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This week we began incubating 12 eggs in our office. Small groups come to the office to visit our eggs and encourage them to hatch! #eggs #chicks #hatching #april #preschool #montessori #lomita

This years Spring Egg Hunt was a huge success! We had so much fun searching the playground for eggs. Thank you all for donating eggs to make this possible! 🐰🥕🐣 #egghunt #spring #fun #montessori #preschool #lomita

In April, we have been learning about the pacific islands, volcanoes, and more! Our students really enjoyed the volcano experiment. 🌋 #montessori #australia #volcanoes #preschool #lomita #april #schoolfun

Friendly reminder that we will be closed next week (4/14-4/18) for our spring break! If you have signed up for child care, we will see you next week. Otherwise, have a wonderful week and we will see you when we are back on Monday, April 21st. 😊

On Monday, April 21st we will be hosting out annual egg hunt! Please bring in 12 prefilled eggs to the office or your child's class. Please no food or candy in the eggs! Thank you for your participation! 🐣

Happy April everyone! This week we focused on spring activities to celebrate the weather getting warmer! We also had a visit from Pearly Smiles for a dental presentation🦷😁 #montessori #dentist #spring #april #preschool

Next week is the Week of The Young Child. This is a national celebration of young children and their education. Join us in celebrating with a spirit week! #weekoftheyoungchild #montessori #lomita #preschool

Happy Friday everyone! Our students enjoyed art projects, making lemonade, and more this week! #montessori #lomita #preschool #funfriday #dinosaurs

Next week will be our Spring Scholastic Book Fair! Stop by the office any time between March 31st and April 14th to check out the selection of books. Don't forget to ask your child's teacher for their wish list! #books #bookfair #scholastic #preschool #fundraiser #montessori

What a fun and busy week we had! Parties, discovering dinosaurs in fossilized eggs, and learning all about germs. Our toddlers are even doing an experiment about handwashing! #lomita #handeashing #dinosaurs #march #preschool #montessori

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Our school was so green yesterday and we all enjoyed a lovely feast of green foods. Thank you all for participating. 🍀😊 #green #montessori #stpatricksday #lomita #preschool #fun

Thank you all for participating in our Dr. Seuss spirit week! It was so fun seeing everyone in their spirited outfits. #lomita #drseussweek #spiritweek #montessori #preschool #fun

This week was dino-central at PCMA! Students created dinosaur art, discussed the many dinosaurs that lived, and we all brought in our favorite dinosaur for share day! #dinosaur #montessori #preschool #lomita #march

In celebration of Dr. Seuss's birthday on March 2nd, we will be having a spirit week next week! Join us in wearing fun outfits every day next week. 😊

This week we started learning about Africa and Dinosaurs! Our students love exploring the different types of dinosaurs that lived so long ago. We are looking forward to our Dr. Seuss week next week! #lomita #montessori #dinosaur #Dr.Seuss #africa #preschool

Thank you to the Iwata family for sharing Japanese culture with our students! The teachers and students all loved the presentation. #culturalawareness #montessori #preschool #lomita #japan

February went by so fast! Our students had so much fun learning about friendship and cultural awareness this month. We are so proud of every student and everything they accomplish each day. #montessori #preschool #lomita #friendship #culturalawareness

Thank you to everyone for joining us at our open house! We loved seeing our students introduce their parents to the work they do everyday!

Next week we will be hosting our open house. We hope everyone is able to join us and see what your children are learning in class. Be advised we will be closing at 3:00 on Tuesday, February 25th to prepare for the event.

Happy Friday, everyone! The week was short, but we had such a fun time learning about the water cycle, Asia, and more! #montessori #lomita #preschool #pacificcoastmontessori #fun

Our Valentine’s Day celebration was LOVEly. We enjoyed passing out goodies, eating yummy snacks, and creating Valentine’s art! #valentinesday #preschool #montessori #celebrations #lomita #pinkandred

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Just a reminder that we will be closed on Monday, the 17th and Tuesday, the 18th for President's Day and our Professional Development Day. We will reopen for regular hours on Wednesday, the 19th. Have a great long weekend!

With this week being so rainy, our friends stayed dry and warm doing fun art projects and making creations in the classroom. Our primary students created friendship fruit salad, our toddlers learned to make playdough, the preprimary students made orange juice, and more! #lomita #montessori #pacificcoastmontessori #preschool #rainydays

Happy Monday everyone. This Friday we will be hosting our Valentine's Day party! This is a child-only event that will happen between 9:45-10:45 AM. We will be having red and pink snacks, singing songs, and creating art. We can't wait to celebrate! ❤️

Check out our amazing students working so hard! Students were very focused on their Montessori materials this week. Have a great weekend! #montessori #pacificcoastmontessori #lomita #preschool #learning #earlychildhoodeducation

Hello families and happy February! Here are a few important dates to keep in mind for this month. We look forward to a February filled with lots of love. #valentinesday #montessori #february #lomita #preschool

If you’re looking for a nice evening out on Valentine’s Day, we will be hosting a Parent’s Night Out! This event will happen on February 14th from 6-9 PM. We will be having pizza and yummy snack while we watch a fun and family friendly movie. If you would like to sign up, stop in the office and speak with Devin or Eliana by Friday, February 7th. 😊

This week our students celebrated the Lunar New Year in class. Many students and teachers dressed in red to celebrate and some classes created dragon masks. Thank you to everyone for helping us celebrate and educating us on this holiday! #lunarnewyear #montessori #preschool #lomita #southbay #celebrations

Our students had a blast this week learning about snow and ice. Some of our classes watched ice melt in warm water and saved some animals from icebergs! #winter #ice #preschool #montessori #earlychildhoodeducation #lomita

We will be closed on Monday, January 20th in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. We will be open on Tuesday, January 21st for normal hours. Enjoy the holiday weekend!

This week our primary students discussed care of plants and planted their own succulents. We also made snow together and felt its texture. Everyone was able to enjoy some outside time! #montessori #pacificcoastmontessori #lomita #snow #play #learning

Our Valentine's Day fundraiser is up and running! Help us reach our fundraising goal and take home delicious chocolates as well. Follow the QR code or the link below to find our storefront.❤️❤️ https://www.yumraising.com/secure/pacificcma_valentines_candy_fundraiser36/DevLun8299/candy

Happy new year and welcome back for our first full week back! It was so wonderful to see everyone this week. We are so excited to see what this year has in store. Check out what are friends were up to this year. #happynewyear #montessori #preschool #winter #january #earlychildhoodeducation

Last week was our winter spirit week. Thank you to everyone for dressing your child in the theme of the day and helping us have a very fun week! Have a great winter break everyone! #winterbreak #spiritweek #holiday #winter #montessori #preschool #lomita

Friendly reminder, we will be closed for winter break from December 24th through January 1st. We will reopen for normal hours on January 2nd. We wish you all a happy and healthy break and happy holidays!

We are all so excited for the holidays, but our students are still hard at work! We are learning about different holiday celebrations and creating fun holiday themed work. #preschool #lomita #montessori #december #holidays #fun

On Monday, Santa traveled from the North Pole to deliver special gifts to our students. Our students had so much fun listening to Santa’s stories and telling him what they want for the holidays. Thank you, Santa!! 🎅🏻🎄 #santavisit #preschool #lomita #pacificcoastmontessori #montessori #holidays

Our students were very focused on their Montessori work this week. We had such a fun week of holiday discussions. See you all next week! #lomita #montessori #earlychildhoodeducation #pacificcoastmontessoriacademy #winter

Check out these photos from our winter recitals! Our students did so amazing and we could not be more proud of them. Thank you to everyone for coming and enjoying the performances!! ☃️🎄☃️ #winter #holiday #recital #montessori #lomita #preschool #fun

Hello PCMA! Next week will be our winter spirit week and our visit from Santa! Santa will be here at 9:30 on Monday, the 16th. We are excited to see everyone's fun outfits next week. 🎄⛄

A few reminders for upcoming events. Next week we will have our Winter Recitals! Our students have been practicing their holiday/winter songs and can't wait to show you. We can also look forward to our spirit week and our visit from Santa!

This week our students learned about Hanukkah, created holiday art projects, and enjoyed some play time in the leaves. What a great start to December! 😊❄️☃️ #lomita #pacificcoastmontessori #montessori #hannukah #holidays #fallleaves #winterfun

We hope everyone had a happy and delicious Thanksgiving! Enjoy some pictures from our harvest feast last week. Thank you to everyone for making this possible. 🦃🍁😊 #thanksgiving #harvestfeast #fall #montessori #pacificcoastmontessori #preschool #food

This week our students are preparing for Thanksgiving! 🦃 We are practicing shucking corn, setting the table, and making turkey art. We hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving! 🍁😊 #thanksgiving #montessori #pacificcoastmontessori #fall #holidays #preschool

Friendly reminder that we will be closed Thursday the 28th and Friday the 29th in observance of Thanksgiving! We wish you all a happy Thanksgiving and look forward to seeing you all on Monday, December 2nd. #thanksgiving #holidays #pacificcoastmontessori #montessori

Hi PCMA community. Friendly reminder that our harvest feast will be this Wednesday at 11 AM. If you are bringing in food items for your child's classroom, please bring them to the office by Tuesday, the 26th. Thank you! #thanksgiving #lomita #montessori #fall #earlychildhoodeducation

Happy Thursday! We hope everyone is having a great week. Our friends here at PCMA have had a blast working on fall artwork, working in their handwriting, and much more! ☺️🍁🦃 #montessori #preschool #southbayla #turkeyart #pacifccoastmontessori #lomita #childcare

Happy November, PCMA family! This month we are talking about virtues and values, so this week we talked about friendships and being thankful. Our primary students brought in some homemade drawings of loved ones they are thankful for. #lomita #november #fall #montessori #pacificcoastmontessori #earlychildhoodeducation #preschool

We will be closed Monday, November 11th in observance of veterans day. We will reopen for normal hours on Tuesday, November 12th. Thank you and have a great long weekend!

Last week we had a special guest from NASA, Mr. Marco. He taught us about how we get to space, what astronauts do, and told us about his projects at NASA. Thank you, Mr. Marco!! 🔭🪐 #lomita #space #nasa #pacificcoastmontessori #montessori #fall #solarsystem

Spotlight on our toddlers! This week our toddlers learned about day of the dead and what an ofrenda is. We also learned how to cut our own fruits, plant seeds, and clean our classroom. #montessori #foodprep #dayofthedead #toddlers #pacificcoastmontessoriacademy #earlychildhoodeducation

Our Halloween parade was a success!!🎃Thank you to everyone who came to watch our amazing students in their costumes. What a fun way to celebrate Halloween! 👻 #halloween #montessori #pacificcoastmontessori #earlychildhoodeducation #lomita #spooky #costumes

Halloween is only 2 days away! We are so excited to see everyone's costumes on Thursday. Please bring children dressed and ready to trick or treat.

This week our friends dissected pumpkins, went on leaf hunts, and made more spooky art! Our primary students have been working so hard learning math! #fall #montessori #pacificcoastmontessori #montessori #lomita #earlychildhoodeducation

Just a couple behind the scenes photos from picture day. All our students did such a great job taking pictures and we are so excited to see how they turn out! 📸 #pictureday #montessori #pacificcoastmontessoriacademy #fallfun #fall

Hi PCMA community, picture days are almost here! If you have not signed a permission slip for picture day, please stop in the office and fill one out. We can't wait to see all the students smiling faces on picture day. Reminder: Students on a M/W/F schedule will take photos on Wednesday. Students in a T/TH schedule will take photos on Tuesday.

This week our classrooms enjoyed some fun fall projects. Our preprimary class also really enjoyed the sensorial work this week. Our toddlers explored the different textures of fall pumpkins, squashes, and leaves. #fall #montessori #pacificcoastmontessori #earlychildhoodeducation #preschool #fallprojects.

Check out some of the fall art projects that our students have been working on this week! Decorating pumpkins and bats 🎃🦇. Our preprimary students have been working hard on their Montessori work. Keep up the great work friends! #montessori #pacificcoastmontessori #fallart #fallfun #october #lomita

October is here and our students all brought in fall items to share today. Keep following our social media for more fun fall pictures! Quick shout out to the new climbing structure, the primary students are having so much fun climbing. #montessori #lomita #pacificcoastmontessori #earlychildhoodeducation #fall

Hi PCMA Families, this week and next we are hosting our virtual Scholastic book fair! Start exploring all the books Scholastic has to offer with this link https://www.scholastic.com/bf/pacificcoastmontessori1. Also, if you would like to purchase a book for your child's class, each classroom has a wish list of books on their parent board. Our goal for this book fair is to sell $1000 dollars worth of books. If we can hit this goal we will be able to have our Spring book fair in person. So let's get reading! 📖 #bookfair #montessori #Scholasticbooks #fall #earlychildhoodeducation

Happy Thursday! Check out what our busy bees have been up to this week! Tracing, tong work, color matching and much more. We can’t wait to see what next week brings. 😊 #pacificcoastmontessori #montessori #earlychildhoodeducation #lomita #Spanishinpired #childdevelopment #preschool

We were hard at work this week learning new Montessori materials, computer skills, and practicing new Spanish words in our Spanish classroom. #montessori #earlychildhoodeducation #pacificcoastmontessoriacademy #lomita #spanishclass

Last week we celebrated 3 birthdays, learned about apples and practiced scooping them, and did fun experiments in the classroom! #earlychildhoodeducation #montessori #lomita #pacificcoastmontessoriacademy #classroomfun

Save the date! Come join us tomorrow night from 3:30-5 for our back to school night. You will be able to get to know your child's teacher, check out their classroom, and meet other parents too. We hope to see you all there! :)

The first week of our new school year is going great! We are getting to know our new teachers and new friends. In class we are learning all about our friends and got started on Montessori work. We can’t wait to see what the year brings! 😊😊 #montessori #pacificcoastmontessori #earlychildhoodeducation #firstdayofschool

Hello families! We will be closed this Thursday and Friday for professional development and classroom set up. We will also be closed on Monday, September 3rd in observance of Labor Day.

Spirit week was so fun! We got to learn about our friends cultures, tie dye some shirts, dress silly, talk about what we want to be when we grow up, and lastly, we had so much fun at our end of summer party! Thank you to our community for helping us have such a fun summer! #lomita #summerparty #summerfun #pacificcoastmontessoriacademy #earlychildhoodeducation #montessori #friends

Summer is coming to an end and we are enjoying every minute of fun in the sun. Our students enjoyed lots of outside time and creative art projects in class. #summerfun #earlychildhoodeducation #pacificcoastmontessoriacademy #montessori #lomita

This week we had some very special guests from the critter squad. We got to meet a couple of different animals and learn about where they live and what they eat. Thank you to Ms. Riley for a great presentation!! #crittersquad #montessori #earlychildhoodeducation #lomita #pacificcoastmontessoriacademy #summer #fun

Can you believe it’s already August?! We are halfway through our summer program and we all continue to enjoy the warm weather and company of our friends. 😊 #montessori #summerfun #pacificcoastmontessori #lomita #earlychildhoodeducation

Our friends have been having lots of fun learning new songs, creating art, and baking tasty treats! #lomita #montessori #pacificcoastmontessoriacademy #summerfun #earlychildhoodeducation

Today we had a special guest come visit our school! Professor Catie led many different experiments with dry ice and taught us cool facts about science! 🧬 👩🏼‍🔬 #science #professoregghead #lomita #montessori #pacificcoastmontessoriacademy #earlychildhoodeducation #summerfun

Spending lots of time in the sun and staying cool! See some of our friends learn how to garden, complete Montessori work, and splash around with friends! #lomita #montessori #pacificcoastmontessori #summerfun #waterplay #pooldays #sun #earlychildhoodeducation

We will be closed Thursday, July 4th in observance of Independence Day. We will be open again Friday, July 5th for our normal hours. Have a great Fourth of July! 😊

Kicking off our summer program with lots of art, bubbles, and water play! Stay tuned for many more fun summer activities!! #pacificcoastmontessori #lomita #earlychildhoodeducation #montessori #summer #waterdays #fun

Hi PCMA families! Just a reminder that we will be closed this Friday, June 28th to prepare for our summer program. We will reopen with normal hours on Monday, July 1st.

Congratulations to our 2024 graduates!! We are so proud of everything you have accomplished and we know you have very bright futures ahead of you. 🎓 #graduation #pacificcoastmontessori #earlychildhoodeducation #classof2024 #lomita #montessori #preschool

Happy Father’s Day to all our amazing dads and family members!! Thank you for joining us and we hope you enjoyed your celebration. Have an amazing Father’s Day! 😊 #fathersday #dadsrock #family #montessori #pacificcoastmontessori #montessori #lomita #earlychildhoodeducation

We can’t believe it’s already June! All the students are still hard at work with smiles on their faces. 😊 #lomita #montessori #pacificcoastmontessori #education #earlychildhoodeducation #funlearning

Over the last few weeks we have patiently watched our caterpillars turn into beautiful butterflies! 🦋 #pacificcoastmontessoriacademy #preschool #montessori #butterflies

We will be closed on Monday, May 27th in observance of Memorial Day. We look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday!

What a fun-filled week here at PCMA! Our students engaged in lots of hands on learning both outside and inside the classroom. #pacificcoastmontessori #montessori #lomita #handsonlearning #outdoorlearning #earlychildhoodeducation #springlearning

happy teacher appreciation week! 🍎💛✨Thank you for showing our teachers some extra love this week. Today’s sweet treats were a success and we can’t wait to see what the rest of the week brings! Feel free to stop by and sign our teachers’ posters near the front door and office ☺️ • • #teachers #teacherappreciationweek #teacherappreciation #montessori #lomita

April was an enriching and fun-filled month! We enjoyed learning many new works together as well as learning about our earth. We can’t wait to see what May has in store for us! #lomita #montessori #pacificcoastmontessori #earlychildhoodeducation #fun #springlearning

Hello friends & families school will be closed Friday February 16th for our staff in-service day & Monday February 19th For President's Day

In the Primary classroom, the children strengthen their fine motor skills by writing what they did over the weekend. #pacificcoastmontessoriacademy #montessori #lomita

Brotherly Love - Toddler twins enjoy discovering the train set together! #pacificcoastmontessoriacademy #montessori #lomita

Friendly Reminder - We will be closed on Monday, January 15th. School will resume on Tuesday, January 16th.

Building relationships while looking at a book together! #pacificcoastmontessoriacademy #lomita #montessori

Happy New Year! The children are excited to be back and are eager to see what's in store for 2024. #pacificcoastmontessoriacademy #lomita #montessori

PJ's and rain make the perfect match! #pacificcoastmontessoriacademy #lomita #montessori

The children enjoyed exchanging books with their friends at school today before Winter Break! Thank you for participating in this special event. #pacificcoastmontessoriacademy #montessori #lomita

Gingerbread House Decorating #pacificcoastmontessoriacademy #lomita #montessori

For Spirit week, the children enjoyed wearing their favorite Holiday sweater to school today. #pacificcoastmontessoriacademy #lomita #montessori

After their Winter Performance, the children enjoyed decorating cookies and drinking hot chocolate with their families. #lomita #montessori #pacificcoastmontessoriacademy

In the Toddler Classroom, the children sang Christmas carols with their parents/grandparents and then celebrated with pretend snow. #pacificcoastmontessoriacademy #lomita #montessori

The Holiday fun continues #pacificcoastmontessoriacademy with learning about Hanukkah. #lomita #montessori

Visit with Santa - The children enjoyed visiting with Santa today! Singing songs, reading a story, taking photos, and playing ball. #lomita #montessori #pacificcoastmontessoriacademy

The Holidays Are Here @ PCMA! This week, the children enjoyed creating pipe cleaner candy canes, decorating Christmas trees, and making edible snowman. #lomita #montessori #pacificcoastmontessoriacademy

All smiles #pacificcoastmontessoriacademy as the children enjoy the brisk SoCal weather! #lomita #montessori