Founded over 40 years ago, Old Adobe School’s mission is to provide high-quality, early-childhood education to a diverse population. OAS serves children aged 2 to 5. Old Adobe School draws from a variety of educational philosophies and current educational and scientific research and is, in great part, based on exploration. Through observation, conversation and research, the staff and children select areas of interest and investigate. Because children are naturally curious about the world around them, they provide an endless number of explorations. OAS hopes to develop a keen interest in the natural world, positive peer interaction, self-regulation, and artistic expression while offering the time and space to grow. With low teacher to student ratios, teachers can focus on early literacy as well as the children’s social, emotional, and physical development. In a warm and supportive environment, children are given the opportunity to make choices and decisions, organize their own activities and develop confidence in their own abilities, thus leading to greater self-regulation, one of the best indicators of future success in school and out.
Laurel Hill Nursery School started in 1947 as the Presidio Nursery School. In 2017, LHNS celebrated its 70th anniversary at its new location in San Francisco’s Laurel Hill neighborhood. Member families and staff team together to provide young children with an affordable, safe, caring environment in which they learn through play and connection. Members gain support for their parenting by working side by side with early childhood educators while having the opportunity to build a strong community for their family. The Laurel Hill philosophy is to encourage the development of children in an environment that promotes self-esteem. Ultimately, the sense of self-esteem and accomplishment enables a child to develop natural inner controls based on self-discipline and creativity rather than inhibitions; on guidance rather than dependence, and on respect for the ideas of one’s self and others. Children get a chance to engage in deep play for extended periods of time. Additionally through play, children are given the opportunity to develop intellectual, social, emotional, physical skills including; social confidence, intrinsic values, negotiation skills, strong fine and gross motor skills, increased independence, heightened capacity for language and pre-literacy skills, self regulation, and problem solving. By allowing each child the time and environment to discover and develop at their own pace, LHNS creates a love of learning that will continue through life.
Mustard Seed school is so much more than just a school. Located on Loaves and Fishes grounds, an organization that supports the homeless in Sacramento, CA, Mustard Seed School is an emergency school for unhoused children ages 3-15. Each month, thousands of students throughout the Sacramento region experience homelessness. Using a Montessori based curriculum, MSS provides a safe, structured and nurturing environment for students while their families seek stable and permanent living situations. Children receive healthy meals, new backpacks with school supplies, clothes, survival supplies, counseling, health screening, and access to routine and or urgent health care. Through years of experience and service, MSS understands that children not only lose physical shelter when they experience homelessness, but also basic safety, stability and a nurturing community of caring teachers, custodial neighbors, and connections with friends. As a result, MSS remains a place for these students to reconnect with these positive influences and most importantly, experience a sense of true belonging.
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