Young children develop attitudes about learning based on their earliest experiences in school.  With this in mind, Crenshaw offers a nurturing, safe environment and a distinct, sequenced program specifically designed to meet the needs of its Lower School students.

Our developmentally appropriate curriculum inspires children to love learning by instilling positive attitudes and motivation, teaching strong basic learning skills, introducing a wide variety of disciplines, and fostering early social skills.

From the age of four, Crenshaw guides each child towards self confidence and independence in a supportive and challenging environment.

The Lower School believes in the benefits of a classroom centered on a "learn by doing" philosophy. This philosophy ensure that the student acquire high-level skills rather than move through a fact-based curriculum. Students explore within a small, nurturing environment.

Curiosity, questions, and creativity will ignite your child's journey at The Crenshaw School. Your child in the twenty-first century will possess knowledge of mathematics, science, language arts, history, world languages, technology, and the fine arts.

Knowledge will be augmented by a wide array of skills.  Skills, such as the ability to write creatively, to manipulate number for the purpose of extrapolating patterns, or to formulate hypotheses and design science experiments are essential elements of your learned child. 

Your truly educated child of the new millennium will move beyond knowledge and skills to cultivate priceless habits of mind.  Habits of mind include one's desire to craft provocative questions born out of curiosity, to reflect on the nature of one's own thinking, to synthesize old concepts into new ones and to weave together diverse perspectives into one coherent idea. These habits of mind support lifelong learning, learning that transforms our understanding of the world.