Best Daycares in San Francisco, CA - Updated November 2026

Infant Classroom

In the Infant program, our teachers provide your baby with all the cuddles and care they need, as well as opportunities to begin learning about the world around them. Our proprietary education program, Wonder of Learning™, celebrates your baby’s natural curiosity within the classroom environment and models how to explore safely. Nurturing teachers narrate your baby’s experiences to build a strong foundation in 21st century skills for problem solving and building relationships.

Twos Classroom

In the Twos classroom, patient, caring teachers guide children through playful exploration. They help your little one navigate big emotions while providing hands-on learning experiences that nurture their innate curiosity. Your toddler is constantly learning new things about the world around them. At The Goddard School®, our team is here to work with your little one every day as they play, learn and gain the skills they need to prepare for preschool. Our Wonder of Learning™ education program will immerse your child in literacy, science, arts and math brought together in one activity for a more holistic—and fun—approach to learning.

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Mission Montessori’s infant program is uniquely designed to be homelike and nurturing, while also stimulating intellectual growth, confidence, and a desire to explore.

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Our teachers introduce good habits, encourage the use of words to express needs, and warmly guide children to do things for themselves throughout the course of the day.

Growing Minds Montessori Preschool

Growing Minds Montessori is a boutique bilingual Spanish-English preschool in Ingleside, San Francisco. Designed with intention, our prepared environment nurtures toddlers and preschoolers through an elevated Montessori experience. Discover it in action!

Teremok Preschool

A Russian-American bilingual preschool integrating a dynamic STEAM curriculum, fostering early childhood development through hands-on learning, creativity, and cultural enrichment in a nurturing, language-rich environment. Music, art, and theatrical programs are part of our weekly curriculum.

Bright Sun Daycare

At Bright Sun Day Care, toddlers grow through play-based, Reggio Emilia–inspired learning. Our nurturing, low-ratio environment supports independence, creativity, and secure relationships through STEAM exploration, bilingual experiences, outdoor adventures, and individualized care.

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Older Toddlers

Our classrooms are filled with endless learning opportunities to enhance children’s cognitive and language skills with basic academics through small-group activities that encourage investigation, exploration, and discovery. Our scaffolding approach is a critical component in teaching new tasks with multiple steps where our teachers provide support for students. Our children that are now engaging in short sentence conversions are able to absorb information within our curriculum that is designed to support creative expression, literacy and music by fostering their curious minds. By introducing skills that enable independence through enriching art projects and hands-on activities, we are ensuring they are able to expand concepts that were developed in Little Explorers.

Preschool

This classroom provides an enriched and challenging hands-on curriculum that continues to ignite children’s inner curiosity enabling realistic learning opportunities through a solid routine that brings out their creativity. Exploring world geography, reading multicultural literature, researching world cultures, playing traditional games are just some of the ways we are building a community of global learners. Throughout the learning process, our students are able to watch their teacher model, or demonstrate, each step in the task or strategy multiple times. Such modeling and repetition allows students to understand both how to perform each step and why each step is important. In this phase our children are practicing by applying their knowledge and developing it further by learning about the world and its food, music and clothing. Children will get to explore and experience various cultures Around the World.

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Our home-based preschool program offers a monthly curriculum and Montessori-inspired learning activities designed to support children’s social, emotional, and physical development. We provide a nurturing, engaging environment where children learn through hands-on exploration, creativity, and play.

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¡HolaKids! Spanish Immersion Preschool

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Our teachers create a stimulating, challenging environment that fosters self-competence and supports the child’s developing self-image. Because children need to experience success, we work within each child’s developmental ability. Children learn to clarify, organize, and extend their exploration.

Early Preschool

Our daily routine includes art, dramatic play, and outside exploration (riding toys, playing with sand and water, and block play). Also featured are music and movement, language arts, and circle time. Children learn to negotiate and play with fellow classmates, practice sharing, and self-regulation.

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Rainbow Montessori of San Francisco

We are a Montessori preschool serving fourteen to sixteen children, 2.4-5.9. We offer a TK program as well.

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Nature Kidz Preschool

Created in 2019, Nature Kidz is San Francisco's premiere outdoor preschool based in The Presidio & Mountain Lake Park. From 8AM to 5PM, your child will have a "hands on" approach to learning, build strong friendships and be prepared to enter the City's top Kindergarten - 8th Grade schools!

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Little Explorers

At age two, your little one is ready to learn far more than you might imagine. Warm, caring teachers gently guide each child through letter sounds, counting, colors, and shapes, building confidence one “I did it!” at a time, with daily Mandarin or Spanish.

Curious Minds

A personalized learning plan in reading, writing, and math, guided by warm, caring teachers, so your child starts kindergarten academically ahead and grows into a confident, kind leader.

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Storyland Infant Care

Our Infant Care Program provides a warm and nurturing home environment where babies receive loving attention and gentle care. The program includes safe playtime, sensory activities, and consistent routines that support early development and help infants feel secure and comfortable.

Storyland Toddler Care

Our Toddler Program provides a warm and engaging environment where children learn through play, exploration, and daily routines. Daily story time helps children develop a love for books, while music and movement activities encourage creativity, confidence, and joyful learning.

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Infant Care Program

Our Infant Program is designed to nurture and support your child’s growth and development in a warm, safe, and loving environment. Serving children from 6 weeks to 24 months, our program offers age-appropriate care that emphasizes sensory exploration and early developmental milestones.

Toddler Care Program (2+)

Our Toddler Program is designed to inspire a love of learning, creativity, and exploration in children ages 2 and up. We offer a well-rounded curriculum that balances early education with play, supporting your child’s social, emotional, and intellectual development in a fun, structured environment.

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Infant Daycare

Infant program offering a physically and emotionally safe place for your baby to explore and learn about the world around them. Shoe-free policy ensures that classrooms are clean and safe for little ones to move around. Daily routine includes time outdoors, group time, and discovery baskets for sensory exploration. Trained teachers spend time cuddling, singing, and reading to your child.

Toddler Daycare

Toddlers are on the go, exploring and learning new things throughout each day. Classrooms are kid-size in design, allowing children to do more things independently, building their self-confidence. Photos of the children's families cover the walls of the classroom, creating a sense of community. Daily routine includes: outdoor play, circle time, dance & movement, reading, art, music, and free play.

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Step by Step CC & Preschool

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Bilingual Infant Care

Small-group infant care led by Pyrena, a certified PITC trainer. Each baby keeps their own feeding and nap routine, in a home with a big backyard. Caregivers speak mainly Cantonese and Mandarin, plus English. Daily photos and a pickup debrief. Families provide breast milk or formula.

Bilingual Toddler Care

Toddler care rooted in play: building, music, art, books, and gardening, with time outdoors every day, rain included. Mainly Cantonese and Mandarin, plus English. Fresh home-cooked meals, daily photos, and a short debrief at pickup.

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Adorable Friends Wonderschool

We provide a safe, loving environment where children can play, learn, explore, and grow. Our days include hands-on activities, music, stories, sensory and outdoor play, creativity, and child-led exploration. We also provide nutritious meals and snacks with wholesome, organic foods when possible.

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Early Childhood Education And Development Is Critically Important. Our Staff Help Facilitate This Period Of Learning, And That’s What Separates Us From Traditional Child Care Facilities.

Toddler Care

We Build On The Momentum Of Your Toddler's Learning And Natural Curiosity And Help Them Learn At Their Own Pace. Our Staff Form Strong, Caring Relationships With Your Toddler And Guide Them Through Learning Experiences That Stimulate Their Development And Reinforce The Skills They’re Taught At Home.

Pac Heights Kidz Daycare & Preschool

Pac Heights Kidz is a mixed-age program with students as young as 1 year old. With a student-teacher ratio of 3 to 1, PHK takes pride in giving your little one the attention and love he or she deserves!

Pac Heights Kidz Daycare & Preschool

Created in 2016, Pac Heights Kidz is San Francisco's best childcare program. With capacity limited to only 12 students, our 4 teachers give your little one the attention and love they deserve! Serving ages 1 to 5 years old, our academic approach places graduates into the City's top private schools.

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