Canyon Early Learning Center is a Monrovia Unified School District preschool that serves three- and four-year-old children as a California State Preschool Program; it offers both part-day sessions and a full-day option.
Canyon Early Learning Center is a district-run preschool program serving three- and four-year-old children. The program emphasizes play-based learning and routine preschool activities such as greeting circle, small group work, music and movement, choice time, reading, meals, and outdoor play.
The center uses a research-based early childhood curriculum aligned with California’s Preschool Learning Foundations and Frameworks and identifies focus measures from the Desired Results Developmental Profile to drive instruction. Teachers use hands-on investigations to support development across social-emotional, physical, language, cognitive, literacy, mathematics, science, social studies and the arts. Formative assessments are conducted using an online tool (Cognitive Toy Box) and student progress is tracked with the DRDP.
Regular emergency drills (fire, earthquake and lock down) are practiced monthly and the site maintains documented emergency guidelines and evacuation plans. The center stocks water, food and emergency supplies to care for children for several days and identifies alternate evacuation locations within the community.
Families are invited to participate through a Parent Advisory Committee and volunteer opportunities. The site holds events such as open houses and parent orientations and provides a multi-step registration process that includes an eligibility interview and submission of required documents.
A full-day preschool option that runs from 7:30 am to 5:00 pm; full-day enrollment requires families to meet program eligibility and need guidelines.
A part-day three-hour preschool program offered in morning and afternoon sessions for three- and four-year-old students.
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