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Big Oaks Learning Center (formerly Ephesian Children’s Center) is a community-based nonprofit early learning and care organization in South Berkeley that offers full-day care, before/after-school services and school-age programming.
Big Oaks Learning Center operates as a community-based, nonprofit child care and development organization serving families in South Berkeley. The organization provides full-day care and services for young children as well as care and enrichment for school-age students.
The program emphasizes active, hands-on learning and school readiness. Instruction is aligned with California early learning foundations and uses child development assessment tools such as the Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP) and Ages and Stages (ASQ) to support children’s growth. The curriculum incorporates language and literacy, early math, STEAM-related activities, and social-emotional development.
Teachers and staff participate in ongoing professional development in areas that include child development assessment, health and safety, and early childhood education. Leadership credentials and staff training are described as part of the center’s staffing approach.
Emergency child care services are provided to assist families in cases of unforeseen circumstances.
A full-time school program is offered during school holidays, summer, and spring breaks, providing structured educational time and homework assistance when applicable.
The center offers part-time school programs and an after-school program that includes homework assistance; transportation services are available for after-school participants.
The preschool program provides children ages 2.6 to 5 years old with services designed to foster healthy development, offering health, nutritional, educational, social, and emotional support and working with families to promote school readiness and self-sufficiency.
State preschool offerings for TK students are described as partial-day classes with morning and afternoon sessions that follow the California Preschool Learning Foundations and maintain class sizes within state licensing ratios.
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Transitional Kindergarten is described as a full-day year that follows the elementary school calendar, with instruction based on California preschool foundations and kindergarten standards and classes led by a credentialed teacher supported by an instructional assistant.
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