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Oakland, CA
Duck Soup

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neighborhood: Rockridge / Temescal · Telephone: (510) 653-7430

Kindergarten
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General Approach to Learning

	Play-based
	Play-based with some structure
	Predominantly teacher-led instruction
	Montessori
	Waldorf
	Co-op
	Reggio-Emilia

source: This information was provided by the director This information was compiled by Savvy Source

Social Skills & Work Habits

OVERALL RATING (5.0)
This school has increased my child's:
Ability to listen and follow directions
Ability to sit still for longer periods of time
Ability to be a part of a group of children
Self-sufficiency and independence
Awareness of others’ feelings
Cooperation with other children

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Curriculum and Teaching Approach

	PLAY-BASED	PLAY-BASED WITH SOME STRUCTURE	MOSTLY TEACHER LED	NOT FORMALLY IN CURRICULUM	CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMENT
Language					Yes
Oral language	-		-	-	n/a
Nursery rhymes, poems, songs	-		-	-	n/a
Storybook reading	-		-	-	n/a
Emerging literacy skills	-		-	-	n/a
Cognitive Development					n/a
Math and number sense	-		-	-	Yes
Time & space	-		-	-	Yes
Sci. reasoning/physical world	-		-	-	Yes
Music	-		-	-	Yes
Visual arts	-		-	-	Yes
Physical activity	-		-	-	Yes
Other subjects taught	I work closely with conflict resolution and social skills. We cook, bake, compost, garden, sing, dance and do arts and crafts.				n/a

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Director's Comments

I believe that preschoolers learn through play. I arrange a variety of activities that teach skills, i.e. count out pieces of snacks, art projects teaching the alphabet, phone numbers, addresses, etc. There will be much academia once in school.

Parents' Comments

Parent #1
This is a play-based school, only six children between 18 months and 4 years old. The teacher has a variety of structured programs mixed with free play. It is a lovely natural, family environment for the children to form relationships with each other and learn independent living skills.

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