Welcome to

Michelle’s Backyard

Preschool & Daycare in the South Bay!

We are an outdoor, play-based Preschool & Daycare with locations in Gardena, Hawthorne and Redondo Beach.

Our schools welcome children from ages 6 months to 5 years old, depending on the location. We’ve been serving South Bay and Beach Cities families for 20 years and look forward to meeting yours!

Growing our Backyard Community, One Child at a Time.

Enrolling for Fall 2024!

Welcome to Michelle’s Backyard. A Home Away From Home in the Heart of South Bay

At Michelle’s Backyard, we're passionate about providing a nurturing, inspiring, and safe environment for children, from 6 months to 5 years old. Our Reggio-inspired, outdoor, play-based approach is designed to foster creativity and a lifelong love of learning. Michelle’s Backyard offers home-based daycares in Redondo Beach and Gardena, and a center-based location in Hawthorne, we're dedicated to serving families across the South Bay area.

We offer a loving, warm, safe and fun environment for your child to play, learn and grow.  We offer an outdoor, multi-age program focusing on learning through Play and tailored to the specific interests and developmental levels of our children.  We gently hold your child's hand as they navigate the transition from home to Kindergarten.

Redondo Beach: Where curiosity meets Nature Experience the warmth and personalized care at our Redondo Beach home-based daycare. Catering to infants as young as 6 months and children up to 4 years old, we provide a cozy, family-like setting where every child is cherished and encouraged to explore nature. Discover Redondo Beach →

Gardena: Where Every Child Thrives In our Gardena location, we offer a home-based environment that encourages outdoor exploration and a bilingual setting. Perfect for infants and toddler age children. Here, we integrate natural outdoor experiences with innovative learning opportunities Explore Gardena →

Hawthorne: A Haven for Budding Explorers Our Hawthorne center is a hub of learning and discovery for children from 6 months to 5 years of age. Our facility integrates natural outdoor experiences with innovative learning opportunities. See how we make every day an adventure. Visit Hawthorne →

Join Our Backyard Family. Are you Ready to give your child a loving, enriching start? Contact us to find out more about our unique programs, or to arrange a visit to any of our locations. We're excited to welcome you to the Michelle’s Backyard family!

Our atmosphere is relaxed and child-centered.

Curriculum

It is our belief that children learn best when they are interested in what they are learning. We interact, observe and plan activities that will expand their thinking to allow for language, literacy, pre-mathematical concepts and other pre-academic skills to develop social & emotional skills.

Philosophy

At all Michelle’s Backyard Preschool & Daycare locations, we take extra care in making children feel safe, comfortable, and loved. The multi-age setting provides a rich and natural environment for children to develop social and emotional skills. Our curriculum is play based; focusing on the current interests and developmental levels of our children. We partner with parents and believe that emotional development is the core of proper brain development.  We have embraced the philosophy of nonviolent parenting, which stresses the importance of nurturing emotional intelligence through empathy and connection.

Enrichment

We believe in developing the whole child. Our enrichment program includes yoga, gymnastics, music and cooking.  All enrichment happens at Michelle's Backyard during regular school hours at no additional cost.  We do venture out into the community and take field trips several times per year.