Preschool for kids near Alameda, CA

The New School of Berkeley After-School Program offers after-school care for TK through 3rd grade students. The program uses a play-based, emergent curriculum rooted in curiosity, creativity, and community. Educators intentionally design...

Holy Shepherd Community Preschool includes activities such as cooking their own snack, building many kinds of towers, creating superheroes with capes and original stories, and hatching baby chickens. The program uses a teacher-guided, child-driven,...

St. John Preschool offers a program based on current and effective child care and educational practices. The curriculum is literacy based and child centered, with child-initiated, teacher-supported play as an essential part of the classroom. Each...

Open Minds Early School offers Spanish immersion, language immersion, music, creative projects, and homework support as part of its daily activities. The program follows a child-centered learning approach guided by the Reggio Emilia philosophy, with...

Linda Beach Cooperative Preschool is a co-op preschool with small class sizes of up to 20 students, with 2 teachers and 2 parent volunteers in both the 2–3 Year Old and 3–4 Year Old programs. The program offers part-time, play-based classes called...

Colibrí Preschool is a Spanish immersion preschool that uses the Creative Curriculum® for Preschool as its learning framework. The program offers a child-centered and developmentally appropriate program for two- through five-year-old children, with...

Creative Montessori Preschool & Daycare offers Montessori-style activities with hands-on learning, sensory work, language work, and movement work. Children take part in outdoor playtime, group learning and play, pre-literacy, color and shape...

Mi Mundo Preschool is an art school taught in Spanish where children take part in activities such as art, Spanish, culture, geography, family, science, and play. The program uses hands-on classrooms where children can express and develop cognitive,...

Children’s Community Center Preschool offers hands-on activities where children sew, cook and bake, create art, sing, and explore science, music and movement, sign language, and storytelling. Children spend time outdoors pumping water, building...

Small Size Big Mind offers year-round infant care and preschool. The program enhances the learning environment with many curriculums, programs, classroom materials, and other essential resources. On average, it hosts about 60 students a day plus 11...

Albany Preschool Summer Camp is part of Albany Preschool, where parents and teachers work together in a cooperative setting. The program is built around play, with a focus on kids playing, learning, and enjoying school as part of a community of...

Aquatics Offerings (Swim Lessons and Youth Swim Programs) includes the Beginners Swim Program, Kinderswim Program, Reds, Greens, Blues Novice Swim Program, Summer Swim Program, Advanced Swimmer Program, Senior Swim, Family Swim, Keyholder Swim,...

Little Seeds Children’s Center and Peter Pan Schools offer daily activities that include art, science, music, movement, language arts, and free play. Children take part in dramatic play, sensory activities, and perceptual motor skills, as well as...

The Lake School offers a play-based preschool program with three separate classrooms and large outdoor play spaces. Each classroom and the outdoor areas include pets, such as fluffy bunnies, curious chickens, a gentle tortoise, and playful lizards....

Daisy Child Development Center offers activities such as yoga, soccer, Spanish, carpentry, arts and crafts, science projects, cooking, music, drama, and run around the yard fun. Children also use a gazebo in the big yard and an updated play...

Saint Vincent’s Day Home Early Learning Programs offers comprehensive early learning programs for toddlers and preschool-aged children, including a licensed full-day kindergarten and holiday care for older children. The program’s environment and...

Au Beau Séjour French Preschool offers daily activities in a 100% French immersion setting, including Social Emotional Learning, sports, music, open-ended art, games, and academics. Children take part in cooking activities, gardening, yoga, and art,...

The Children's Workshop Oakland offers arts explorations, maker explorations, math explorations, science explorations, and sensory focused explorations. Children take part in child-centered project work, immersive self guided play, collaborative...

Berkeley Forest School offers outdoor-based programming that takes place under the redwoods and includes a preschool family campout at Point Reyes. The program focuses on children and their families spending time together in natural settings. •...

Montclair Community Play Center offers a Preschool Summer Camp with three 2-week sessions that meet Monday through Thursday from 9 am to 12:30 pm, with optional extended days from 12:30 to 3 pm sold as a package for each 2-week session. The program...