Berkeley/Oakland Preschools & Daycare Centers:
4 C's Child Development Center
Abc's and 123's Preschool Academy
Alameda Headstart Mid-Island Center
Alameda Rec and Parks Preschools
Beatie Street Preschool and Kindergarten
Benvenue Children's Home Preschool
Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center Preschool
BlueSkies for Children formerly AOCS
Bright Horizons - Garner Preschool
Center for Education of the Infant Deaf (CEID)
Children's Community Center (CCC)
Children's Cottage Campus of Rising Star Montessori
Claremont Day Nursery (Berkeley)
Claremont Day Nursery (Oakland)
College of Alameda Children's Center
Color Me Children Preschool (Berkeley)
Color Me Children Preschool (Oakland)
Daisy Child Development Center
Dandelion Cooperative Nursery School
Early Birds Kindergarten Preparatory School
Emeryville Child Development Center
First Covenant Treehouse Preschool and Kindergarten
Growing Light Montessori School
Habitot Children's Museum, Discovery Play
Heart's Leap School Julia Morgan
ICRI International Child Resource Institute (Alameda)
Laney College Children's Center
Linda Beach Cooperative Preschool
Little Elephant Montessori Preschool
Little Seeds Children's Center
Luna's Montessori Bilingual School
Merritt College Children's Center
Mills College Children's School
Montclair Community Play Center (MCPC)
Montessori International Children's House
New Day Preschool and Learning Center
Oakland Montessori School (OMS)
Pacific Rim International School
Peter Pan Cooperative Nursery School
Peter Pan Preschool (Mariner Square)
Peter Pan Preschool (Mecartney)
Piedmont Avenue Early Childhood Education Center
Shelton's Primary Education Center
Sugar and Spice Center for Children (Alameda)
Sugar and Spice Center for Children (Oakland)
Supporting Future Growth Child
The Child Unique Montessori School (Encinal Site)
The Child Unique Montessori School (Pacific Site)
The School of Arts and Sciences Preschool
Twenty-Four Hour Oakland P T C C
UC Berkeley Harold E. Jones Child Study Center
US Coast Guard Child Development Center
Valley View Preschool & Day Care
Wee Care Central Christian School
Woolly Mammoth Childcare and Preschool
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