At Cornerstone Christian Academy, we believe that children’s spiritual growth should be tended to and valued right alongside social, emotional, and educational development. Here are ten reasons to enroll in a Christian preschool.

1. Children Develop a Solid & Foundational Worldview

The years between two and five are foundational to your child’s future success. During this critical developmental time, children form the basis of their worldview. How your child views the world is essential for contributing to and interacting with society as adults. Christian values will affect and foster this early on.

2. You Immerse the Child in God’s Truths of His Love

Immersion has been deemed the best way to become fluent in anything. If Christian values are essential in your household, you want your child to exude those beliefs everywhere. They already receive this at home and church, so why not at school? Promote complete immersion for God’s fluency habits!

3. Children Learn Valuable Lessons from a Biblical Perspective

Beyond academics, we also want our children to learn to be compassionate and well-rounded. This is why behavior is taught in life and learning but with God in the middle of it. Preschool can start this process sooner, and at a Christian preschool, it’s all taught from a biblical perspective.

4. The Curriculum Encourages Spiritual Disciplines & Habits

We have certain habits as Christians to help build and strengthen our faith. Disciplines like praying, reading the bible, scripture memorization, and worship can be modeled and habituated early on. This gets further reinforced outside the home as teachers educate children about it while modeling it.

5. It Prepares Children for a Lifetime of Spiritual Growth & Understanding

At such a young age, children often do things out of routine and habit. They don’t fully understand or comprehend why specific Christian values or disciplines are done. However, you don’t have to wait until they can understand. Starting young sets the stage for them when they reach an age where they can begin to reflect on and understand the different aspects of faith.

6. Christian Values Teach Leadership Values

Christian values stem from how Jesus lived, and Jesus is deemed the most outstanding leader of all time. A person will have a more positive impact when they know how to lead well. Along with the servant mentality Christians value, learning Christian values will make your child a foundational leader.

7. It Positions More Christian Role Models in Their Lives

Teachers are looked at as role models for many of their students. The type of people we want our children to look up to would be someone who models authentic and loving Christian values. A

Christian preschool puts this type of leader in your children’s lives, so they grow to respect and emulate them.

8. You Can Raise Your Home in the Way of the Lord

It is biblical for families to bring up their children by training and instructing them in the ways of God. Having those biblical principles in the school extends the values beyond the home. This reinforcement helps with being obedient to that responsibility.

9. Students Are Better Equipped to Handle Secular Ideas

Children who have been grounded in the truth of God’s word day after day during their formative years have the tools to apply this as they grow up. With a solid biblical foundation, they are far less likely to be influenced by secular culture as they encounter them.

10. You Can Connect with Other Christian Families

We are called as Christians to function in the body of Christ and not alone. When we plug ourselves into a community like a preschool, we set ourselves up to connect with other people with similar beliefs and goals for our children. This builds a robust support system and lets God do more work in the hearts of Christian families and evangelize to non-Christian families with children in that school. This is what changes the world!