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Baby Steps
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neighborhood: Lakeside · Telephone: (415) 661-6124
Contact Info
Baby Steps
20 Crestlake Drive
San Francisco, CA
94132
Tel:
(415) 661-6124
Director:
Pat Sullivan
BabyStepsNature@aol.com
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General Approach to Learning
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Play-based with some structure |
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School Philosophy and Mission
We are a natre and outdoor education preschool. Our emergent curriculum is designed around a natural theme. Our teachers incorporate their love and respect for nature in all our curriculum. Nature wal...
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Typical Day-In-The-Life At This School
In good weather we spend as much as 75% of our time outside, running in the meadow just beyond the yard, walking through the grove of eyucluputus to the playground or the library and lots of time to s...
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Ages, Class Size, days & Tuition
| Ages | From
6 years
to 7 years 11 months |
| Days: | 5 day(s) a week 2 pm- 6 pm |
| Tuition: | $350/Month |
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Key Statistics
| Extended day | Yes |
| School year | Year round program |
| Total enrollment | 14 |
| Student/teacher ratio | 4:1 |
| Age cutoff for enrollment | 2 months |
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Notes on Schedule and Extended Care
Tuition includes all single day school holidays when Baby Steps is open. Spring Break, Holiday Camp and Summer Camp requires seperate registration and tuition.
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Application Information
| Applications accepted | While child is in utero, upon birth, after a phone conversation with the appropriate person at the school, after a face-to-face meeting at the school |
| Wait list | Yes |
| Deadline for applications | Rolling |
| Application Information | Free |
| Acceptance criteria: | Acceptance to Baby Steps is based on a "good fit" for both the parents, the child and the teachers |
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