Little Village Nursery School, Los Angeles

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We are a cooperative community of parents and teachers dedicated to creating a safe, loving and nurturing environment for our children. Behind our gate is a pathway to a lovely private hidden garden where children play under huge trees, make rivers in sandboxes, create masterpieces in our writing house, and pedal tricycles all around the yard. Our rich developmental and multicultural curriculum offers opportunities for exploring science, math, pre-reading, writing, and most importantly, enhancing socialization skills - all learned through play. As a cooperative nursery school, our parents own and operate this program with the help of a paid professional Director and teaching staff. Mission Statement: The purpose of the school shall be to provide a school program based on a developmental approach to learning; to further the education of parent-members in the principles of child development, child care, and child welfare; and to create an environment in which parent-members work closely and co-operatively in administrating the school. Little Village is committed as an institution to the ideal of diversity with regard to race, ethnicity, religion, economics, politics, gender, sexual orientation, and disability in its parent population, student body, faculty and staff. History of Little Village Sometime in 1946, a small group of parents decided to form a cooperative nursery school in Los Angeles and Little Village Nursery School was born! Evelyn Finkle was the first director; Thea Logan, one of our first teachers, was the second. Parent-members included some of the city's most prominent psychoanalysts, including Ralph Greenson, Hannah Fenichel, Roz Wyman, Judd Marmor, and even Anna Freud as an advisor. Thea Logan and her teachers quickly came to the conclusion that parent education is an essential function of a nursery school co-op...and specifically, that her staff's job was to give parents confidence in their child-raising skills, not to take it away. This was pre-Spock, so there were few sources to consult whi
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Marisa G.
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Posted 3 years ago
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LVNS is a wonderful place for children to grow and learn through play and problem solving. The teachers are wonderful and truly care about the children.
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Jennifer P.
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Posted 3 years ago
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I absolutely love this pre-school I only wish I had more than one child so I could have more time at this incredible place. Half of the staff have been here over 20 years and all are so caring, loving and nurturing. The physical space is small and laid out well with a lovely outside space and trees. The staff has theme days, water days in the summer, Halloween dress up, live animals come one day, singing at the senior center for the... more
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Holly C.
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Posted 3 years ago
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Little Village Nursery School was like home to our children and to our family. The safe and nurturing community that we experienced was unparalleled. The teachers are experienced and adept, and we learned so much from them as parents. The curriculum is totally developmentally appropriate and the facilities are charming. We cherished our time at this special place.
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Center
Hours
8:45am - 3:30pm
Ages
30 months - 5 years
Kindergarten
No
After School Care
Yes
Accreditation
No
Meals Provided
Yes
Transportation
No
Facilities
•  Playground
•  Multipurpose Room
•  Indoor Playroom
•  Outdoor Play Area