Duck's Nest Preschool is a local pre-school program with a site in Oakland. It enrolls children ages 3 1/2-5 3/4. It emphasizes an education beyond the classroom with physical and outdoor activities. Its site director is Sandy Erdos; Duck's Nest executive director is Monika von Gierke-Stoltz.
Located inside the College Avenue Presbyterian Church, Rockridge Little School is an educational institute for preschoolers ages 2 to 5 years old. It offers a stimulating environment using group learning and hands-on activities in bright and colorful classrooms. The professional staff fosters positive and independent learning by providing them with creative assignments. It teaches the core curriculum subjects of Math, Science, Culture, Nature, Dance, Music and Language. Children learn by playing with others and enriching their social, intellectual and creative skills. The school has two locations on College and Taft Avenue in Oakland.
My Own Montessori School is a private institution for children in pre-school. It provides vast learning tools, including nursery rhymes, storybook reading and literacy skills. The school also works closely with children's cognitive development, using visual arts, physical activity, math and number sense. Students receive one-on-one attention, a well-rounded curriculum and a diverse learning experience.
The Room to Grow Preschool has locations in Oakland and San Francisco. It instructs and cares for children based on the Reggio Emilia pedagogy philosophy, which serves for a mixed-age, emergent-curriculum, progressive program.
Rockridge Montessori School is a family-owned pre-school that has offered education for more than 25 years. The well-rounded curriculum is for children ages 1-5. It provides a positive environment, small classrooms and a hands-on learning approach to develop independent children. The program consists of full-time and part-time schedules for toddlers, infants and pre-schoolers, as well as extracurricular activities, including yoga, gymnastics, theater arts and martial arts. Rockridge Montessori Schools has two locations on Broadway and Manila Avenue. For parents with infants and toddlers, the Broadway location is the perfect place of young children.
With three locations, the College Avenue branch of Claremont Day Nurseries serves children ages 2 to 5 years of age. This facility focuses on the developmental process and is the most child-centered.
Montclair Community Play Center is a non-profit pre-school that has been providing services for more than 20 years. It offers a two-year program with a curriculum that consists of art projects, cooking classes, outdoor play, science, nature and carpentry projects, musicial instruments and other hands-on activities. Montclair Community Play Center also has a toddler playtime area for children ages 18 months through 36 months with 90-minute classes and summer camp programs.