Kids Connection

Kids Connection offers an extended school program where children can take part in activities such as dance, sports, and gymnastics. The program includes a variety of both teacher-led and child-led activities and projects within safe, friendly, and nurturing classrooms. Its enriching curriculum includes endless opportunities for children to create, learn, and explore the world around them in a high quality, developmentally appropriate learning environment for young children, with small student-to-teacher ratios in an intimate school setting.

• Ages: 2–11 years old
• Schedule: Extended school program with a consistent and reliable schedule from 7:30am–6pm

Kids Connection is a private school for two year olds through 5th grade, with a Preschool through 5th Grade program that builds a strong, uninterrupted academic foundation during the years that matter most. The program offers extracurricular activities such as dance, sports, and gymnastics, as well as art, music, and technology woven into every academic subject. Fifth graders serve as ambassadors, and students participate in enriching field trips several times a year as part of a well-rounded and accelerated curriculum. Kids Connection has a close-knit community and a commitment to small class sizes and individualized attention, supported by passionate and experienced teachers who create a supportive learning environment.

Kids Connection’s mission states that it builds a strong academic foundation through rigorous learning, hands-on experiences, and joyful discovery, empowering students to be confident, curious, and independent thinkers. The mission further explains that the school focuses on nurturing students cognitively, academically, socially, and emotionally, blending academic rigor with social-emotional learning and using current research on brain development and how children learn to guide its approach. The program emphasizes meaningful connections between students, teachers, and families, embraces diversity, and models integrity so that students think critically, collaborate effectively, and engage thoughtfully with the world around them.

Kids Connection is the winner of three Best of Bay awards: Best Preschool/Childcare Center, Best Private Elementary School, and Best Day Camp. One family notes that they value the caliber of the program, the consistent communication through newsletters, emails, and pictures, the extended school hours from 7:30am–6pm, the trust, the safe environment, and the cleanliness and modern, colorful look of the school. Another parent reports that both of their daughters’ interest in science, art, music, technology, and leadership has been ignited, and that fifth graders serve as ambassadors with several enriching field trips each year. A third parent of a two-year-old highlights nurturing and kind teachers, staff who know children and families by name, patient support with potty training, learning in numbers, letters, and social skills, and the availability of extracurricular activities such as dance, sports, and gymnastics.

Last updated March 22, 2026.