Mulberry Tree Learning Center is a full-time private preschool in Whittier serving children from about age 2 through school-age, with an on-site after-school program. The center describes a year-round program and a small enrolment focused on play-based, Reggio-inspired learning.
Mulberry Tree Learning Center is a full-time private preschool in Whittier that serves children starting at age two and includes an after-school program for older children. The school describes a relatively small enrollment and operates year-round.
The program is Reggio-inspired and grounded in social constructivist ideas: learning is presented as emerging from children’s interests, social interaction, and exploration. Classrooms and activities are designed to engage the senses and encourage hands-on, play-based investigations, with an emphasis on connection to nature.
Classroom spaces are organized to feel home-like and to support exploration; outdoor learning areas are used regularly as an extension of the indoor environment. The site uses a video monitoring system, issues unique entry codes for families, and requires thorough background checks (including FBI, Child Abuse, and DOJ checks) for staff.
Meals are served family-style to support social skills and self-help abilities. The center promotes healthy nutrition and restricts items such as soda, chocolate, sweets, fast food, juices of any type, and peanut butter; lunches are not warmed but food may be brought in a thermos. Regular community-based activities include nature walks, weekly park visits, trips to local businesses, and outreach visits from the school-age program to a local retirement home.
The after-school program serves children in grades Kindergarten through 5th grade from Ocean View Elementary School and provides a secure environment with academic enrichment opportunities.
Mulberry Tree Preschool provides a licensed, secure, and developmentally appropriate environment that encourages curiosity through exploration and play.
The TK/Kindergarten class focuses on a play-based curriculum aligned with California Kindergarten standards to establish foundational skills for local elementary schools.
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