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Play & Exploration
Children learn by doing. Open-ended materials, purposeful environments, and long stretches of play help ideas grow.
Our approach
Where Play, Creativity & Learning Come Together
Children are capable, curious, and full of ideas. Our role is to listen closely, offer rich possibilities, and help each child build meaning through experience.
A thoughtful childhood
Learning is alive here.
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Creativity & the Arts
Drawing, painting, music, movement, and dramatic play give children many languages for expressing what they know.
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Foundations for Learning
The Creative Curriculum supports language, literacy, math, science, and problem-solving through meaningful everyday experiences.
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Social & Emotional Development
Mindfulness, empathy, emotional vocabulary, and conflict resolution help children build resilience and care for their community.
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Exploring Our World
Nature study, gardening, and neighborhood walks invite children to notice the living world and their place within San Francisco.
Programs
Growing with your child.
Infant
Responsive caregiving anchors each day. Gentle routines, floor exploration, sensory experiences, songs, and warm one-to-one interactions support attachment and every early milestone.
Toddler
Toddlers are busy becoming themselves. Educators support language, movement, self-help skills, and early friendships through predictable rhythms and abundant choices.
Preschool
Imaginative play, stories, art, construction, and investigation become pathways to early literacy, mathematics, collaboration, and joyful independence.
Pre-K
Longer projects, rich conversation, early writing and number sense, scientific thinking, and shared problem-solving prepare children for kindergarten with confidence.
Enrichment
More ways to move, make, and connect.
Music
Rhythm, singing, instruments, and joyful group expression.
Yoga & Mindful Movement
Body awareness, breathing, balance, and calm.
Spanish Through Music
Playful language exposure through songs and movement.
Playball Sports
Age-appropriate movement, coordination, and teamwork.
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A warm welcome is waiting.
Meet our educators, explore our classrooms, and imagine your child at Libélula.
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