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Why Choose DDA


Following are some important reasons to choose Dallas Daycare Acaademy (DDA) for your child.


We provide the highest quality care available for babies and children up to 6 years old.

We provide a comprehensive early education program to prepare your child for kindergarten.
Patti and our teachers are bilingual and speak Spanish and English to the children.
We have a dual language program using the bilingual version of Frog Street (See FrogStreet.com)
We have the Frog Street products for Infants, Toddlers, Threes, and the Pre-K product for the Fours and Fives.

We have a variety of extracurricular activities including soccer, yoga, dance and music, and gardening..
We have a multicultural program where students can experience aspects of other cultures,
We provide STEM activities as part of our curriculum, including use of a robotics system for the PreK children.
We prepare our children to be ready to go to public and private kindergarten, and give them the advantages to succeed.

In addition, through our summer program, we provide continuing development services to students who have graduated, as well as other children up to age 10.


Key Objectives of Kindergarten Readiness include:
  • Self-Care skills.

  • Language skills, vocabulary, comprehension and productive language.

  • Recognize and write their first name (sometimes last name)

  • Identify letters in their first name (sometimes last name)

  • Phonemic Awareness (Things that Sound the same/different)

  • Count and write to 10 or higher

  • Identify basic colors and shapes

  • Command of fine motor and gross motor skills.

  • Socially competent

  • Self-regulatory skills - This is the self-control to manage physiology, arousal, emotion, attention, and behavior appropriately for a task or situation

  • An enjoyment of learning and a desire to go to school and participate.