La Playa Cooperative Nursery School

Culver City's Landmark Cooperative Preschool, since 1948

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An Interview with Teacher Ruth

July 20, 2022March 12, 2023 Teri Avila

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 […]

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Growing Potatoes with Preschoolers

April 17, 2022March 12, 2023 Teri Avila

Planting & Growing In the fall of 2021 our planters were empty.  The beauty of a parent-participation preschool is that parents are actively involved, so one of our parents brought in some potatoes for us to plant.   The children planted the potatoes and took great care watering them over the next four and a […]

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Zoom Open House tours start on March 10th!

March 5, 2022March 12, 2023 La Playa

We are starting up our Zoom Open House tours of our school, beginning on Thursday March 10th, 2022 at 2:30pm! From here on out, we will be having our Zoom tours every 2nd Thursday of each month. For the Zoom link and more details, please email: director@laplayacooperative.com

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Learning Through Play on a Rainy Day

February 11, 2022March 12, 2023 Teri Avila

Living in Los Angeles, there isn’t a lot of experience with rain.  However, the last few months have had a number of rainy days. Usually parents like to keep their children inside to keep them dry during these days, but at La Playa Cooperative we go outside when it rains. We know that this is […]

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  • Address:
    5041 Rhoda Way, Culver City, CA. 90230
  • Phone:
    (310) 839-1579
  • Email:
    director@laplayacooperative.com
  • Mailing Address:
    All mail should be sent here
    P.O.Box 3464 Culver City, CA 90231-3464
La Playa Nursery School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.A non-profit 501 © (3) corporation DSS facility #191600388
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