We understand that, as a parent, choosing the best educational experience for your child is one of the most difficult decisions you have to make. We are parents, too. By offering an environment for your child where they can grow and thrive, we are confident that Cadence Academy Preschool, Bentonville, is the best preschool and daycare for your family’s needs.
At Cadence Academy Preschool, Bentonville, we integrate the most important elements in any child care or preschool, giving your child a fun, educational experience and care from an amazing team of highly-skilled teachers. We also have low teacher to student ratios. We extend our early childhood learning center’s value by providing nutritious meals and enrichment classes, such as Spanish, sports, and technology without any additional fees.
We are a family-oriented preschool and child care center. We have a reputation as one of the warmest and most welcoming early childhood centers in town. Our early learning center’s hours are 6:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., which allows parents plenty of time to get to and from work. Here are some other reasons why you should consider Cadence Academy Preschool, Bentonville:
Finally, we feature a Parents Night Out one Friday per month, and also offer an after-school program that focuses on snacks, homework time, and tutoring. As part of this program, we provide two buses that pick up at various local schools. Our After-School Coordinator, who holds a Bachelor of Science in Health/Physical Education, manages the After-School program.
To give you a better sense of all that our preschool and childcare center has to offer, we invite you and your family to stop in for a visit anytime! Contact us today for details.
Hello, my name is Shannon Blankenship, and I am the Director here at Cadence Academy Preschool. I am an alumnus of University of Central Arkansas. I have 32 years of experience in childcare. I have 3 grown children and in my free time I enjoy reading, floating in the river and camping.
Hello, my name is Makayla Roehl, and I am the Assistant Director here at Cadence Academy Preschool. I have been with Cadence since 2021 and started as a teacher before moving up to Assistant Director. I adore working with children and I am fortunate to be in a position where I get to help educate them every day. I have one son who is my whole world and in my spare time I like to enjoy the outdoors with my family.
Hello, my name is Jessica Patterson, and I have been with Cadence since 2008. I have a 19-year-old daughter and a husband who works for the Benton County Sheriff’s Department. My hobbies include cooking, riding motorcycles, drawing and spending time with my family.
Better Beginnings is Arkansas’s quality rating improvement system for licensed child care and education facilities. During the Better Beginnings rating process, our facility was assessed in five areas, including: Business Practices, Staff Qualifications and Training, Appropriate Classroom Setting, Educational Learning Environment, and Child Health and Development. All child care facilities in Arkansas are licensed by the Department of Human Services. Minimum licensing requirements primarily address health and safety issues. Better Beginnings, however, looks beyond minimum standards, evaluating the elements of high quality child care and early education experiences. Better Beginnings’ curriculum is based on the early learning and development guidelines: math, science and literacy. Some of the things you may expect as a result of our decision to meet the higher standards for Better Beginnings include: Increased qualifications and training for staff and administrators, a review and evaluation of administrative procedures, an assessment of classroom quality, and daily activities that address all areas of children’s development.
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Every family’s routine is unique — and your childcare should be too. With Cadence Education, our Family of Schools may offer various schedule options designed to fit your life.
Each of our school’s are unique, and may not offer all of the options listed below. Talk with your School Director to learn what options are available for your family at this location.

When schedules change, or the grandparents cancel, or life just gets busy, FlexiPass gives you five prepaid days of care that you can use whenever* you need them, one at a time or all at once. No registration fees. No ongoing tuition. Just dependable care when you need it most.
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