La Primera Preschool is a long-established early childhood program in Torrance offering play-based, hands-on early education for children from toddler age through transitional kindergarten, with an emphasis on early reading and sensory learning.
La Primera Preschool is a community preschool in Torrance that has served local families for decades. The program serves children from toddler age through transitional kindergarten and emphasizes hands-on, play-based learning and social-emotional development.
The program uses a play- and sensory-based approach with classroom activities that include art, reading, fine and gross motor development, and science/STEAM experiences. The school highlights an early reading component taught using phonics and includes activities involving plants and animals.
An after-school program for TK and kindergarten students that runs each day from 2:00–4:30 PM and focuses on group play and self-esteem; daily pickup from Arnold Elementary is included.
Two summer sessions with specified July and August dates; summer-school enrollment requires a separate application and assignment of teachers.
A yearly pre-reading class offered September through June that teaches reading using a phonics-based approach; enrollment requires eligibility for kindergarten the following year and a full-year contract.
An optional add-on hourly care option (listed at $8.75 per hour) available to children enrolled in a morning class; morning and afternoon blocks have minimum charges and afternoons offer free-choice play and optional nap time.
Classes for 18 months through transitional kindergarten; classes are separated by age group and include art, sensory activities, reading, fine motor and gross motor development.
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