United Children’s Learning Academy

What can I say? I LOVE this school! It’s organized, structured, and yet progressive. I love that they have gardening, yoga, music, dance, and optional field trips that includes the parents! This school was recommended to me by a speech therapist and I’m thanking her every day. The classes are small and the teachers/​staff are so loving and nurturing. I feel like they all really love what they do and it shows. I feel like my son is truly cared for and they are aware of his progress. The parent community is wonderful and very down to earth. I really feel like this school is a prize and I would highly recommend it!

Like everyone else, we adore this school.

My son has been at United Children’s Learning Academy for almost 6 months now. I could not be happier with the school or the administration. I researched schools for months before deciding on a program to send my kid and boy I am glad I did. United is not «fancy» on the outside, rather plan and almost a bit cold. Its in the heart of North Hollywood, and not really in the neighborhood I would expect to find such an incredible school. It is a relatively new preschool and does not have the recognition or enrollment over crowding and wait list like other valley preschools have. But is will soon!!!
This school is absolutely AMAZING!!! I was worried that I would be paying an arm and a leg for a glorified babysitter, but that is just not the case at UCLA! My son’s teacher is incredible with the kids. They do actual school work… Lettering recognition, writing, journaling, science projects and more all in a 2 – 3 year old class. They have a technology lab with «Hatch» computers that the children use 2−3/ week. These computers are designed for preschool aged children and have letter/​word/​math programs design to teach and grow with your child’s ability. Each kid has his own profile on the computers which allows the teachers and parents to see just what their kids are learning and or struggling within the program. Each classroom has Smart boards that the teachers and students use daily. What preschool has smart boards???
The school believes that there is more to learning then just «school» work so they also have dance, yoga, music, art and even gardening included in their weekly program. Once a month the school also has an optional field trip. This month the kids are studying Space so they are going to the space museum. United offers several after school activities that the children can join. My son loves the dramatic play class and is going to start taking the art class. The playground is incredible too! The kids will go out there 2 – 3 times a day to play and have fun. They also use the outdoor eating area for lunch or messy classroom projects. My son’s class even had a picnic one day.
The parent involvement is wonderful too. This school is truly a community. We utilize social media to plan play dates and other group activities. The kids are all so incredibly close to each other, and there is never an «outsider». It is a true full inclusion school and my son is lucky to be exposed to such diversity. In his eyes everyone is equal and everyone is special! I love that my child loves going to school as much as he does… he even wants to go on the weekends!!!
The best part of United Children’s Learning is that I know that when it is time for me to apply to the highly competitive independent schools in the area my child is going to have the competitive advantage with the education he is receiving here on a daily bases. It is clear when I tour other schools, that UCLA curriculum is far Superior to any of the other preschool programs in the area. I COULD NOT ask for anything more from this amazing school!!!

Bottom line: We LOVE this school. Our 4 year old son has been attending United Children’s Learning Academy for about a year now and we really couldn’t be happier. So why am I posting now? I knew we were pleased with United, but after beginning our search for kindergartens, it made me even MORE AWARE of how fortunate we are to have found «UCLA» for preschool.
First, it’s a pretty incredible learning environment and the «campus» is spacious and super clean. Our son LOVES his teachers (and knows and likes all of the teachers and others who work in the school by name! You have to appreciate that kind of «community» and caring!), knows letters, numbers, days of the week, months of the year and is even reading and writing! He is regularly excited (giddy even) when his class focuses on a wide range of interesting topics like the human digestive system, dinosaurs, and the solar system. He can’t get enough of the moderated technology the school provides (i.e., smart boards, computers). We also love how the school specifically focuses on helping him develop his critical thinking skills too… and beyond just the academic curriculum, he gets to tap into his «creative» side learning dance, yoga, spending time in the dramatic play room or on the incredible outdoor playground, doing arts and crafts, playing musical instruments and learning to garden.
The school «shows» are super fun… the kids sing and dance, present in science fairs, and put together artistic masterpieces for display. There are special «holiday» and «everyday» gatherings like celebrating grandparents, mother’s day and Halloween that just put a smile on my face. The school is super accommodating to both working parents and stay-​at-​home parents and offer a wide range of options to «get involved.»… plus the administration AND teachers are always open to new ideas so we love feeling like we’re an integral part of our son’s early learning.
Back to the bottom line again… our son is just so excited to go to school each day and «play» with his friends… and not only does he love his friends, we love them too — and also the parents of the other students at the school. (We’ve made some incredible friendships so after-​school and weekend play dates are a real treat for all of us!) What an incredible community!

I have to say this school is pretty amazing. At first I had my reservations since it is such a new school (only been around a couple years) and the location isn’t so great. Then I took a tour. I was completely blown away. Smart boards in every room, drama, sign language, dance, yoga, cooking, etc. Building is VERY secure/​safe. I also love that they celebrate differences. Most of the kids that go there are typically developing kids like my daughter but I really appreciate that they have a couple of kids with difference in every class. When the director told me that the school learned sign language because one of the kids was non-​verbal I knew this was the place for us.

this is a terrific school. my son attends the pre-​school program and he couldn’t be happier. the staff is attentive, responsive, patient, and positively care for all of the children. the facilities are amazing and i just feel my son’s education is so much richer than it was at his previous school. while it’s a relatively new school, the future seems bright there. i highly recommend taking a tour.

This school is absolutely amazing. My son asks if he can go to school even on the weekends. United Children’s Learning Academy prides itself in it’s education and it shows. I’m astonished with the knowledge my child comes home with everyday.
There’s also amazing after school programs as well. Ballet, Soccer, and Acrobatics to name a few.
I wish I could give this school 6 stars!!!

After looking and looking for a preschool for my twin daughters, I literally couldn’t believe my eyes when I took the tour for United Childrens Learning Academy at the end of last summer. I did not know that such an amazing school existed.
On the tour I learned about how they integrate «IEP» kids with «typical» kids — but more than that, we learned how they integrate cutting-​edge technology including Smart Boards, Smart Tables and touch screen computers with both academic and non-​academic subjects to help teach. In addition, there are specific blocks of time in every day dedicated to dramatic play, dance, acrobatics, music and a lot of other creative good stuff. And there is a great state of the art playground outside, with that really soft flooring so if a running kid takes a spill (which they do) they are still safe.
So that is what we learned on the tour, and what we have learned from having our girls at the school for nearly a full academic year is that the school and its staff not only lived up to what we saw on the tour, but they have surpassed even our highest hopes for what the school would be for our kids. They have worked with us to address each kid’s needs in a way we could only have dreamed of before coming to United Children’s Learning Academy. The school — itself is the thoughtful and deliberate creation of very smart people who understand how all kids learn and grow — is highly selective of who it hires, and it hires very smart people. This makes meaningful communication with the school concerning subjects ranging from the serious to the trivial much easier to accomplish. What’s more, they treat every kid there as equally important members of the family that is the school.
This may be a bad analogy, but maybe there is something in your life you bought, or a school you attended, or a restaurant that you ate at –what-​have-​you — that completely met your every expectation — so perhaps it is always a source of happiness to you. Think of that, and then think of that in a school for your kid. That is exactly how I feel about United Children’s Learning Academy.
I simply cannot now imagine my kids going to any other school. In a perfect world, each and every kid would experience a school like United Children’s Learning Academy.