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Children’s Choice Academy offers activities such as family fun events with food and drink, face painting, tours, music, art, and dancing. Children take part in petting zoo visits and spend time meeting, feeding, and caring for animals including Stanley the micro cow, Oliver and Elliot the baby goats, and Dolly and Toby the donkeys. Daily activities include outdoor play in age-appropriate playgrounds with climbing structures, digging in the sand, tending to plants in the garden, and group activities that use the Zoo-phonics® curriculum along with language and literature, mathematics and science, music and movement, art, and outdoor enrichment.
• Ages: 0–12 years old
• Schedule: Center hours vary by location, generally between 6:00 AM and 6:00 PM
Children’s Choice Academy is a preschool and child care center with seven locations and offers school readiness in a structured learning environment. Each classroom includes a library and a cozy space filled with books, and a dedicated on-site cook provides a healthy breakfast, lunch, and two snacks at no extra cost. The program uses the Zoo-phonics® multisensory curriculum and tailors its curriculum to various age groups across multiple learning areas, including outdoor enrichment, and children play outdoors for up to 2 hours every day. Families receive daily photos, videos, and updates through a parent app, and the program offers free childcare for families who qualify based on income guidelines, as well as in-house funding at locations other than Chula Vista and support for families who qualify for subsidy. Unforgettable visits from the petting zoo are a recurring feature, and security measures include restricted access controls, protective fences around outdoor spaces, and security cameras at the El Cajon and Lakeside locations.
Children’s Choice Academy lists CPR-certified staff and identifies specific leadership at each site, including directors and administrative directors for Woodside, Los Coches, Chula Vista, Escondido, Vista, and El Cajon. The program notes a new TK class now open at the School Age building on 2nd St. in Chula Vista and promotes Fall Festivals 2025 events at the Woodside Ave, Chula Vista, and Los Coches locations.
Last updated June 10, 2026.
• Ages: 0–12 years old
• Schedule: Center hours vary by location, generally between 6:00 AM and 6:00 PM
Children’s Choice Academy is a preschool and child care center with seven locations and offers school readiness in a structured learning environment. Each classroom includes a library and a cozy space filled with books, and a dedicated on-site cook provides a healthy breakfast, lunch, and two snacks at no extra cost. The program uses the Zoo-phonics® multisensory curriculum and tailors its curriculum to various age groups across multiple learning areas, including outdoor enrichment, and children play outdoors for up to 2 hours every day. Families receive daily photos, videos, and updates through a parent app, and the program offers free childcare for families who qualify based on income guidelines, as well as in-house funding at locations other than Chula Vista and support for families who qualify for subsidy. Unforgettable visits from the petting zoo are a recurring feature, and security measures include restricted access controls, protective fences around outdoor spaces, and security cameras at the El Cajon and Lakeside locations.
Children’s Choice Academy lists CPR-certified staff and identifies specific leadership at each site, including directors and administrative directors for Woodside, Los Coches, Chula Vista, Escondido, Vista, and El Cajon. The program notes a new TK class now open at the School Age building on 2nd St. in Chula Vista and promotes Fall Festivals 2025 events at the Woodside Ave, Chula Vista, and Los Coches locations.
Last updated June 10, 2026.
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