Programs
We offer several programs to meet your family's needs.
Full-time and part-time schedules available.
Afternoon Options at the Venice Location:
Please contact us for current tuition information.
Full-time and part-time schedules available.
- Morning with Lunch Bunch: 8am - noon
- Morning with Extended Day Option: 8am - 3pm
- Morning with Late Owls: 8am-6pm
Afternoon Options at the Venice Location:
- 12-6pm or 3pm-6pm
Please contact us for current tuition information.
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A Day at Young Minds Learning Academy
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Drop-off Activity
During this time, you and your child will have time to sign-in for the day, put materials in your child's cubby, and sit with your child to work on a morning activity before saying goodbye. We feel that it is very important for you to take a few minutes to sit with your child at drop-off to help your child transition into the school day. Your child will begin to look forward to, and become familiar with, this drop-off routine.
Circle Time
Circle Time is a time when the children and teacher come together to say good hello and get the day started. During this time your child will sing a good morning song, play a "getting to know each other" activity, have time to share, as well as do our themed read alouds and activities together. This routine is an important element in our day, for it allows the children the opportunity to sit together and get to know each other a little better.
Learning Rotations
Learning rotations is a time when your child will rotate through a fifty minute language arts lesson or math lesson. During each lesson your child will learn a new concept or skill which is explicitly taught in a 10 minute mini-lesson. Following the mini-lesson your child will have the chance to participate in a hands-on project aligning with the learned standard or choose an independent center where he/she will practice using their new skill. This time allows your child to learn the concepts and skills that will prepare them for their transition into kindergarten.
Snack
We provide students with a variety of healthy, organic snack choices everyday. We encourage the children to take this opportunity to be very self-sufficient. The children take the initiative to help set up their table by passing out napkins, plates, and cups. The children also make their snack choices independently as well as serve themselves. By doing these tasks independently it allows the children to feel proud and gain self-esteem.
Outdoor Exploration
The outdoor exploration is an important time when your child has the freedom to choose any activity he/she wants to do on our playground. Your child will have a variety of activities to choose from each day. Our outdoor activities may include riding tricycles, climbing on the jungle gym, working in the garden, painting at the easels, exploring at the water and sand tables, hunting for bugs using our bug catchers, blowing and observing bubbles, or just socializing with their friends. The teachers at Young Minds Learning Academy also use the outdoor time to invite students to participate in a new art activity or science experiment. The outdoor exploration time allows your child to expand their social skills, practice using their fine and large motor skills, as well as spark the curiosity that may be hiding in your little scientist.
Indoor Exploration
Our indoor exploration time allows your child to choose any activity he/she wishes to do inside of the classroom. Every week the teachers at Young Minds Learning Academy create an assortment of engaging activities for your child to choose from. Your child may have the opportunity to play dress-up with friends, construct a castle out of blocks, use face paint to transform into a lion, use a magnifying glass to observe our butterflies, or they may choose to work on a puzzle with a friend. Indoor exploration is a time when your child can be free to make their own choices and work on activities that meet the interests your child may have.
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Five Days of Enrichment
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Young Minds Preschool offers 5 days of enrichment which includes, but is not limited to: cooking, art, science, music, and movement classes! Each class gets a 35-minute rotation with a different enrichment class each day!
Venice Enrichment
Monday Creatures Alive and Gardening We will focus on different animals/creatures each week...fish, geckos, lizards, hamsters, meal worms, and more! The children will get hands-on experience learning all about them. For gardening we will have visitations from Jill, our landscaper, to help guide the children through taking care of plants. We will also do fun projects with seeds, dirt, worms, etc.
Tuesday Art Each month we will focus on a different artist/technique. We will be painting, doing photography, and even ceramics!
Wednesday Music with Music Rhapsody in the morning and Fundamentals of Music in the afternoon!
Thursday Cooking/Science Lab We will alternate months of science experiments and chefs in the classroom.
Friday Movement Class Students will get to have fun with parachutes, drama, yoga, hip hop, and gymnastics, to name a few.
Tuesday Art Each month we will focus on a different artist/technique. We will be painting, doing photography, and even ceramics!
Wednesday Music with Music Rhapsody in the morning and Fundamentals of Music in the afternoon!
Thursday Cooking/Science Lab We will alternate months of science experiments and chefs in the classroom.
Friday Movement Class Students will get to have fun with parachutes, drama, yoga, hip hop, and gymnastics, to name a few.
West LA Enrichment
Mondays: Sports Class with the company Coach Derek. Every month they focus on a different sport, some of which include soccer, basketball, and baseball!
Tuesdays: Music Class with Music Rhapsody!
Wednesdays: Art The children will focus on a different artist and/or technique each week! We will be painting, doing photography, and even ceramics!
Thursdays: Movement Class Children will do yoga, gymnastics, parachuting, hip hop, and much more!
Fridays: Cooking/Science Lab We will alternate months of science experiments and chefs in the classroom.
Tuesdays: Music Class with Music Rhapsody!
Wednesdays: Art The children will focus on a different artist and/or technique each week! We will be painting, doing photography, and even ceramics!
Thursdays: Movement Class Children will do yoga, gymnastics, parachuting, hip hop, and much more!
Fridays: Cooking/Science Lab We will alternate months of science experiments and chefs in the classroom.
Spanish
In Venice we offer a 30-minute Spanish lesson twice a week! Our incredible Spanish teacher exposes children to Spanish using Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences. Children will learn Spanish by playing a variety of games, reading stories, acting out stories, and singing songs.
On our West LA campus, Spanish will be integrated into the daily routine, with one out of the three teachers in each class being native Spanish speakers!
On our West LA campus, Spanish will be integrated into the daily routine, with one out of the three teachers in each class being native Spanish speakers!
