East Bay Daycares

Here are some day cares and schools that I was researching for Oliver. There's a short list of bold schools which were my top picks and then a longer table with every school listed on Berkeley Parents Network. I made this list in early 2014.

If you are looking for an East Bay school you need to sign up for Berkeley Parents network and get the childcare digest email weekly. It'll list all schools with openings.

I highly recommend touring one or two excellent schools whether or not they have openings. It's extremely informative to tour a school with an early childhood development expert, and give you a more informed perspective on what it is you are looking for, what your educational philosophy is.

If you can carve out the time I recommend touring and applying as soon as you know you're pregnant. The best schools have long wait lists.

school

Big Trees

Blue Skies for Children

Dima Day Care

Grand Lake Montessori

Aquatic Park School

Mills College Children's School

The Renaissance International School

Ducks Nest

Urban Baby Sprouts

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A Child's House Monclair/Redwood Heights

A Step Ahead Preschool

Academia de Mi Abuela Montclair

aKIDemia Childcare and Preschool

Alarcon Family Daycare

Alegria Daycare

Alice Shelton

Alicia Alva

Alma's Children's Garden

Ama's Hearth

American International Montessori School

Anna Daycare Oakland Zoo area

Annie's Family Childcare

Anushka's Daycare North Oakland

A child's Garden

Azam Khadavi Trestle Glen

Bamboo Grove Montessori Preschool Grand Lake

Beanie Babies Montclair

Benvenue Children's Center Elmwood

Berkeley Urban Garden School

Betty's Children's Academy

Bloomers Preschool Glenview off Park Blvd

Blue Sky Day School

Boulevard Little People Academy

Bout’choux Crèche Française Lakeshore

Boutchou Daycare

Bright Future Early Learning Center Downtown Oakland

Bright Horizons at Bayer W. Berkeley

Brittany's House Piedmont Av.

Cande's Daycare Berk/Emery border

Carmen's Family Childcare Glenview

Casa De Los Ninos Lake Merrit

Chairez Montessori Preschool

Chatham School Oakland

Cheburashka Home Daycare

Child Education Center (CEC) Central Berkeley

Clark Kerr Infant Center UC Berkeley

Cornerstone Children's Center

Cottage in the Woods Oakland

Cottage Playhouse Montclair

Creative Learning Children's House Grand Lake

Daisy Child Development Center Laurel/Rdwd Hghts

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Daisy's Montesorri House Dimond District

Debbie's Daycare Dimond District

Diana's Play House Crocker Highlands

Dolma's Daycare NW Berkeley

Duck Soup Rockridge

Dwight Way Child Care Berkeley Flats

Ebenezer Daycare Ashby Bart

Eden Child Care Home Glenview

Emeryville Child Development Center (ECDC)

First Steps Daycare San Pablo Park

First Years Enrichment Program Temescal

Frog Hollow Preschool N. Berkeley

Fun & Games N. Berkeley

Giggle House UCB Campus

Gitta's Daycare Maxwell Park/Mills

Goosebeary Parade Montclair

Granny's Daycare Maxwell Park

Great Start Child Care W. Berkeley

Greenhouse Childcare N. Berkeley

Growing Circles Preschool Piedmont Av.

Happy Baby Day Care S. Berkeley

Harmony House Learning Center Redwood Hgts

Haste Street Child Development Center

Heart of a Child N. Berkeley

Hearts Leap Daycare

Heavenly Touch Preschool Glenview

Higher Reach Learning Center Berkeley

Hikari Day School Montclair

La Casita

Holding Hands Preschool Lincoln Ave

Home Away from Home Rockridge

Homemade Love Family Daycare Center Fruitvale

Hugs and Kisses Daycare Oakland

Inch by Inch Temescal

Jill's House Dimond/Glenview

Joyce Newton Elmwood

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Julia Hom Lincoln Heights/Fruitvale

Keiki's Corner N. Berkeley

Kiddie Korner Daycare N. Oakland

Kids on the Path Claremont

Kidsland on Addison W. Berkeley

KidsLand on Dwight W. Berkeley

KidsLand on Russell S. Berkeley

Kika's House Family Daycare S. Berkeley

Kim's Home Childcare Fairview/ Grand Lake

Kuumba Childcare N. Oak/Emeryville

Kym's Family Daycare N. Berkeley BART

La Plazita Preschool Lower Diamond

Lake Merritt Child Care Center

Lau Family Care Fruitvale/580

Lil Nancy Primary Schoolhouse Downtown

Little Architect Daycare Elmwood

Little Bears Laboratory

Little B, Big B Daycare N. Berkeley

Little Bird Daycare Lake Merritt

Little Ducklings Daycare Montclair

Little Fawn Playschool Montclair

Little Learning Cubby N. Berkeley

Little Owl Day School S. Berkeley

Little Packages Daycare Montclair

Little Sea Turtles East Oakland

Lydia's Childcare Oakland Kaiser area

Mama Shelley's Daycare

Margaret's Garden Berkeley Hills

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Maria Mayorga's Daycare

Mary Miles Family Day Care Glenview/Montclair

MaryAnn Thornes Daycare Fruitvale

Mi Escuelita Day Care N. Berkeley

Mina's Day Care

Molly Rowe's Daycare Glenview

Mommy and Me S. Berkeley

Monteverde School

Monte Tavor Preschool

Montessori International School

Mother's Touch Daycare Hills/Mills

Ms. Annetta's Family Preschool

Ms. B's Home Preschool Redwood Hgts/Laurel

My First Steps S. Berkeley

Narnia Playhouse Redwood Hgts

New House N. Berkeley

Oak Trees School Oakland Zoo

Oakland Garden School

Oakland organic daycare

Pacific Rim International School

Park Place Day Care Dimond/Laurel

Peaceful Heart Family Childcare Laurel/Fruitvale

Pickles Family Daycare

Pumpkin Seed Childcare

Reaching Beyond Care

Redwood Garden Preschool

Redwood Heights Daycare

Richards Family Daycare N. Berkeley

Rising Spirits Children's Center

ROckridge Little School

Robin's Nest Central S. Berkeley

Rocio's Day Care Dimond

Sakura Daycare Oakland Hills

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Sheffield Prechool

Size Small Toddler School

Small Daycare

Smalltrans Depot

St. John's Childcare

Sunshine Daycare

Stephanie's Child Care Redwood Heights/Laurel

Sugar Plum Daycare

Suzanne Carlone N. Berkeley

Sweet Hearts Daycare

Sweet Smiles Laurel/Dimond

The Model School Berkeley

The Orange House N. Berkeley

The Play Yard

The Yellow House Trestle Glen Area

Thousand Oaks DayCare N. Berkeley

Tiny Toes Mills College

Tonda's Child Care Glenview

Tudorka Tots Oakland Hills

Urban Baby Sprouts Temescal

Urban Schoolhouse Grand Lake Area

Vivan Los Ninos Peralta Heights / Fruitvale

Waldorf Infant Care

Wee Care Preschool S. Berkeley

Wee Two Toddler House Cedar/MLK

White Rabbit Day Care Glenview

Wilma Ramsey Childcare

Wooley Mammoth south of campus

Woolsey Daycare Central Berkeley

Yasmeen's Bunny Hutch N. Berkeley Bart

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apply!

we are on wait list

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outdoor space

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ample!

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wonderful yard"

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There's a beautiful garden

alexis.

yard with grass

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outdoor space

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lots of plastic

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megic outdoor space

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recommendations

Little Fawn

Jeremy Lasky

Helen recommended

Jeremy Lasky and Axel Geddes

Michael Johnson

zero recs on BPN

Jill Toure, 1 BPN rec

Jill

2 recs on BPN

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0 recs on BPN

1 rec on BPN

Christine

lloyd

the lady from helen-type place

1 BPN rec

recommendations

1 BPN rec

recommendations

Anjuli liked it

recommendations

Liisa from Blue Skies

Liisa from Blue Skies. Montessori based.

recommendations

phone

(510) 843-2273

510.430.2118

510-434-1942

appasquel@aol.com

510.644.1148

510 832-2336

510-881-6116

510-444-4080

510-834-8196

(510) 548-1799

510-430-8789

(510) 832-2732

(510) 835-4012

510-653-1685

510 978 0176

510-891-9409

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(510) 531-1302

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510 642 1827

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(510) 332-9885

510-653-4520

510-332-2529

548-7733

(510) 338-0002

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510-697- 9523

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notes

The teachers trained at Mills College. Hours are 8:30am-1:30pm Tuesday-Friday. Other than that it's great. Also it's expensive.

we toured and loved it. lab school. primary teacher attachment during transition. freedom of moevement for babies.

amazing garden. Open clean floorplan. Routine. Cooking. three spaces. starting end feb. hiring a third person. really like talking to her. space soon.

Very popular school, recommended by many Pixaraians.

Reggio Emilia. Outdoor infant playground.

oakland. Multiple ages together. Grad school asst teachers. Per Class outdoor area. 10 months, optional summer june-july. Apply by Feb 14 for March 20 acceptance. Whiney. 5month-27month. Sleeping / Eating on demand.

url

https://sites.google.com/site/bigtreesschool/

https://sites.google.com/site/dimasdaycare/home/about-dima

http://www.mills.edu/campus_life/childrens_school/index.php

http://berkeleyurbangardenschool.com/

http://bettyschildrensacademy.com/dailyrountines/

http://www.blueskydayschool.com/

http://www.blvdacademy.com/

http://www.boutchouxdaycare.com/

http://www.chathampreschool.com/

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http://daisyshah.wordpress.com/

http://parents.berkeley.edu/recommend/preschool/kumar.html

http://parents.berkeley.edu/recommend/preschool/eden.html

http://parents.berkeley.edu/recommend/preschool/gigglehouse.html

http://parents.berkeley.edu/recommend/preschool/grannys.html

http://parents.berkeley.edu/recommend/preschool/greatstartchildcare.html

http://greenhousechildcare.com/Contact_Us.html

www.heavenlytouchpreschool.vpweb.com

http://parents.berkeley.edu/recommend/preschool/hikari.html

http://parents.berkeley.edu/recommend/preschool/homeaway.html

http://parents.berkeley.edu/recommend/preschool/hugsandkisses.html

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http://parents.berkeley.edu/recommend/preschool/kidslandsouth.html

http://mamashelleysdaycare.weebly.com/kids-in-action.html

url

http://www.oaktreesschool.com/

https://sites.google.com/site/peacefulheartchildcare/home

http://www.risingspiritschildrenscenter.com/risingspiritschildrenscenter.com/Welcome.html

url

http://www.moldovanacademy.com/contact.html

http://smalltransdepot.com/contact/

http://stjohnit.googlepages.com/home

http://www.themodelschool.org

http://parents.berkeley.edu/recommend/preschool/vivan.html

http://woollymammothpreschool.com/

https://sites.google.com/site/yasmeensbunnyhutch/

url

This is Helen and we love her. Very hard to get into, but amazing if you can.

husband and wife. meals included. spanish. back yard

paty pasquel. The kids do tons of arts and crafts and she has a great outdoor play area. have a space for two year or older

8am - 4pm. nothing stands out

spanish. 3-4 kids. 8-6 hours. large yard and dog, trikes. 20 years experience.

home cooked meals, classical music, big back yard with trees, sandbox crawling and climbing. wate rplay, spanish, licensing issue, 2 assistants, chickens

same as other japanese immersion motessori

spanish. mostly organic. no tv. The outside area is set up perfectly for young ones to play - there are slides, a tub with balls to jump in, rocking horse, etc.

She provides nutritious meals. (arts & crafts, yoga/exercise movement, naps, story time, and garden/outdoor play)

we toured it and I didn't like it, too wild west for me

Christian Montessori. Chickens, big yard. Godly play, bible study.

Farsi. Persian? Someone comes to play music.

Im pretty sure they don't do infants

graduate at 12 months

Montessori. Outdoor gardening.

Looks amazing. Very similar to Helen, kids all same age. "Molly, Dana and Claire are experts in the design and delivery of high quality early care and education." "What I love the most is that my daughter learns by doing/living life. At BUGS they cook, make art, invent games, garden, play outside a lot, and clean-up together - and have so much fun doing all of it!"

We believe that there are universal developmental milestones that children pass through. In our curriculum there is no "right way". At Blue Sky the environment is the curriculum.

Our directors, teachers, and staff are trained. Our mission at the Boulevard Academies is to focus on the whole child, nurturing their cognitive, emotional, creative, and physical growth through play. Our learning stations include but are not limited to: cooking, dramatic play, language arts, art, table toys, music, and movement.

wood toys, sand box, healthy food, french. looks nice.

part time only. I toured this place. Vanessa was sweet, she was funny, she was great with the kids, but it wasn't a philosophical match

employee benefit

not interested in their philosophy

Camille will attend.

No infant space until May. Degree in early childhood development

all I know is montessori and spanish.

"not fancy" but good. In business for 56 years. lunches and snacks included. oakland hills.

Russian.

Non profit. Been around for 30 years.

teachers move classrooms with students. circle time inappropriate for 2 & 3 yr olds. Gretchen Sietz, waiting list. applications for fall. primarily fill with university families. Lots of spaces for the fall. Apply sooner rather than later. Date of application for waitlist mattersn.

shortlist on BPN. christian.

notes

day ends at 3:30

kids ride on a bus to get to a park. "large group" of kids.

nothing jumping out to me

she only speaks spanish

not impressed by the web site

spanish.

four or five children at a time. summary. kids to the park, studio grow, on bart train rides, and to see the back hoes.

full of toys and outside in the park

Swedish but will only care for at the most 3-5 children. Gitta has a giant playroom at the back of her house that is filled with toys

daughter inherited from mother.

3:30 2901 Morcom avenue, 580 all the way up 35th, high street. macarthur. go to the stop sign.

sun filled backyard with fruit trees and a garden. 3 kids total. mini table and chairs tray. nap room. crib and sleeping sack. 5 month art project. language barrier.

montessori based

Ulysses attends. One with universe. newborn starts in a week, to see if that baby can acclamate. possibility.

there have been issues with high teacher turnover. lots of substitutes.

they have space

korean. 8-10 children. large play yard. dancing and singing. art projects. "entertaining" this kids

organic food, immaculate. spanish. japanese.

Breakfast, lunch and snack are included. There is a lovely backyard with a lawn and tons of toy cars to ride, play structure etc. A music teacher comes in once a week

Joyce has over 20 years of experience in early child care and development including a degree in this field. She usually cares for 4-6 children at a time, ages ranging from infants to approx 3 years of ag

notes

they don't have any space 01/2014

They typically take 4-5 children. They have a nice shaded outdoor space where the children spend a lot of time. She gets plenty of attention and outdoor time as well.

3 mos. - 5 years No TV and healthy foods only, which is great for us.

david and carmen ocampo. voice message in spanish. no english?

Email said not familiar with RIE but seems in tune with their approach. They are nurtured with l ove and care by Kika as they explore in well-designed open indoor spaces and outdoor gardens complete with chickens. including music, movement, community garden, and the farmers market

One of the best aspects is the low child to provider ratio (2:1). They only take 4 kids max & only infants up to 2 yrs old. The day care area is very clean with hardwood floors (w/ mats) & lots of windows. They take the kids out in the back for fresh air daily.

denise passed away

Denise at Kuumba child care

Ms. Lau speaks fluent Cantonese and Mandarin and conversational English.

italian and spanish

mandarin only. BPN parents say english speakers ok.

vietnamese

not much on BPN

heather gray used to be a teacher at the preschool at mills college. based on a combination of Montessori, Reggio, and Waldorf philosophies. They are now in Ohio. Look at Big Trees.

also have a west oakland space. yard. sign language spanish french

wont have space for over a year

lots of outings, temporary tattoos, oliver would be napping in a stroller

notes

spanish

homeade greek meals from her vegetable garden. large outdoor play area.

many years of exoerience, grass yard with sun and share. peaceful nap room. nothing jumped out at me.

space looks like kmart, crammed with plasic toys and slides

hanks to the directors' vision & their passion for Reggio Emelia + Bev

Boss inspiration/philosophies, the children are SEEN & HEARD.

Monte Tavor is a Spanish Immersion program for infants, toddlers and preschoolers. Our major emphasis is language development for the bilingual and multilingual child. The program is based on children's interest, teachers' observations, theoretical implications with emergent themes as well as our developmental approach on sensorial activities and the equilibrium.

harmon

credentialed teacher, newsletter

we toured it and didn't love it

portuguese.

spanish and french. big open sun filld, grassy back yard, sand box. they close at 3pm

seems ok. highchairs. nice yard.

has space. chinese immersion.

Child's mind has a great ability to learn and assimilate effortlessly and unconsciously from the world around the child. So Because of my belief that the education need not to be imposed on the child; given a learning environment, the child will be free to act and to develop him/ her self along the lines of his/her own inner direction, I created a prepared environment for my children.

We are a small family child care situated right across from the east end of beautiful Lake Merritt, specializing in care for babies age 0-2. We have two positions available right away for babies under 1 yr. My care philosophy is based on Attachment Parenting, Magda Gerber and Daniel Siegel. Children enjoy only local, seasonal and organic foods. We take daily outings for education and socialization. Eco-Healthy Certified

We place emphasis on the experiences of the children instead of the results of those experiences. 4 infants right now, licensed for 10. 7:30-6:00pm. Pixar families at old location. Aisha. 3 now, hiring 4th. some part time kids. 10 older kids, 4 infants. Montessori background. immitating best. adults being great roll models.

the number wasn't working

japanese

notes

four kids at a time. we have a very spacious, bright, modern and clean home with a large playroom for the children with plenty of baby-safe toys, padded play-mats, etc. and safe outside play area. Lots of toys, plastic trains, naps in play pens, meals in high chairs. chinese.

its' in a train station

9-6, meals provided.

Sara usually has a mix of babies and toddlers with no more than 8 total at a time. Her mother Marina is the 2nd caregiver.The house is large, very clean, has tons of toys and activities-

far away

FAR Children get to go outside to a nice, sheltered play space, they get fed breakfast together at a large table, and they are often getting cuddled by Pat, Walter or one of the family members. It's really a family setting that little kids get absorbed into. The kids are diverse.

Suzanne has more than 30 years of experience and does not take more than 4 kids. but also sticks to basic rules and a clear daily routine.

has opening. Our Caregivers are highly educated, experienced & passionate

about caring for your child. We work with families like you to nourish your child's social, emotional & physical growth. We encourage children to engage in hands on activities that will help create a positive learning experience as your child grows & has fun exploring

spanish. 6 kids max

outdoors twice a day, fenced off area for little guys. no primary caregiver. cribs are in the infant room, play eat and sleep in one room.

yard, small group, infant care, lots of toys and boos, fun music.

I spoke to this woman and I didn't love her, despite their RIE thing. magda gerber philosophy. The RIE philosophy is based on respecting infants as if they were fully functioning, spending quality time with them, learning their individual ways of communicating, not treating infants like objects, involving infants in the things that concern them, being honest with infants, and allowing infants to try to solve a problem without adult interference

This is Helen and we love her.

they only do tues-thurs, 9-3

they are all full until fall 2014

one elderly lady in her home. a few babies

"provide a broad spectrum of learning experiences geared to challenge the child’s mind and body,"

day ends at three

4 babies. space available. I have a very sunny playroom and the whole back half of my home is dedicated to the Bunny Hutch.

notes

http://parents.berkeley.edu/recommend/preschool/pumpkinpatch.html

http://parents.berkeley.edu/recommend/preschool/alegria.html

http://parents.berkeley.edu/recommend/preschool/aliceshelton.html

http://parents.berkeley.edu/recommend/preschool/alva.html