Best Toddler Daycares in San Francisco, CA

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.

Toddler Classroom

As toddlers are rapidly developing both physically and cognitively, the Toddler classroom is where their natural curiosity is fostered, and their language and communication skills are nurtured. A lifelong love of learning starts early, and we believe in providing brand-new learners with the tools they need to be successful. In the Toddler classroom, our proprietary education program, Wonder of Learning™, comes to life as expert teachers harness children’s natural curiosity, guiding them to explore the world around them through hands-on learning, play and asking questions. Teachers support your child's social-emotional growth while helping them develop important physical skills. Your little one will build social awareness, form meaningful connections with others and have plenty of opportunities to strengthen essential skills like persistence and independence.

Toddler Daycare Program

Toddler Program

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.

Preschool and Kindergarten Program

Mission Montessori is proud to offer the one-of-a-kind, holistic, child-led approach to early childhood education that Dr. Montessori pioneered over one hundred years ago.

Toddler Daycare Program

Toddler Daycare Program

Toddler Daycare Program

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.

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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.

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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Preschool Program

Toddler Daycare Program

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.

Toddler Daycare Program

Toddler Daycare Program

Daycare Program

Welcome to Our Newly Opened Family Daycare! Children will enjoy age-appropriate learning activities, arts and crafts, music and stories, sensory and creative play indoor.

Toddler Daycare Program

Toddler Daycare Program

¡HolaKids! Spanish Immersion Preschool

Sunshine Meadows

Daily activities designed to develop motor skills, socialization, language skills and cognitive development. Outdoor exploration with sensory stimulation including water and sand, gardening. Art, music, reading and free play are also offered. Routines promote self independence and self regulation.

Wonder Woods

Daily activities balance structured learning with free play to support cognitive, social, and physical development. Outdoor nature play with climbing, water and sand, gardening. Learning focus on role play, storytelling, building, math skills, social responsibility and kindness.

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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.

Older Preschoolers

Our program consists of experiential learning designed specifically to enhance a child's social skills and growing autonomy. Field trips take our children into the surrounding forests. We delve further into social and emotional development with deepening friendships and collaborative play.

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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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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.

EARLY PRESCHOOL

At PEKE DAYCARE, We Reinforce Your 2-Year-Old's Natural Desire To Explore—Turning Every Moment Into An Opportunity For Learning And Encouragement. We've Designed Our Program To Nurture Your Child's Growing Individuality Through Days Filled With Interactive Learning And Group Activities.

Toddler Daycare Program

Toddler Daycare Program

Toddler Daycare Program

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.

Toddler Daycare Program

Toddler Daycare Program

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.

Storyland Preschool

A nurturing preschool program focused on play-based learning, creativity, and social development. Children explore through stories, art, music, and hands-on activities in a warm and supportive home environment.

Jellyfish

Toddler Care: Children play via exploration, hand-on experience, and responsive care. Start to explore outdoor experience, art craft, and engage story-time.

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Toddler Daycare Program

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.

Toddler Daycare Program

Toddler Daycare Program

Toddler Daycare Program

Toddler Daycare Program

Toddler Daycare Program

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.

Discovery Preschool

Preschool program designed to create a strong academic and social foundation. Teachers introduce math, literacy, and science. Activities also include music, movement, art, pretend play, and group games. Children become an active part of their classroom community.

Toddler Daycare Program

Toddler Daycare Program

Toddler Daycare Program

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.

Bilingual Play-Based Family Child Care

Full-day, mixed-age care in a family home near Sweeny & Dunsmuir, built on relationship-based PITC practice. Mainly Cantonese and Mandarin, plus English. Outdoors every day in a big backyard. Daily photos and a pickup debrief; home-cooked meals included.

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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.

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.

Toddler Daycare Program

Toddler Daycare Program