Growing Garden Preschool

The Growing Garden Preschool is a place where young children discover creative and nurturing experiences. Our Preschool fosters a life-long quest and love for learning, building a strong foundation for social, emotional, academic, physical and spiritual growth. We are the only Jewish Preschool in the South Bay that is Reggio Emilia inspired.

Growing Garden Preschool

The Growing Garden Preschool is a place where young children discover creative and nurturing experiences. Our Preschool fosters a life-long quest and love for learning, building a strong foundation for social, emotional, academic, physical and spiritual growth. We are the only Jewish Preschool in the South Bay that is Reggio Emilia inspired.

Growing Garden Preschool

The Growing Garden Preschool is a place where young children discover creative and nurturing experiences. Our Preschool fosters a life-long quest and love for learning, building a strong foundation for social, emotional, academic, physical and spiritual growth. We are the only Jewish Preschool in the South Bay that is Reggio Emilia inspired.

Growing Garden Preschool

The Growing Garden Preschool is a place where young children discover creative and nurturing experiences. Our Preschool fosters a life-long quest and love for learning, building a strong foundation for social, emotional, academic, physical and spiritual growth. We are the only Jewish Preschool in the South Bay that is Reggio Emilia inspired.

Growing Garden Preschool

The Growing Garden Preschool is a place where young children discover creative and nurturing experiences. Our Preschool fosters a life-long quest and love for learning, building a strong foundation for social, emotional, academic, physical and spiritual growth. We are the only Jewish Preschool in the South Bay that is Reggio Emilia inspired.

About us

Our preschool is equipped with state-of-the-art learning materials, resource guides, a full functioning children’s kitchen and children’s library filled with beautiful books. Our classrooms are our “third teachers”. Everything in them provides an opportunity for learning and growing. They are large, bright, warm and natural.

  •  <span class="lte-header lte-h6"> Every Child Is Unique </span>
    Every Child Is Unique Every child has their own interests, learning styles and language. The Growing Garden provides our children the space and opportunity to interact and play in a meaningful environment in their specific language. We are a place where children can construct new ideas and discover the world around them. They are inspired to think, reason, question and experiment through play and hands-on activities.
  •  <span class="lte-header lte-h6"> Reggio Emilia Inspired  </span>
    Reggio Emilia Inspired The curriculum is designed in Reggio fashion to combine learning through self-discovery and teacher guidance. This encourages children to gain confidence and experience cooperative relationships with both peers and adults, all in an atmosphere of inspiration and growth filled with joy, laughter, traditional Jewish values, and developmental and academic excellence.
Curriculum

Our programs

Infant Center
  • Infants feel safe and happy
  • Small teacher/student ratios
  • Warm and loving environment
  • Large, bright, warm and natural classrooms
  • Warm and highly trained staff
  • Developing early social/emotional skills
  • Manipulatives for building fine and gross motor mastery
  • Focus on early communication skills
Preschool
  • Children feel safe and happy
  • Warm and loving environment
  • Large, bright, warm and natural classrooms
  • Indoor/outdoor library
  • State-of the art learning materials
  • Develop problem-solving abilities
  • Teaching positive Jewish values
  • Building independent children with a strong and healthy self-esteem
JBabies
  • Meet other moms for socialization and support.
  • Learn parenting tips
  • Great parenting discussions
  • Discover Jewish traditions through songs, recipes, discussions and crafts.
  • Parent & baby shared activities
  • Amazing interactive circle time
  • Transitioning into Preschool
About

Our Educational Environment

The Growing Garden Preschool caters to the South Bay area including the cities of Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach and Hermosa Beach. It is located on Vail Avenue just one block North of Artesia Blvd. (the parking lot entrance is on Nelson Ave). The site is safe, modern, and equipped with all the requisite amenities of a first-class preschool, including bright classrooms, indoor play areas, and outdoor playgrounds. The educational environment is viewed as the “third teacher,” with the power to provoke curiosity and encourage interaction. Everything in it provides an opportunity for learning and growing. We strongly value elements of light, transparency, and natural materials. You will not find commercial posters or plastic furniture bought from catalogs. What you will find is evidence of community as well as documentation of the learning experiences and interactions of the children, teachers, and families.


CLASSROOMS

Our classrooms are large, bright, warm and natural. The walls are decorated solely with our children’s creative work, documenting their learning experiences and interactions with their environment. Each classroom is equipped with state-of-the-art learning materials, a full functioning children’s kitchen and children’s library filled with beautiful books allowing the children to learn and develop through their own curiosity and interactions with their environment.


OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT

Our interactive outdoor equipment creates a space where children can climb, slide, imagine and socialize. Our outdoor music center is a wonderful place for our children to play and compose music. We bring our indoor classroom outside so children can enjoy reading, art and building all while being inspired by our sunny California weather.


INDOOR-OUTDOOR LIBRARY

Our gorgeous indoor-outdoor school library in the yard is open to the play yard allowing for children to move back and forth between reading and playing. The library provides a quiet relaxed atmosphere where children can choose from hundreds of books to practice their reading and spark their imagination.

Our Advantages

  • Why the Growing Garden Our Preschool fosters a life-long quest and love for learning, building a strong foundation for social, emotional, academic, physical and spiritual growth.
  • Building a Village It takes a village to raise a child. We are your village. The Growing Garden is a community of like minded parents, children and educated who build life-long friendships together.
  • Happy Children When you enter The Growing Garden campus, the first thing you will notice is, the children are happy. The most important ingredient in children's development is being in a happy, caring and loving environment .
  • Strong Foundation for Learning The curriculum is designed to combine learning through self-discovery and teacher guidance. The enthusiasm and fun learning experience helps the children build a life-long love for learning.
  • Classroom is a Third Teacher Everything in our classrooms provides an opportunity for learning and growing. They are large, bright, warm and natural.
  • Engaging Outdoor Spaces We bring our indoor classroom outside so that our children can enjoy reading, art and building all while being inspired by our sunny California weather.
Programs

Our Affiliates

The Jewish Community Center

Your Jewish Home in the South Bay

Academy of the Arts

Premier Elementary School, Grades TK-8

JLA Hebrew School

Fun, Interactive Jewish Learning & Discovery Ages 5-13

Camp Gan Israel Summer Camp

A Summer of Fun, A Lifetime of Memories Ages 5-11