Affiliated with Pleasanton's Valley Bible Church, Love and Care Christian Preschool is located in the church's compound on Johnson Drive. The three-classroom center offers both pre-school programs and extended child-care program that are available year round. Being a Christian preschool, Love and Care aims to create "a Christ-centered educational environment where each child can learn and grow emotionally, physically, intellectually, socially and spiritually."
The Child Day Schools is an education and childcare organization originally founded by Executive Director Anne Whitehead in 1976. The Pleasanton School is one of five Child Day School locations in the East Bay and was first opened in 1997. The Child Day School provides a dynamic childcare program featuring active learning time, small group activities, a consistent daily routine, and music and movement activities.
Gingerbread Preschool is a public preschool that is a program of the Parks and Community Services Department. It offers classes and supervised playtime for young children, as well as age-appropriate activities that are designed to develop social and motor skills. Please visit the website for more information.
Child Care Links is a company that links families and government social service agencies to provide child care solutions. Through Child Care Links, income-eligible families can receive funds to pay for child care, and can also obtain resources for finding quality child care. It provides free child care referrals to parents in the Tri-Valley area, and offers valuable one-on-one support for parents as well as employers and child care providers. The Pleasanton office is one of three in Alameda County, providing services in Pleasanton, Livermore, Dublin and Sunol.
Affiliated with Pleasanton's Harvest Valley Christian Church, Adventures in Learning offers both a preschool program and extended child-care that are available year round. It is a non-denominational Christian preschool that welcomes children of all races, creeds and religions. Children at the preschool engage in age-appropriate activities such as developmental reading, math, language arts, and indoor and outdoor play. Special programs include music and movement instruction, computer classes and field trips. For more information on scheduling tours as well as special registration offers, visit the Web site.
Carden West School, established in 1977, is a private, non-sectarian school located near Hart Middle School in the Hacienda Business Park in Pleasanton. It provides education for students in 1st through 8th grade, and it's on-site pre-school serves children 18 months to five years old.
The curriculum is based on the teachings of Mae Carden, who promoted the concept of the "whole child" in the learning environment. It emphasizes high academic standards along with creativity, personal responsibility, emotional well-being and socialization. The school also focuses on bilingual instruction, providing lessons in Spanish to all students beginning at 3 years old.
A discount on tuition is offered for families with multiple children enrolled, or with parents who work in the Hacienda Business Park.
Shining Light Preschool is a Christian-based, parent-cooperative pre-school for children ages 3 to 5. It is part of Valley Community Church on Del Valle Parkway. It focuses on kindergarten readiness skills and fostering a Christian environment.
Teachers trained in Early Childhood Development provide small classes of 9 to 12 children in morning or afternoon sessions. Preschool children aged 3 may attend two or three days per week, pre-kindergarten children aged 4 attend three or four days per week and "Year-2-Grow" children aged 5 attend four days per week.
Shining Light supports close parent interaction with their children's learning through monthly newsletters, weekly e-mails, an "open-door" policy, daily interaction with teachers and monthly co-op parent sessions in the classroom. For more information, visit the Web site.
Hill N Dale is one of eight preschools run by CAPE Inc., the Community Association for Preschool Education. CAPE focuses on providing quality early childhood education and services to low-income children and their families. It has been receiving federal grants to provide Head Start programs in the Tri-Valley since 1965. The administration office can be reached at 925-443-3434.
The association's preschools offer full-year, part-year, full-day, extended-day and part-day programs with a maximum of 20 children per class.
Hill N Dale is located on the campus of Donlon Elementary School.
As a ministry of Pleasanton's St. Clare's Episcopal Church, St. Clare's Christian Preschool has six classrooms on the church campus. It offers both a preschool program and extended child-care year-round. As a Christian preschool, it teaches Bible lessons as well as beginning academic skills, such as math, literacy and science. Children at this preschool also engage in activities such as arts and crafts, music and outdoor play with the mission of "encouraging each child to grow spiritually, cognitively, physically, socially and emotionally." For more information, call the number provided.
Golden Future Montessori offers high quality Montessori education for children between ages 2 and 6. The school's curriculum is based on the philosophy of Dr. Maria Montessori, stimulating the growth of the total child and nurturing independent, inspired learners. The school offers full day, half-day and extended care programs. Hands on activities and one-on-one attention are offered in the areas of practical life, sensorial learning, mathematics, language, sience and geography, and music, art and fun.
Beth Emek Preschool is a private early education program operated by Congregation Beth Emek. The school offers a safe and engaging educational environment for children ranging in age from 30 months through five years and is dedicated to students' spiritual, social, emotional, intellectual and creative development.
Sonshine Enrichment Center Preschool is part of Trinity Lutheran Church, and offers a Christian-based developmental program for children 2 to 4 years old. State-licensed staff work with the Pleasanton Unified School District to develop kindergarten-readiness curriculum.
The school provides two, three and four-day per week classes depending on age. The "Exploring Preschool Together" (EPT) program is held from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Friday mornings for 2-year-olds and a family member, and helps children become familiar and comfortable with preschool activities and environments. The parent-cooperative option offers parents the opportunity to work in the classroom about once every two weeks.
The Hacienda Child Development Center in Pleasanton is a private, non-sectarian institution that provides enrichment and education for pre-school and kindergarten-aged children. It is one of three "HeadsUp!" child development centers established by the Early Learning Institute (ELI). ELI also operates two schools (including the Hacienda School in Pleasanton) where children ages 6 to 14 can continue the program.
The center is licensed by the State of California and employs teachers trained in the Montessori approach to education. It offers it's "HeadsUp!" philosophy to include art, music and imaginative play as well as the Montessori curriculum of practical life, sensorial, language, mathematics, science and cultural activities. Emphasis is also placed on parent involvement and interaction.
It maintains a child-to-teacher ratio of 3:1 in the infant program, 4:1 in the toddler program, 8:1 in the two-year-old program and 10:1 in the pre-school and kindergarten programs.
The center also offers a bilingual pre-school program taught in both Chinese and English.