The Family School Child Development Center — Bernal Gateway is a community-based nonprofit child development center in San Francisco that provides infant, toddler and preschool care for children aged four months through five years and serves up to 32 children.
The Family School Child Development Center is a community-based nonprofit program offering developmentally appropriate early care and education for children from four months through five years. The center serves up to 32 children and provides a curriculum and environment intended to support cognitive, sensory-motor and social development.
The program emphasizes hands-on, sensory-motor learning and play, with activities chosen to support attachment, individual needs and culturally appropriate practice. Teachers use developmental assessments and curriculum planning to guide daily activities and to support transitions and readiness for kindergarten.
Health services include annual vision, dental and hearing screenings, weekly visits from a school psychologist, and referrals as needed. Staff training and safety practices include First Aid and CPR training, classroom first-aid kits, regular fire and earthquake drills, posted emergency evacuation procedures, universal precautions, accident reporting, an exclusion policy for contagious illness, and procedures for administration and storage of medications. The program also offers family support services such as case management and access to child and family counseling.
Provides a warm, safe and nurturing environment that incorporates touch and movement experiences; activities include role play, art, music and outdoor play. Eight infants from four months to two years are enrolled in the infant room.
Staff plan learning experiences and developmental assessments to meet individual needs; the indoor/outdoor program includes language, art, dramatic play, music, gross motor development, field trips and movement. Sixteen children from three through five years are enrolled in preschool.
Offers a nurturing environment with movement and sensory experiences and daily activities appropriate to toddlers; eight children from two years to three years are enrolled in the toddler room.
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