Building Empathy

Empathy is a very important topic of development at La Playa. We talk about it during our “parent talkovers.” And we practice it daily with the preschoolers. Empathy is our ability to imagine how another person is feeling in a specific situation and respond to them with care.  This takes a while for young children […]

The Quiet Space

We created a quiet space in our classroom. It is basically a table with a tablecloth on it (hanging down slightly to create a feeling of privacy). Underneath it we placed pillows and a cushiony rug.  Due to Covid we had removed many places where the children would be placed next to each other. We […]

An Interview with Teacher Ruth

Teacher Ruth recently retired from La Playa Cooperative Nursery School after working here for almost three decades.  She has been an important part of La Playa all these years and has helped to bring La Playa into the twenty-first century.  Ruth added a lot of great ideas to the classroom along with fantastic parent education […]