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Kids By The Sea offers play-based days that include play, project work, project-based learning, art, music, cooking, movement, yoga, and gardening. The program uses a child-centered, Reggio-inspired, play-based, and project-based curriculum that is rooted in children’s interests. Much of the day is spent in an outdoor classroom, with long stretches of uninterrupted play, hands-on exploration, collaboration, inquiry, and other meaningful experiences in the classrooms.
• Ages: 2–5 years old
• Schedule: Extended, morning, and full-day options, with programs starting at 8am and ending between 12:30pm and 5:00pm
Kids By The Sea describes its curriculum as resting on three pillars: play, project-based learning, and time in nature in the outdoor classroom. All teachers have bachelor’s degrees with specialty training in child development, and teachers are described as knowledgeable, reflective, and deeply committed to building strong, trusting relationships with children and families. The program states that parents are considered essential partners in the educational process, and it envisions the early childhood setting as a “new neighborhood” and community built around children.
The stated mission of Kids By The Sea is to support families by providing children with an early childhood education built upon nurturing the whole child, focusing on social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development, and by providing families with a community support system built upon an extended family model. The preschool serves as a community hub for North County families and offers parenting classes and book clubs, community dinners, parents’ nights out, and clubs based around parent interests, and it also mentions non-profit work supporting teachers at Ubuntu Alliance.
One parent, Brittany, describes Kids By The Sea as “so much more than a preschool,” highlighting play, projects, and a variety of parent-only and family events that have created a “tight-knit community.” Another family, Devan and Garrett, describe the environment as “warm, creative, and thoughtfully designed,” and say they feel their children are “deeply loved, seen, and prioritized.” Ruth and Mitch share that their children spend their days doing yoga, music, gardening, art, and “all the messy, joyful things childhood should be about,” and their son says he is “living his best life” there.
Last updated July 8, 2026.
• Ages: 2–5 years old
• Schedule: Extended, morning, and full-day options, with programs starting at 8am and ending between 12:30pm and 5:00pm
Kids By The Sea describes its curriculum as resting on three pillars: play, project-based learning, and time in nature in the outdoor classroom. All teachers have bachelor’s degrees with specialty training in child development, and teachers are described as knowledgeable, reflective, and deeply committed to building strong, trusting relationships with children and families. The program states that parents are considered essential partners in the educational process, and it envisions the early childhood setting as a “new neighborhood” and community built around children.
The stated mission of Kids By The Sea is to support families by providing children with an early childhood education built upon nurturing the whole child, focusing on social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development, and by providing families with a community support system built upon an extended family model. The preschool serves as a community hub for North County families and offers parenting classes and book clubs, community dinners, parents’ nights out, and clubs based around parent interests, and it also mentions non-profit work supporting teachers at Ubuntu Alliance.
One parent, Brittany, describes Kids By The Sea as “so much more than a preschool,” highlighting play, projects, and a variety of parent-only and family events that have created a “tight-knit community.” Another family, Devan and Garrett, describe the environment as “warm, creative, and thoughtfully designed,” and say they feel their children are “deeply loved, seen, and prioritized.” Ruth and Mitch share that their children spend their days doing yoga, music, gardening, art, and “all the messy, joyful things childhood should be about,” and their son says he is “living his best life” there.
Last updated July 8, 2026.
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