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Preschools in San Francisco, CA

Little Lemon Tree

Little Lemon Tree

1 Gennessee Street, San Francisco, CA

Little Lemon Tree Nursery School is an outdoor preschool for children in San Francisco. The school is a detached single family home in the southern end of San Francisco. Children are offered rich, varied materials and real life experiences to work and play with at Little Lemon Tree. Little Lemon...

Angelina's Preschool

Angelina's Preschool

1851 Noriega St, San Francisco, CA

Angelina's Schools have 2 schools in 2 locations, a family day care in the Richmond district specialized in a nurturing art based program for toddlers and a few infants. Angelina's preschool is located in the sunset district with 18 children . We emphasize pre academic lessons through an art based...

LePort Montessori San Francisco Mid-Market

LePort Montessori San Francisco Mid-Market

50 Fell Street, San Francisco, CA

At LePort Montessori San Francisco Mid-Market, children thrive in an authentic, nurturing Montessori environment, and have the option of becoming bilingual in our Spanish-immersion toddler and preschool/kindergarten classrooms. We welcome your entire family from babies through preschoolers and...

True Sunshine Preschool Center Inc.

True Sunshine Preschool Center Inc.

777 Stockton St Ste 201, San Francisco, CA

True Sunshine Preschool Center is an award-winning, non-profit, private preschool which has been providing childcare services to the San Francisco Chinatown Community for more than 40 years. It is a full-time year-round, bilingual English/Cantonese preschool serving the Chinatown District; it...

Presidio Knolls School

Presidio Knolls School

250 10th St, San Francisco, CA

Presidio Knolls School was founded in 2008 as a San Francisco preschool, combining a Reggio Emilia-inspired educational approach with Mandarin language immersion. Our mission is to educate and inspire our students to become creative, confident and engaged global citizens. To meet the growing demand...

Shining Star Bilingual Montessori

Shining Star Bilingual Montessori

610 20th Street, San Francisco, CA

Our school is located in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco. It is the only authentic Montessori preschool and one of the best bilingual Montessori preschool in the Potrero Hill area. Our unique educational program for young learners encourages exploration, both independently and in a group...

Slippery Fish Co-Op Preschool and Pre-Preschool

Slippery Fish Co-Op Preschool and Pre-Preschool

999 Brotherhood Way, San Francisco, CA

Slippery Fish is a cooperative pre-preschool and preschool. We believe that each child brings a unique set of skills to the classroom. Our curriculum is child-centered, play-based and developmentally appropriate and incorporates anti-bias education and project-based work as the children mature. The...

Fog City Explorers Forest School

Fog City Explorers Forest School

Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA

The nature-based education that we practice at Fog City Explorers incorporates a forest school approach with an emphasis on inquiry-based learning and constructivist theory. Learners are the makers of meaning and knowledge.

Stretch the Imagination

Stretch the Imagination

2509 Bush St, San Francisco, CA

Here at Stretch we take a unique and intentional approach to learning with your child and nurturing their love of exploration and discovery. We feel a true responsibility to creating a safe, loving, and creative space that honors the wonder and magic that illuminates these early years. Our mission...

Little Munchkins Learning Center

Little Munchkins Learning Center

391 Haight St, San Francisco, CA

Little Munchkins is a fully licensed family daycare that offers continuous care for children between the ages of 3 months to 5 years old. We believe that this affords our children the opportunity to develop deep, trusting relationships with our teachers, as well as the chance for our families to...

Paloma's Nest

Paloma's Nest

2530 Francisco Street, San Francisco, CA

Paloma's Nest strives to create a nurturing and respectful "home away from home" for infants and toddlers. Authentic, trusting, and respectful relationships with children and families are at the heart of our work. The gentle rhythms of home life and nature provide the basis of our curriculum which...

Ella's Second Home

Ella's Second Home

1354 10th Ave, San Francisco, CA

We at Ella's Second Home are committed to providing outstanding childcare services that strictly complies with the high standard established by the Children's Council of San Francisco. Our licensed childcare experts and knowledgeable staff provide responsive care to every child with our 1:3 ratio....

Wise Forest Preschool

Wise Forest Preschool

4115 Lincoln Way Apt 5, San Francisco, CA

Our nature-immersion outdoor preschool is now open for enrollment for our upcoming Fall semester (beginning in September) and we'd love for more local families to join our community! Our play-based curriculum is designed for children ages 2.5 to 5 and is modeled after European forest kindergartens...

Superkids Preschool & Childcare

Superkids Preschool & Childcare

159 Granada Ave, San Francisco, CA

Superkids Preschool & Child Care is a mandarin immersion program, we provide quality mandarin education to young children.. Teachers promote physical, social, emotional, cognitive and language development in a stimulating setting using developmentally appropriate learning activities and verbal...

La Foret Enchantee

La Foret Enchantee

461 Belvedere St, San Francisco, CA

Clean, safe and nurturing environment for babies and preschoolers Developmentally appropriate activities: circle time, music, dance, games, puzzles, art projects Daily outdoor activities ~ 1 1/2 hours of outside time daily! Healthy and nutritious snacks Potty training Staff works carefully to...

Creative Gardens

Creative Gardens

1429 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA

We provide high-quality childcare to children from 6 weeks old to 5.5 years old. We have great curriculum, bright and clean facility, and lots of space for children.

Peekadoodle Academy

Peekadoodle Academy

900 North Point St. Suite F100, San Francisco, CA

Peekadoodle Academy is a licensed preschool program founded on a balanced approach to learning. Our curriculum fosters independent and creative thinking through a balance of both guided exploration and learning through play. The Academy centers its curriculum on the whole child through cognitive,...

Panda Garden Childcare

Panda Garden Childcare

2570 23rd Ave, San Francisco, CA

Welcome to panda garden children center! We are accepting ELS vouchers now. We are a Mandarin-immersion childcare center in the Sunset district of San Francisco since 2011. We provide high quality child development and language learning, expert care and nurturing. Schedule a virtual or in person...

World of Learning and Fun

World of Learning and Fun

2279 17th Ave, San Francisco, CA

World of Learning and Fun has been in the business for over 30 years since 1981 with an active, loving atmosphere. World of Learning and Fun is a large and newly equipped daycare with a homelike setting where children feel motivated, comfortable, safe, and free to take on life's experiences. WLF...

Elsy's Daycare

Elsy's Daycare

6518 3rd St, San Francisco, CA

Elsy s Day care is a small bilingual (Spanish and English) licensed family based childcare serving the San Francisco area. Currently I have space for kids from five months old to five years old. My hours of operation are 7:00 am to 6:00pm. I provide daily activities that teaches color, shapes,...

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Average Rating5.0 / 5

Preschools in San Francisco, CA are rated 5.0 out of 5 stars based on 31 reviews of the 305 listed preschools.