Preschool activities for children in Santa Cruz, CA

Santa Cruz Gymnastics Center offers toddler classes, preschool classes, recreational classes, Rising Stars classes, and competitive teams, along with summer camps, holiday camps, and School’s Out Camp. The program also hosts birthday parties, an...

Campus Kids Connection, Inc. offers infant and toddler care, preschool programs, afterschool care during the school year, and summer camps. The program includes care for infants and toddlers, preschool-age children, and school-age children through...

Santa Cruz Gymnastics Center Camps offers seasonal programs including Summer Gymnastics Camp, Thanksgiving Camp, Winter Camp, School’s Out Camp, and Spring Break Camp. The program also offers birthday parties, adult open gym, competitive teams,...

Campus Kids Connection, Inc. offers infant and toddler care, preschool, afterschool programs, and summer camps. The program includes care for infants and toddlers, preschool-age children, and school-age children through sixth grade, as well as...

Midtown Montessori includes hands-on activities such as working in gardens, using essential oils in the classroom, and taking part in bread Fridays. Children go on field trips to Live Earth Farm in the fall and to the Seymour Marine Discovery Center...

Spanish Nature Club is a bilingual forest school and outdoor Spanish immersion program where children climb trees, find bugs, spot wild animals, splash in the river or creek, look for figures in the clouds, and play games. Spanish is introduced...

Early Education Center – Preschool & PreK Program (Downtown Children’s Center) includes kindergarten readiness, emergent curriculum, literacy activities, learning circle time, math activities, and social skills. Children take part in art, music,...

Discovery Preschool & Family Center offers hands-on activities and exploration for young children. The program includes exploring early literacy and number readiness as part of its daily experiences. • Ages: 2–5 years old Discovery Preschool &...

Children's Preschool offers activities in math, arts, literature, outdoor learning activities, music, and motor activities. Children take part in transportation-themed projects such as using picture graphs to show how many children have been on...

Cirque, Tumble, Cheer offers aerial classes, tumbling classes, and a cheer team, along with kids aerial and teen/adult aerial options. The program also includes acro gymnastics, acrobatic gymnastics, cheer, and cirque/aerial activities. Additional...

Simcha Preschool offers a play-based curriculum for young children. Most activities take place outside in outdoor environments, including play yards, a redwood grove, and other natural areas on the campus. The program includes a low-ratio...

Coastal Community Preschool After-School Program offers play, movement, project-based exploration, creative expression, open-ended discovery, and dramatic play. Children spend time with teachers reading stories and have access to block areas and...

Natural Bridges Children's Center uses a brain-based curriculum and a neuroscience approach that focuses on children's social emotional intelligence, executive function, and overall developmental confidence. The program offers a differentiated...

Vargas Academy of Gymnastic Arts offers Trampoline & Tumbling, trampolining, Double Mini-Trampoline, Preschool Gymnastics, Basic Gymnastics, and Parkour. Preschool Gymnastics uses a creative floor obstacle course for each week’s lesson, and Basic...

Happy Days Children's Learning Center offers age appropriate projects, free play, and a rotating comprehensive monthly curriculum that includes science, math, and language. Parents of infants bring their food from home, and at the Harvey West...

Santa Cruz Parent Education Nursery School is a parent participation preschool where children learn about themselves and the world around them through play. Children discover the joy of learning through age-appropriate play, develop social skills,...

Dance Wilder offers classes including Caretaker & Me Toddler Dance, Creative Dance for Preschoolers, Creative Dance for 5–8 Years, Modern Expressive Dance for 9–13 Years, Modern Expressive Dance for 12 Years and Up, and Creative Movement for...

Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Santa Cruz offers Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu classes, including Gracie Combatives, Gracie Bullyproof, and advanced BJJ classes for adults. The program includes Mat Munchkins kids martial arts classes for preschoolers, Little Champs kids...

Bonny Doon Community Preschool is described as a safe, child-centered learning environment in a preschool classroom. The program is based on a philosophy that young children learn most effectively in a play-centered environment, with self-initiated...