Church-based and Christian preschools and pre-K programs for children roughly ages 2 through 5, including part-week Mother's Day Out options.
52 listings statewide.
Christian Preschool
A Nashville preschool with a biblically based, creatively fueled curriculum. The program emphasizes each child's mental, physical, social, and spiritual development.
Christian Preschool
Part of the outreach mission of Advent Presbyterian Church, serving children from age two through kindergarten readiness. The program is developmentally based and staffed by qualified Christian adults.
Christian Preschool
A preschool and nursery ministry that aims to lead children to Christ so they grow to know, love, and serve Him. The church also runs a Wednesday-night mid-week preschool for age 3 through kindergarten.
Christian Preschool
A Christ-centered preschool serving Clarksville families, directed by the Beautiful Savior Lutheran Preschool Committee. Its mission is built on the Proverbs 22:6 call to train up a child in the way he should go.
Christian Preschool
An early childhood program serving infants from six weeks old through Pre-K4. The academy's stated mission is to make disciples for Jesus and encourage lifelong learners in a nurturing community.
Christian Preschool
A preschool built on academic excellence founded in spiritual growth, serving children ages three and four. Classrooms use Abeka curriculum, Bible instruction, phonics, and stage-appropriate skills work.
Christian Preschool
A Christ-centered early education program and part of the Preschool Ministry of Brentwood Baptist Church. It offers a gentle first step into group learning for young children.
Christian Preschool
A ministry of Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church serving Knoxville since 1966. It offers full-time and part-time preschool plus certified kindergarten with a biblically based curriculum for ages 2-6.
Christian Preschool
A faith-based early education program for young children in Chattanooga. Families are welcomed into the learning community through tours and a guided enrollment process.
Christian Preschool
A nonprofit preschool of Christ United Methodist Church, licensed by the State of Tennessee. Classes serve children ages 12 months through Pre-K and the school takes part in the state's Quality Rating and Improvement System.
Christian Preschool
A Pre-K program for children ages 3 and 4 in a nurturing, Christ-centered environment. It uses play-based learning integrated with biblical teaching for spiritual, intellectual, social, and emotional growth.
Christian Preschool
The preschool ministry of Collierville First Baptist Church, including its Weekday Early Education program. Classes meet Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and support spiritual, emotional, physical, and academic growth.
Christian Preschool
Operated by Concord Road Church of Christ and licensed by the State of Tennessee as a Three-Star school. Classes meet Tuesday through Thursday for 3-5 year olds, nurturing children spiritually, intellectually, emotionally, and physically.
Christian Preschool
A ministry of Concord United Methodist Church serving the Knoxville community for more than 60 years. The program is open to children ages 12 months through kindergarten with experienced, highly trained teachers.
Christian Preschool
A preschool ministry of Faith Lutheran Church in Collierville, an LCMS congregation. It nurtures each child's development in body, mind, and spirit through play and academics.
Christian Preschool
A church-based preschool in the Farragut area of Knoxville offering creative learning for young children. The curriculum includes academics, Bible lessons, music, and fitness in a Christian atmosphere.
Christian Preschool
A preschool ministry serving children from birth through Pre-K five-year-olds. Its stated goal is a safe and caring environment for young children within the church's family programming.
Christian Preschool
A preschool ministry where children hear about the love of Jesus and learn Bible stories in a loving environment. Leaders are part of the church's ministry team.
Christian Preschool
A weekday preschool at First Christian Church in Johnson City with class options including a three-day program for three-year-olds. Registration opens annually for the coming school year.
Christian Preschool
A ministry of First Baptist Church Kingsport serving infants through four-year-olds. The program includes weekly chapel, gym and playground time, and staff who complete at least 12 hours of early childhood training each year.
Christian Preschool
The preschool of First Baptist Clarksville, where children are valued as unique individuals created by God. Experienced teachers make it more than day care.
Christian Preschool
A Christian children's center serving ages six weeks to five years, open 7:15 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Opened in 1996, it provides a stimulating, nurturing, and secure environment.
Christian Preschool
A Jackson tradition since 1971, licensed as a partial-day program for two- through five-year-olds. It provides a structured educational program with peers in a faith-based setting under trained teachers.
Christian Preschool
A weekday program offering developmentally appropriate spiritual, physical, mental, social, and emotional experiences in a Christian atmosphere. Children are nurtured spiritually through modeled Christian relationships and stories of faith.
Christian Preschool
A community service ministry of First Presbyterian Church of Murfreesboro. It is not full-time day care but an age-appropriate setting that extends the home, open to children age 2 through pre-kindergarten.
Christian Preschool
A private Christian school in Chattanooga providing a quality education while helping each child grow in their relationship with God. Its approach is developmentally appropriate and values creativity.
Christian Preschool
A loving Christian environment for young children, from a first toddler group experience through a kindergarten-readiness class. The program is part of the church's Kids ministry.
Christian Preschool
A Mother's Day Out ministry of First Presbyterian Church in Spring Hill for preschool-aged children. Families choose Tuesday/Thursday or Monday/Wednesday classes from August through May.
Christian Preschool
A preschool program where young learners build academic, social, emotional, and spiritual foundations using the Abeka curriculum. Hands-on learning introduces early literacy, math, science, and character development.
Christian Preschool
A Christian preschool affiliated with Germantown Presbyterian Church, with programs for infants through Pre-K up to five days a week. It emphasizes a safe atmosphere of mutual respect where social habits and self-discipline grow.
Christian Preschool
A ministry of Germantown United Methodist Church partnering with parents in a loving, developmentally appropriate environment. The program supports emotional, social, spiritual, physical, creative, and cognitive growth.
Christian Preschool
A part-time preschool for children ages 2-5 with classes offered August through May. Each class includes daily Bible lessons, weekly chapel, STEAM lab, and gym.
Christian Preschool
A licensed Tennessee child care program offering Mother's Day Out, preschool, and extended care with a 3-star rating, the state's highest. It has been recognized locally for best child care in Bartlett.
Christian Preschool
A day school preparing children mentally, physically, and spiritually in a loving Christian environment. Classes serve children from six weeks old through kindergarten with two-, three-, or five-day options.
Christian Preschool
The Campbell Street early learning campus of Jackson Christian School, serving children from 18 months to five years. The program emphasizes academic, spiritual, and behavioral foundations with experienced early childhood teachers.
Christian Preschool
A preschool ministry of Mt. Juliet Church of Christ serving children for more than 40 years. Classes meet two days a week for ages 2 through pre-kindergarten and teach God's Word through play and discovery.
Christian Preschool
The Pre-K program that anchors Mt. Juliet Christian Academy's college-preparatory K-12 education, teaching every subject from a biblical worldview. It offers a child-centered, nurturing environment for early learners.
Christian Preschool
A Franklin preschool offering a grace-based education rooted in biblical principles combined with classical education methods. The program serves children ages 3-5 and focuses on valuing each child individually.
Christian Preschool
A Christian preschool and part-time care program serving Murfreesboro families. Teachers are experienced in fostering a nurturing, supportive learning environment.
Christian Preschool
A Christian-centered early childhood program in Brentwood serving families for over 50 years. It emphasizes developmentally appropriate practice in a nurturing environment.
Christian Preschool
A warm, nurturing Columbia program for children ages 2-5 focused on early childhood development. It provides full-time care and accepts the State Certificate Program for local families.
Christian Preschool
An early childhood enrichment center of Second Presbyterian Church of Knoxville. It is a state-approved early childhood program that nurtures and teaches young children in a Christian environment.
Christian Preschool
A ministry of Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church providing a Christian environment for children's physical, spiritual, and emotional development. Its mission, from John 21:16, is serving the Shepherd and tending His lambs.
Christian Preschool
The largest outreach of St. George's Episcopal Church in Nashville, serving young children with a Christian, developmentally appropriate curriculum. Teachers follow NAEYC developmentally appropriate practices while fostering self-worth and creativity.
Christian Preschool
A private, church-affiliated school and educational extension of Redemption to the Nations Church. It offers a Christ-centered, faith-integrated academic experience for young children.
Christian Preschool
A preschool ministry of The Refuge Church in Spring Hill combining excellence in early education with teaching God's love. It keeps a small-scale, individualized care environment.
Christian Preschool
A Cordova learning center founded in 2014 providing child care and Bible-based education using the Abeka and Mother Goose Time curricula. It serves children from six weeks old with preschool-age classrooms included.
Christian Preschool
Trinity Christian Academy's early education program for children from six weeks through age three on the school's Jackson campus. Lead teachers hold CPR and first aid certification and pursue continuing education.
Christian Preschool
A Mother's Day Out and preschool program meeting Tuesdays and Thursdays at Trinity United Methodist Church. Its focus is a safe, loving Christian environment where children thrive.
Christian Preschool
For more than 57 years this Knoxville school has partnered with parents for the spiritual, intellectual, emotional, physical, and social growth of children. It serves ages two through kindergarten in a safe, joy-filled Christian environment.
Christian Preschool
A church-based preschool at Woodmont Christian Church in Nashville. The program follows NAEYC guidelines and holds a 3-Star rating with the State of Tennessee.
Christian Preschool
The preschool program of Zion Christian Academy, a PreK-12 Christian school in Columbia. Students are taught in light of God's truth from the earliest grades.
Most Tennessee families meet Christian education for the first time at a church preschool — a two- or three-morning-a-week program down the hall from a sanctuary, run by teachers who pray with the children and know every family by name. Reviewed September 2026
A Christian preschool serves children roughly ages two through five in a program built around play, early literacy and numbers, social skills, and daily Bible time. In Tennessee the large majority are ministries of a local church — Baptist, Presbyterian, Methodist, Church of Christ, Lutheran, or nondenominational — and use the church's classrooms, playground, and fellowship hall during weekday mornings.
The same buildings often host a Mother's Day Out or Parents Day Out program for younger toddlers. Mother's Day Out is care-focused and usually one or two days a week; preschool and Pre-K are instructional, meet more days, and aim at kindergarten readiness.
It fits families who want their child's first school experience to reinforce what they teach at home about God, and who want a small, familiar setting rather than a large center. It also fits parents who need a few structured mornings a week rather than full-time care.
It fits less well if you need year-round, open-to-close coverage for work — many church programs close for school breaks and summer, and part-week schedules can be hard to build a job around. If that's your constraint, look for a licensed Christian childcare center with full-week, full-year hours.
Part-week church preschool is the affordable end: roughly $150-$400 per month for two or three mornings a week, plus a one-time registration or supply fee often in the $75-$200 range. Five-day and full-day programs, and preschools attached to established private schools, commonly run $500-$1,200 per month.
These are typical ranges across Tennessee programs and vary considerably by metro and by church. Always confirm current tuition, registration fees, and sibling discounts directly with the program.
Tennessee licenses child care agencies through the Department of Human Services, and licensed programs receive a star quality rating — three stars is the top rating. Some church-based preschools are licensed and rated; others operate under an exemption available to programs run by religious organizations or to short, part-day schedules.
Exempt does not mean unsafe, but it does mean the state is not routinely inspecting ratios, background checks, and facility standards. Ask directly whether a program is licensed, what its star rating is, and if it is exempt, what standards it holds itself to for staff background checks, ratios, and training hours.
Tennessee compulsory attendance begins at age six, so preschool and Pre-K attendance is entirely optional and nothing about it needs to be registered with anyone. You have no reporting obligation for a four-year-old.
Tennessee families homeschool one of three ways: registered independently with the local school district, enrolled through a church-related umbrella school, or enrolled in a registered non-public school (category I-IV). Which path you're on determines who keeps attendance and records — not the program you attend.
That decision only becomes relevant the year your child turns six. Many families use a church preschool first and then move into a co-op, hybrid school, or full-time homeschool once compulsory age arrives.
The Education Freedom Scholarship funds tuition for school-age students at approved participating non-public schools; preschool and Pre-K generally fall outside it. If a preschool is attached to a participating K-12 school, ask which grades the scholarship actually covers there.
The Individualized Education Account (IEA) program serves students with qualifying disabilities and an active IEP, which typically means school-age students rather than preschoolers. Families with a child receiving early intervention services should ask their district about services available before kindergarten.
Separately, Tennessee's Child Care Certificate Program helps eligible working and student families pay for licensed care, and some Christian preschools accept it. Ask whether a program participates.
Tour during class time, not after hours. Watch how teachers speak to children who are upset, how transitions are handled, and whether the room feels calm and busy rather than either chaotic or silent. Ask how long the lead teachers have been there — low turnover tells you more about a preschool than any brochure.
Then check the practical fit: the days and hours you actually need, the drop-off and pickup windows, whether children must be potty trained, and how the program communicates with parents during the day.
Program rules, award amounts, and tuition change. Confirm details directly with each program and with the state before making decisions. Know a program that belongs here? Add it.