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Oakland, CA
Bernice and Joe Playschool

Four And Half Stars

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

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neighborhood: Eastmont / Oak Knoll ·  Telephone: (510) 638-3529  · Website: www.berniceandjoe-playsch...

Extended Care

- This school does have extended care

source: This information was provided by the director

Notes on Schedule and Extended Care

While events generally occur in the order shown, the scheduled times are subject to change, for example, we modify our morning schedule to allow our outside teachers to do their work.

Outdoor free play depends on the weather. On mildly showery days, some children can choose to go outside in raincoats and boots. On very rainy days, we have indoor free play.

Morning Block:
8:00a.m. - Open
8:00-9:30 - Indoor free play/
Teacher directed activities
9:30-9:45 - Indoor clean-up/ Toileting/diaper changes/ Prepare a.m. snack
9:45-10:30 - Circle Time/
a.m. snack time
10:30-11:30 - Outdoor free play/ Clean-up after snack 11:30-12:15 - Outdoor clean-up/
Toileting/diaper change/
Start lunch preparation 12:15-12:40 - Circle Time/
Share time/
End lunch preparation 12:40-1:00 - Lunch time/

At 1:00 p.m., the morning kids get picked up.

Afternoon Block:
1:00-1:30 - Prepare nap mats and blankets/
Clean-up after lunch
1:30-3:00 - Nap (or quiet) time 3:00-4:00 - Indoor free-play/ Toileting/diaper changes/
Pick up nap mats and blankets/ Prepare p.m. snack
4:00-4:15 - p.m. snack time 4:15-5:30 - Outdoor free play 5:30p.m. - Closed

Between 3:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., the afternoon kids get picked up.

School Year

Year round program

source: This information was provided by the director

A Season of Rituals

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Darkest December is upon us, and we are all preparing, in our different ways, to light it up with rituals. Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Year's. Parties, tree lightings, and holiday cards. Visits with family. Feasts, gifts, and candles.

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Holiday Rituals

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Get large plastic buckets (or sand buckets if you have lots of really little toys )in a variety of solid colors (red, blue, yellow, green, pink). Ask your child to clean up his/her toys by putting the toys in the bucket corresponding to the color bucket. Great for teaching personal responsibility, color identification, and sorting.

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