Penguin Crossing Academy

Always the right choice

  • Leading childcare center and preschool proudly serving the Lewis Center area in Columbus, Ohio since 2006
  • Committed to providing the best quality childcare service and holding fast to our commitment to offer a safe and loving environment
  • Tenured, credentialed teachers that are passionate about early childhood education including some that have been with us 5+ years
  • Phenomenal curriculum supplemented with rich extracurricular activities that make bringing your child(ren) to school easy and fun.
  • Bright, clean and state-of-the-art childcare facility with large outdoor playground

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School in Action

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Happy First Day of Spring!!! ... See MoreSee Less

Happy First Day of Spring!!!

The leprechaun left us some fun activities to enjoy today. 🌈☘️🍀 (building a rainbow, searching for gold coins, measuring our height with shamrocks, shape and color matching, rainbow rice, rainbow alphabet and fizzy pots of gold ). ... See MoreSee Less

The leprechaun left us some fun activities to enjoy today. 🌈☘️🍀 (building a rainbow, searching for gold coins, measuring our height with shamrocks, shape and color matching, rainbow rice, rainbow alphabet and fizzy pots of gold ).Image attachmentImage attachment+7Image attachment

Someone made a visit to us today.. sadly the traps our classrooms made didn’t Catch him! Maybe next year!! ... See MoreSee Less

Someone made a visit to us today.. sadly the traps our classrooms made didn’t Catch him! Maybe next year!!Image attachmentImage attachment+2Image attachment

Tick tok, it’s time to change your clocks! ⏰ ... See MoreSee Less

Tick tok, it’s time to change your clocks! ⏰
3 weeks ago

One of our Penguin Crossing Families is celebrating the finalization of their adoption today! We are so happy for you all and thankful to be a small part of your beautiful family! <3 ... See MoreSee Less

One of our Penguin Crossing Families is celebrating the finalization of their adoption today! We are so happy for you all and thankful to be a small part of your beautiful family!

Happy Birthday to all our March Penguin Friends and Teachers! We hope you all have a wonderful day! 🍀🎂 ... See MoreSee Less

Happy Birthday to all our March Penguin Friends and Teachers! We hope you all have a wonderful day! 🍀🎂
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Learning

At Penguin Crossing, the child comes first. We take pride in not only providing for their physical and emotional needs, but for their developmental needs as well. Our curriculum was created for its balance between both teacher-directed and child-initiated learning. It is our goal to help the children develop the passion for learning that they will carry with them throughout their life.  Penguin Crossing uses a weekly theme based curriculum that is designed to foster social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and language development and to enhance learning in literacy, math, science, social studies, and the arts.  This allows the teachers to plan and implement a developmentally appropriate, content-rich program for children of all backgrounds and skill levels that is constantly matching the interests of the students. Please be sure to look for the weekly lesson plans hanging in the classrooms.

Communication

Providing an environment where children grow their confidence and learn to express themselves in a variety of situations.

Social and emotional

Encourage children to develop an attitude of kindness, cooperation, courtesy and helpfulness towards others while developing self-confidence and independence.

Physical

Helping children develop their coordination, control and movement through a variety of fine and gross motor activities.

Expressive arts

Enabling children to explore and play with a wide range of media and materials.

Literacy

Encouraging children to link sounds and letters and begin to read and write. Children are exposed to a wide range of reading materials to ignite their interest.

Mathematics

Helping children with their counting skills, understanding numbers and simple addition and subtraction problems.

My Son has come here since he was 6 weeks old. He loves the teachers. He is now 2 years old and striving everyday. His teachers are always doing some kind on hands on projects with them and he is always telling me all about it.

Jennifer
Jennifer2023-12-28
Google

My son goes here and his teachers are amazing! I love PCA so much! They are so loving and caring! All the staff have such big hearts and they all feel like family!

Tori Whitacre
Tori Whitacre2023-12-14
Google

The staff at Penguin Crossing has been amazing! Our little guy loves going to school everyday to see his teachers and friends. They have helped to build his confidence over the last 4 years as well. We feel very lucky to have such a caring group of individuals with him everyday!

Jennifer Baden
Jennifer Baden2023-10-18
Google

Great place to send your kids Wonderful staff Always clean

Wonderful daycare my son loves going everyday.

Madina Sargand
Madina Sargand2023-09-06
Google

We have been so happy with Penguin Crossing. Our daughter has been there since she was 12 weeks and each classroom has been great. Would recommend.

Courtney Walsh
Courtney Walsh2023-09-05
Google

We have been with Penguin Crossing Academy (previously Kiddie Academy of Lewis Center) for a little over a year now and have had absolutely no problems with them! They are super friendly, easy to talk to, knowledgeable, and work with you and your famliy's needs! When I first moved to Ohio, I needed immediate care for my oldest. Calling around to different places I was running out of hope until I came across them. They were able to take him right on and have been great with him since! Later on when I had my youngest, they were tracking that he was arriving and had brought up when I would need care for my second before I did and helped with the transition of going from one to two in care. I truly cannot gush about how much I love this place for my kids, and how much both of my children have thrived there! Highly recommend!

Robin Braglin
Robin Braglin2023-08-22
Google

Observant, engaging care. I see the benefits of their program in my daughters mental and social growth frequently.

Holli Nunn
Holli Nunn2023-08-16
Google

My son has been attending Penguin Crossing for a couple years and really loves it. The staff/teachers are great and do a good job of keeping me updated and engaged with pics, updates, and opportunities to connect. They have fun activities from petting zoos and magic shows to library visits. Great place.

These teachers go the extra mile to help these kids learn, & play. They bring creativity to new levels & meet kids at their learning ability!

My daughter has been at PCA since she was 3 months old. I was nervous sending her to daycare, but the infant teachers made me feel comfortable from the beginning. My daughter is now 20 months old and loves running to her class every day.

Awesome learning environment for kids

Mary Moses
Mary Moses2023-03-20
Google

Both my babies go there and they love it, They have been going there over a year now and the teachers are great, they have great relationships with the kids. My kids barely get sick. They love their teachers. I absolutely love it. All my siblings have gone to the school & we just greatly appreciate them. I highly recommend them to anyone & to all the teachers that take care of my children, l want to say THANK YOU🙏🏾

Lisa O Okoroafor
Google

I love PCA. They take such great care of my boys. Not to mention, they are doing a great job preparing them for kindergarten.

Andrea Baker
Andrea Baker2023-02-27
Google

Son likes it here

Dustin Ahlers
Dustin Ahlers2023-02-14
Google

We started my daughter here in June 2021 when she was 18 months old and have had the best experience. With every new transition, they have been so supportive and my daughter truly loves going to school here. I know she is loved and safe, and the app with all the pictures/food/sleep/potty updates makes you feel very involved in their day. We're so lucky to have found such a supportive place for her to grow!

Really good teachers and caring administration. We love it there.

Kavitha Sundar
Kavitha Sundar2023-02-01
Google

Makes it so much easier on a momma’s heart to leave your baby with people who are so caring. We love Miss Bethany & Emily and everyone who helps in the classroom. Highly recommend! ❤️

Ashley Cardosi
Ashley Cardosi2023-01-03
Google

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