Class Programs & Rates
​Infants (Ladybugs and Butterflies)
5 months – 21 months
We emphasize trust as the foundation for learning with a partnership between teachers and families to provide loving care for each child. Our safe, healthy, and enriched environments are ready for curious exploration and creative play.
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Each infant is assigned a primary care teacher.
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Infants are grouped with other infants at similar development levels: young babies, crawling, beginning to walk, walkers.
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Specially designed spaces and curriculum support developmental progress.
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Daily learning activities such as: books, art, music, manipulative toys, and outdoor time.
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Baby Signs™ and Learning Games™ are core activities supporting milestones and promoting early communication.
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Written daily reports are provided and parents may call or visit their children at any time.
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Caregiver to child ratio is 1:4, with additional assistance, as needed.
Toddlers (Hummingbirds)
20.5+ months – 28+ months
We provide for free exploration and more structured learning, with small groups and positive teachers.
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We facilitate curiosity, creativity, and child-to-child interaction.
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We include daily learning activities such as: story time, art, puzzles, manipulatives, blocks, dramatic play, and ample outdoor play.
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We focus on developing self-help skills with the goal of promoting positive self-esteem.
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Learning Games™ are integrated into the curriculum.
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Written daily reports are provided and parents may call or visit their children at any time.
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Caregiver to child ratio is 1:5.
Preschool and Pre-Kindergarten
28 months – 5 years 9 months
Our energetic and educational programs prepare children with the attitudes and skills necessary for school and life success. We aim to nourish each child’s creativity, self-esteem, self regulation, social/emotional interactions, cultural awareness, and to impart a love for reading and learning.
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We partner with parents and children to shape the educational experience. We plan and post weekly/monthly curriculum. "HighScope" Curriculum integrates adult-child interaction, carefully designed learning environments, and a plan-do-review process. Parents are encouraged to follow along and reinforce lessons with children at home.
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We weave stimulating curriculum into the environment, focusing on: art, science, math, pre-writing, reading, blocks, and imaginative play.
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Outdoor areas include: children’s garden, park-quality play structures, tricycle courtyard, sandbox, magnet board and other manipulatives, paint easels, reading nook.
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We offer three additional weekly enrichment programs, at no extra charge: Spanish Immersion Circle Time, Music and Exercise.
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We use Learning Games™ as an integrated child development assessment tool, and we conduct Parent-Teacher conferences at least twice a year.
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The curriculum for the Eagles Pre-K class has a robust aspect for math and science. Both the Woodpeckers class, as a preliminary step toward Pre-K, and the Eagles Pre-K are aligned with the California Department of Education's developmental goals and recommendations for kindergarten readiness.
