La Jolla United Methodist Church Nursery School is an early childhood program sponsored by La Jolla United Methodist Church, founded in 1972 and serving primarily children ages two to five. The school offers play-based early education with an emphasis on outdoor learning and family involvement.
La Jolla United Methodist Church Nursery School is an outreach of La Jolla United Methodist Church that has operated since 1972. The program enrolls over 140 children and provides play-based early childhood education that integrates indoor and outdoor classroom experiences.
The school follows a play-based, child-centered model and draws inspiration from the Reggio Emilia approach. Instruction emphasizes emergent curriculum and project work, documentation of children’s learning, multiple forms of representation, collaboration, and teachers acting as observers and co-researchers in the classroom.
Indoor classroom spaces are extended by multiple outdoor learning areas, including an outdoor studio classroom, a community garden classroom, and playgrounds that are used as active learning environments.
The program prioritizes family engagement through home visits and parent association activities. It also offers after-school enrichment classes and other supplementary experiences to broaden children’s developmental opportunities.
The two-year-old program encourages growth of independence and social awareness, sensory exploration, physical skills, and language development through indoor and outdoor play with varied materials.
The three to five-year-old program emphasizes learning through play in both indoor and outdoor environments planned to encourage discovery, independence, and social interaction.
A parent-and-child class designed for caregivers and young children to explore classrooms, outdoor spaces, and sensory experiences together.
After-school enrichment classes are offered to supplement the core program with additional developmental and creative activities.
The pre-kindergarten program advances children’s learning with greater age-appropriate responsibilities and play experiences and includes activities to stimulate literacy, math, science, and handwriting skills.
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