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Berkeley, CA
Heart's Leap School Julia Morgan

Parents at this school would recommend this school to other parents.

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neighborhood: Elmwood ·  Telephone: (510) 549-1422  · Website: www.icrichild.org

• Summary
• General Info
• School Philosophy
  & Day-in-the-Life
• Curriculum &
  Teaching Approach
• Quality of
  Teaching
• Home/School
  Connection
• Discipline,
  Health & Safety
• Ages, Schedule
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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

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Social Skills & Work Habits

OVERALL RATING (4.7)
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	Our school offers Yoga, Dance, Music, and Music and Movement Class to all classrooms.				n/a

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Parents' Comments

Parent #1
There are regular activities throughout the school day, such as circle time, outside time, small group activities etc, and children are led by a teacher and also encouraged to find their own activities if they prefer. Children who do not with to participate in a scheduled activity may draw, paint, play with toys, or otherwise engage themselves how they wish. A teacher will obviously keep an eye on them and encourage them to rejoin the group if they want to. There are themes and topics covered each week, in a general sense, i.e., for The Body the kids looked at pictures and diagrams, drew around themselves on big sheets of paper, played physical games, drew pictures and made dolls, etc. HL has a Emillio-Reggia (did I spell that right?) approach, and pretty much lets the kids find their own bliss within a structure.