Little Dolphins by the Sea may be the coolest preschool ever. My wife and i went on a walk today and stumbled on this place. They started as a co-op 17 years ago in a back yard in the Palisades and now they are in Santa Monica in a huge facility. Their website shows some of the things they do with kids and its awesome, very creative, and hands on, cooking and painting etc… awesome stuff. I will say this after looking at their prices i was a bit shocked, they are truly expensive…..

2008 – 09 Little Dolphins By The Sea Preschool Program – $12,900
2008 – 09 Little Dolphins By The Sea Transitional Kindergarten – $17,500

Little Dolphins by the Sea :
1812 Stanford Street
Santa Monica, CA 90404
(310) 998-0011

Once you get pregnant, the medication that you are use to using without any thought is now OFF LIMITS… Here is a list of medications that are deemed safe during pregnancy. I got this list from the doctor’s office. By the way….

This list is NOT intended to replace the advice of your physician. You should seek the advice of your physician prior to taking any medication while you are pregnant or nursing. Some medical conditions require evaluation by your physician prior to being treated. So, DON’T forget to check with your physician before taking any of these!!!!!!!!

Tylenol for fever, aches, pains

Sudafed for Nasal congestion

Actifed for nasel congestion

Robitussin-DM for cough

Throat Lozenges for sore throat

Ocean nasal spray for nasal congestion

Mylanta for heartburn

Maalox for heartburn

Tums for heartburn

Rolaids for heartburn

Metamucil for constipation

Milk of Magnesia for constipation

colace for constipation

Preparation H for hemorrhoids

Anusol HD or plain for hemorrhoids

Kaopectate for diarrhea

Monistat for yeast infection

RID shampoo for lice

Perns/highlights after 12 weeks

Novacaine injections for dental work or minor surgery

Allergy shots for allergies

Mantoux TB test for TB screening test

It’s definitely not an all inclusive list. It is NOT intended to replace the advice of your physician. You should seek the advice of your physician prior to taking any medication while you are pregnant or nursing. Some medical conditions require evaluation by your physician prior to being treated. So, DON’T forget to check with your physician before taking any of these!!!!!!!!

Today is the day. All of you Brentowwdites, or Brentwoodians, not sure which or if it is either. However, and indeed here are the preschools that fall into your area. If you may be or if you are, a resident of the area please let me know if my list is complete. I appreciate and will incorporate any information you provide. BTW if you have experience with any of these schools let me know as well so that i can incorporate that into my reviews.

Bel Air Presbyterian Preschool
16221 Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90049
Phone: (818) 990-6071

Brentwood Presbyterian School
12000 San Vicente Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90049
Phone: (310) 826-2020

Crestwood Hills Co-Op Nursery
986 Hanley Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90049
Phone: (310) 472-1566

Early Childhood Learning Center
11960 West Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90049
Phone: (310) 472-0603

John Thomas Dye School
11414 Chalon Road, Los Angeles, CA 90049
Phone: (310) 476-2811

Sunshine Preschool
11942 West Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90049
Phone: (310) 472-2212

Turningpoint
1300 North Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90049
Phone: (310) 476-8585

Continuing on with our preschool fanfare. I’ve added what I found for Venice beach. I’m sure that this list is not all inclusive so if you know of others please let me know so i can include them here. I’ll shortly be developing all of these in detail.

Delta Sigma Theta Head Start
1020 Victoria Avenue, Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 397-2659

Delta Sigma Theta Head Start
625 Vernon Avenue, Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 392-5955

First Lutheran School
815 Venice Blvd, Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 823-9367

First Years Preschool
1010 Amoroso Place, Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 399-3120

Las Doradas Children Center
804 Broadway Street, Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 450-0327

Morning Glory Preschool
2552 Lincoln Blvd, Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 827-0502

Susan Sims Bodenstein Preschool
201 Hampton Drive, Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 396-7733

Westminster Avenue Children’s Center
(LA Schools – Child Development Division)
Principal: Jacqueline Williams
1010 Main Street, Venice, CA 90291
Phone: (310) 392-4581

I’m posting part two of my research. I’m sure this is not an all inclusive list. If anyone has more information about other schools or on any of the schools below I would love to hear from you. I’ll be filing out more information about these as i go along.

Assistance League Preschool
1453 Fifteenth St, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: 310-395-2338
E-mail: alsm@verizon.net

Bright Start Learning Center
1501 Seventeenth Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: (310) 315-9353

Circle of Children Kindergarten
1515 Maple Street, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Phone: (310) 399-6401

Cornerstone Children’s Center
1620 Twenty-Sixth Street #1020, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: (310) 449-0047

Dreamland Infant Center
1635 Centinela Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: (310) 829-3588

Dreamland Preschool
1641 Centinela Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: (310) 828-8454

Evergreen Community School
2800 Colorado Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: (310) 453-6255

First School
1810 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: (310) 828-0018

First School
1733 Ocean Park Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Phone: (310) 452-0095

First School
731 Pine Street, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Phone: (310) 450-5022

First Step
2650 Second Street, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Phone: (310) 399-8118

Gan Israel Preschool
1341 9th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Phone: (310) 394-3200

Growing Place
401 Ashland Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Phone: (310) 399-7769

Harmony Children’s School
1631 Berkeley Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: (310) 828-8298

Hill an’ Dale Family Learning
1540 Twenty-Sixth Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: (310) 450-2803

Hill an’ Dale Learning
2801 Twenty-Fifth Street, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Phone: (310) 450-7596

Joseph J. Kassar School
1511 Twentieth Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: (310) 829-2828

Learn & Play Preschool
3112 Colorado Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: (310) 828-7553

Lighthouse Church Preschool
1511 Twentieth Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: (310) 829-2828

Mt. Olive Lutheran Preschool
1343 Ocean Park Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Phone: (310) 452-2342

Nessah Hebrew Academy
1537 Franklin Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: (310) 453-2608

New Path Montessori School
1508 Seventeenth Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: (310) 828-3192

PS No 1 – Elementary School
1454 Euclid Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: (310) 394-1313

Rogers School Age Program
2401 Fourteenth Street, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Phone: (310) 399-6950

Saint John’s Child and Family Development
1339 Twentieth Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: (310) 829-8921

Santa Monica Montessori School
1909 Colorado Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: (310) 829-3551

Santa Monica Preschool
4019 Nineteenth Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: (310) 315-0670

Santa Monica Preschool
2615 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: (310) 315-1982

Smart Start Preschool
757 Pier Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Phone: (310) 452-5437

Starbright Preschool
1420 Yale Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: (310) 315-3552

Tenth Street Preschool
1444 Tenth Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Phone: (310) 458-4088

YMCA
1332 Sixth Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Phone: (310) 393-2721

I’ve been poking around on the net trying to prepare my self for the bean thats coming our way. My focus is on education. As a child i hated school. In my later years it seemed i couldn’t get away from it… I think it was the realization that it was a choice between real world work or fantasy land school and being the creative sort i chose the later. My goal now is to provide a solid foundation for my bean to get going early and learn as much as possible. I want to stay local but i want to find some quality programs. This post will probably grow with time but I’ll try to post as much as I find as I go along. For now I’ll start with local pre-school programs.

North Santa Monica

Beth Shir Sholom
1827 California Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90403
Phone: (310) 453-3361

Little Dolphins by the Sea

1812 Stanford Street, Santa Monica, CA

Phone (310) 998-0011

First United Methodist Church
1008 Eleventh Street, Santa Monica, CA 90403
Phone: (310) 395-7292

Garden of Angels Preschool
1009 Eighteenth Street, Santa Monica, CA 90403
Phone: (310) 453-4680

Pilgrim Lutheran Preschool
1730 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90403
Phone: (310) 828-6233

Rustic Canyon Cooperative Nursery School
(in Rustic Canyon Recreation Center, surrounded by Pacific Palisades)
601 Latimer Road, Santa Monica, CA 90402
Phone: (310) 459-1049

Trinity Baptist Children’s Center
1019 California Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90403
Phone: (310) 395-328

Westside Waldorf School
17310 Sunset Blvd., Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
Phone: (310) 454-7064
FAX: (310) 454-7084
email address: enroll@wswaldorf.org

Circle of Children Preschool
1227 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90403
Phone: (310) 393-7731

Early Childhood Center
1827 California Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90403
Phone: (310) 829-2517

Early School Years
302 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90403
Phone: (310) 394-0463