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The Children's Place Preschool offers play-based indoor learning and outdoor learning, with activities that include helping children identify and express their feelings, solve problems non-violently by developing verbal skills, and explore their interests and ideas. The program includes parent discussion groups, family workdays, and family potluck dinners as part of its regular activities. The preschool also offers a kindergarten prep program with a Montessori-inspired curriculum that encourages self-directed learning and independence, along with personalized attention that reflects an individualized curriculum based on the school’s philosophy and values.
• Ages: 0–5 years old
The Children's Place Preschool operates as an early childhood education center and preschool with a kindergarten prep program serving families in the Westside of Los Angeles area. The school describes itself as a multicultural community that values and celebrates differences between cultures and offers high-quality, play-based childcare in both indoor and outdoor learning settings. Its mission is to provide a secure, trusting, and loving environment for children in the local community by delivering quality programs, with a stated purpose of fostering social, emotional, intellectual, and physical growth among the children under its care.
Teachers at The Children's Place Preschool have credentials with the Commission on Teacher Credentialing and many years of experience in early childhood education. The Executive Director, Kamilah Higgins, has over 27 years of teaching experience and started her career at The Children's Place in 1999. The preschool is licensed for preschool and childcare services and is described as having a loving staff offering reliable and stimulating childcare, guided by knowledgeable and experienced teachers in a safe and nurturing environment.
The program includes parent conferences and emphasizes kindergarten readiness through a Kindergarten Prep program that focuses on literacy, numeracy, critical thinking, emotional intelligence, and social skills. The school community is described as multicultural and encourages children to celebrate diversity. An on-site cook, Maria, has been with the preschool for over 25 years and prepares wholesome meals, with sample menu items such as scrambled eggs, wheat toast, apples, and milk for breakfast; baked chicken, mashed potatoes, salad, melon, and milk for lunch; and rice cakes with peanut butter or cream cheese and 100% juice for snack.
Last updated June 30, 2026.
• Ages: 0–5 years old
The Children's Place Preschool operates as an early childhood education center and preschool with a kindergarten prep program serving families in the Westside of Los Angeles area. The school describes itself as a multicultural community that values and celebrates differences between cultures and offers high-quality, play-based childcare in both indoor and outdoor learning settings. Its mission is to provide a secure, trusting, and loving environment for children in the local community by delivering quality programs, with a stated purpose of fostering social, emotional, intellectual, and physical growth among the children under its care.
Teachers at The Children's Place Preschool have credentials with the Commission on Teacher Credentialing and many years of experience in early childhood education. The Executive Director, Kamilah Higgins, has over 27 years of teaching experience and started her career at The Children's Place in 1999. The preschool is licensed for preschool and childcare services and is described as having a loving staff offering reliable and stimulating childcare, guided by knowledgeable and experienced teachers in a safe and nurturing environment.
The program includes parent conferences and emphasizes kindergarten readiness through a Kindergarten Prep program that focuses on literacy, numeracy, critical thinking, emotional intelligence, and social skills. The school community is described as multicultural and encourages children to celebrate diversity. An on-site cook, Maria, has been with the preschool for over 25 years and prepares wholesome meals, with sample menu items such as scrambled eggs, wheat toast, apples, and milk for breakfast; baked chicken, mashed potatoes, salad, melon, and milk for lunch; and rice cakes with peanut butter or cream cheese and 100% juice for snack.
Last updated June 30, 2026.
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