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Preschools in San Francisco, CA

South of Market Child Care Inc

685 Natoma St, San Francisco, CA

South of Market Childcare Incorporated located at 685 Natoma Street, San Francisco, California, offers basic childcare and learning services. The school's operating hours is from seven-thirty AM to six PM, Mondays through Fridays. It offers programs for infants, toddlers, preschooler and...

Marin Preparatory School

117 Diamond St, San Francisco, CA

Marin Preparatory School located at 117 Diamond Street, San Francisco, CA is an independent, non-profit, coeducational school that operates Mondays through Fridays from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM. The school offers a Spanish-infused educational program from Transitional Kindergarten through Eighth Grade.

Child's Time A Preschool For All Site

3061 San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Child's Time is a participating Preschool for All Site we work in partnership with San Francisco's First 5 department. We offer 15 hours of free preschool for 4 year old. Children must be residents of San Francisco to be eligible for the free preschool. We also accept children starting from 2 years...

Big City Montessori School

240 Industrial St, San Francisco, CA

Founded in 1972 by Meighen and Robert Tideman, Big City Montessori School located in San Francisco, CA is the oldest family-owned and operated Montessori preschool in San Francisco. The center curriculum has seven areas from Practical Life, Sensorial, Mathematics, Language, Sciences, Geography and...

Jose Ortega Elementary School

400 Sargent St, San Francisco, CA

Jose Ortega Elementary School provides high quality Kindergarten to 5th Grade education. The school also serves students with special needs through its Special Education Program. This program provides special-needs students with personalized instruction in a general education program through the...

Marina Children's Center

3219A Laguna St, San Francisco, CA

Marina Children's Center located in San Francisco, CA is a play-based preschool that operates Mondays through Fridays from 8 AM to 6 PM. The center serves children between the ages of two and a half and six years old and their curriculum includes activities designed to develop cognitive, social,...

Little Bear School

65 Ocean Ave, San Francisco, CA

The Little Bear School in San Francisco, California is a creative arts preschool. Their age-appropriate play activities allow the children to express themselves and stimulates their cognitive, social, emotional and physical growth. They encourage exploration to lay the foundation for life-long...

Sunset Co-op Nursery School

4245 Lawton St, San Francisco, CA

Sunset Co-op Nursery School in San Francisco provides a play-based curriculum for children with a variety of hands-on learning experiences that encourage creativity. The school's program is designed to promote the development of communication and problem-solving skills, and nurture imagination,...

Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Center

660 Lombard Street, San Francisco, CA

CHILD DEVELOPMENT PRESCHOOL FOR AGES 6 months 5 YEARS OLD TEL HI s California-licensed preschool offers a fun, safe, enriching environment that will prepare your children to embrace a lifetime of learning! You can count on TEL HI Monday through Friday, 7:30 am 6:00 pm, all year long.

Nihonmachi Little Friends

1700 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA

Nihonmachi Little Friends is a privately-owned, non-profit child care center that offers bilingual early education programs to children and families residing in San Francisco, California. The company is state-licensed to handle preschool children, ages 2 ½ to 5 years old. The company also offers...

Warm House Montessori School

819 Florida St, San Francisco, CA

Warm House Montessori School located at 819 Florida Street, Sam Francisco, California, offers childcare and learning services. It offers programs for infants, toddlers, early preschool and kindergarten prep. It offers before- and after- school programs, including summer camps and winter breaks. The...

Hillcrest Elementary School

810 Silver Ave, San Francisco, CA

Hillcrest Elementary School located at 810 Silver Avenue, San Francisco, CA provides a safe, happy multilingual and multicultural school. The school offers four different standards-based instructional programs: Spanish Bilingual, Chinese Bilingual, English Language Development, and Speech and...

Parkside Preschool and Kindergarten

2425 19th Ave, San Francisco, CA

Parkside Preschool and Kindergarten located in San Francisco, CA is a state-licensed facility that serves children between the ages of two and six years old. The school offers a comprehensive curriculum designed to promote the social, physical, intellectual, and emotional growth of children through...

Montessori Children's Center

80 Juan Bautista Cir, San Francisco, CA

Montessori Children’s Center in San Francisco is a preschool that offers Montessori method of education to children ages 2 - 6. The center also offers childcare before and after-school childcare - where children are immersed in creative activities to stimulate their imagination and develop their...

Sunshine Child Care

26 Moneta Way, San Francisco, CA

The Sunshine Childcare located at 26 Moneta Way, San Francisco, California, offers basic childcare and learning services. The school is open from seven AM to five PM, Mondays through Fridays. It offers learnings for infants, toddlers, preschooler and kindergarten prep. They offer before- and after-...

Kidspace

3401 Mission St., San Francisco, CA

Kidspace located at 3401 Mission Street, San Francisco, California, offers childcare and learning services. It offers programs for toddlers, early preschool and kindergarten prep. It provides before- and after- school programs, including summer camps and winter breaks. The school is open from seven...

Grattan Elementary School

165 Grattan St, San Francisco, CA

Grattan Elementary School located at 165 Grattan Street, San Francisco, California, offers basic childcare and learning services. The school operates from seven AM to two PM, Mondays through Fridays. It offers programs for infants, toddlers, preschool and prekindergarten prep. It provides before-...

Rainbow Montessori

2358 24th Ave, San Francisco, CA

Rainbow Montessori located at 2358 24th Avenue, San Francisco, California, offers basic childcare and learning services. The school operates from seven-thirty AM to five-thirty PM, Mondays through Fridays. It offers programs for infants, toddlers, early preschool and kindergarten prep. It offers...

Little Star Preschool Too

1105 Quintara St, San Francisco, CA

Little Star Preschool "Too" is licensed by the State of California to offer programs for preschool and Pre-Kindergarten. The school provides a stimulating and fun learning environment that aids in a child's social, emotional and intellectual, physical development. Operating hours is 7:15 AM to 6:00...

Little Gators

3149 Steiner St, San Francisco, CA

Little Gators located at 3149 Steiner Street, San Francisco, California, offers basic childcare and learning services. It provides programs for infants, toddlers, preschooler and kindergarten prep. It offers before- and after- school programs, including summer camps and winter breaks. The school...

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