Preschool classes and camps in Berkeley, CA

The Good Earth School is a nature-based preschool that uses an emergent curriculum approach and nature-inspired learning. The program emphasizes connecting children to the natural world, where outdoor activities are used to enhance learning in...

Skytown Parent Cooperative Preschool offers tours and playdates in a multi-age classroom that includes a large sand area, indoor painting station, art table, easels, sand boxes, a sensory bin, and access to the outdoors. The program uses a...

Little Lamb Bilingual Academy offers a theme-based Chinese-immersion program that includes math, phonics, bilingual reading and writing in Chinese and English, performing arts, calligraphy, martial arts, and art. The program takes place on a newly...

The Child Day Schools offers hands-on activities in STEM (science, math, and technology), Project Webs on topics such as “What can we build?” and “What can we learn about families?”, and language and literacy using the “Handwriting without Tears”...

Small Size Big Mind offers infant care, preschool, aftercare, an afterschool program, and a morning preschool program. The program includes year-round infant care and preschool and on average hosts about 60 students a day plus 11 staff members. The...

Albany Preschool is a cooperative program where families help run, lead, and grow the school. The program emphasizes a cooperative spirit, a strong sense of community, and a commitment to play, and it hosts an annual Spring Fair that is described as...

Little Seeds Children’s Center and Peter Pan Schools offer daily activities that include art, science, music, movement, language arts, and other hands-on experiences. Children take part in long periods of uninterrupted free play, dramatic play,...

Saint Vincent’s Day Home is a non-sectarian, nonprofit child development and family service center that offers a comprehensive early-learning program for toddlers and preschool-aged children. The program includes a licensed full-day kindergarten and...

Daisy Child Development Center offers a play-based community where children take part in activities such as yoga, soccer, Spanish, carpentry, arts and crafts, science projects, cooking, music, and drama. The program includes a gazebo in the big yard...

Berkeley Forest School is a program that grew from the love and imagination of founder Liana Chavarín, with a focus on uniting families in community with the shared earth. The program stands on the shoulders of Ohlone ancestors and place-based...

Montclair Community Play Center offers a Preschool Summer Camp, a Turtle Summer Camp, and a Spring Toddler Playtime session. The program uses a play-based parents’ co-operative preschool model and includes a Spanish Enrichment program that...

Monte Tavor offers an emergent curriculum where children paint, draw, build, read, write, sing, dress up, learn letters and numbers, and join fun and educational field trips. Daily activities include music, dance, discovery, dramatic play, blocks,...

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

Yama Kids Yoga offers classes, yoga birthday parties, camps, movie nights, special events, and Friday Preschool Yoga. The program takes place at a studio dedicated solely to teaching yoga to children. • Ages: 3–12 years old • Price: $10 Friday...

TEL HI Youth & Teen Programs are part of TEL HI Neighborhood Center, also known as Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Center (TEL HI). The program is connected to TEL HI’s Early Childhood Education options for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers, as well...

Head Start & Early Head Start Preschool offers an early childhood education program that uses a play-based curriculum. The program offers both center-based and home-based care, depending on the needs of families, location, and availability. Teachers...

TOPS - The Orinda Preschool offers a play-based learning experience for preschoolers that is described as rich with history and progressive opportunities. The program’s classrooms and curriculums are set up to enable learning with children’s safety...

One Heart Music Classes offers parent and child classes where families sing, dance, and play instruments together. Classes include songs, chants, dances, creative movement, and finger plays, and each week explores a different genre, artist, or theme...

The Creative Play Center offers a play and theme-based program that focuses on hands-on learning in a small group environment. The program includes a preschool program for children ages 3 to 5 and an after-school Homework Club and Summer Program for...

East Bay United Soccer Club offers soccer for children and young adults. The club includes competitive, recreational, and early childhood soccer programs under different program names within the organization. • Ages: 3–18 years old East Bay United...