Children's Preschool

Children's Preschool, 420 Melrose Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95062

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About

Children's Preschool offers a preschool curriculum that includes math, arts, literature, outdoor learning activities, music, sand and water play, and motor activities such as tricycle riding, running, playing a ball, and climbing. Children take part in problem solving, conflict resolution, anti-bias perspective learning, and social responsibility learning. The program also includes art classes, painting large boxes, transportation theme activities where children make buses, trains, and cars out of boxes, use picture graphs and maps, learn about road safety, do gardening by growing vegetables like carrots and tomatoes, and join cooking projects such as making cakes and pies with their harvest.

• Ages: 18 months–6 years old
• Schedule: Monday to Friday, with regular hours from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM and drop-in childcare available Monday to Friday from 8:00 AM to 12:30 PM
• Price: Drop-in Childcare rates: $75.00

Children's Preschool offers drop-in childcare on an as-needed basis, and this drop-in option is not a long-term commitment, with enrollment forms required before the first drop-in. The program includes a newly remodeled area for toddlers between 18 and 30 months of age and a large and secure yard used for motor activities. Children from 18 months to 6 years learn while they play, and there is also a curriculum for 1st graders that uses fun and engaging games and activities with a variety of open-ended materials.

The program is led by Director Krishanie Weerasekara and employs highly qualified preschool teachers, along with caring and nurturing staff members who guide and take care of children while parents are away. Children's Preschool is a licensed preschool with California License Number 444411592. The stated mission is to make children love school, inspire them to learn about everything around them, and build the foundation of lifelong learning, with students gaining knowledge of a wide range of math and science concepts while having fun by the time they head for kindergarten.

Parent feedback includes comments from the Hughes Family, who state that Children's Preschool meets and exceeds their criteria and that they are most impressed by the teaching staff, describing them as caring, kind, nurturing, and respectful, and saying they would highly recommend the preschool to anyone. Another parent, Davina P., shares that both of her boys attended Children's Preschool and loved it, noting that the staff is very attentive, offers many fun and enriching activities, and that the space is neat and clean, with Krishanie and her team described as very patient and nurturing. Janna F. reports that her son has attended for more than two years, describes the care as exceptional, and notes that staff are warm and loving, embrace diversity and each child's individual learning and care needs, use a positive discipline approach, and model excellent behavior, and that her son leaves each day excited by what he learned, well-fed, and well-rested.

Last updated June 24, 2026.

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