Hearts Leap on College Avenue (Hearts Leap School) is the original Hearts Leap location in Berkeley that offers preschool and early childhood care within a historic Julia Morgan building. The program emphasizes relationship-based, child-centered learning with an emergent curriculum and anti-bias education.
Hearts Leap on College Avenue is the original Hearts Leap School located in the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts in Berkeley. The site provides early childhood education and care focused on play-based learning and developmentally appropriate experiences.
The program uses a relationship-based, child-centered emergent curriculum and an approach described on the site as the “Heart Lens,” which emphasizes connecting with children, supporting social-emotional development, and advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion through an anti-bias curriculum.
A three- and four-year-old classroom (Cedar) staffed by three teachers with a typical class size of about 18–22 children.
A two-year-old classroom identified as Cypress and staffed by three teachers serving approximately 16–18 children.
A three- and four-year-old classroom (Laurel) staffed by three teachers with a typical class size of about 18–22 children.
A Bridge-K classroom (Oak) staffed by two teachers and serving approximately 12 children.
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