Menlo Park City School District Early Learning Center is an early childhood program serving children ages 2 to 5, operating campuses at Laurel’s lower campus in Atherton and at Oak Knoll Elementary School in Menlo Park. The program is licensed by the California Department of Social Services Community Care Licensing (facility numbers: Laurel 414004466; Oak Knoll 414004568).
Menlo Park City School District Early Learning Center provides early childhood education for children aged roughly 2 through 5 years, operating from school sites in the district. The program emphasizes play-inspired learning and preparation for kindergarten.
The program implements a project-based, play-centered curriculum that addresses social, emotional, physical, cognitive and language development. Curriculum guidance is aligned with the State of California Preschool Learning Foundations and Curriculum Frameworks and with NAEYC Developmentally Appropriate Practices.
The program describes learning environments that offer choices, investigative play, experimentation and opportunities for safe risk-taking, with teachers adapting spaces in response to children’s interests.
The program operates at district elementary campuses and partners with community providers for enrichment (for example, weekly soccer and music/movement classes and family education opportunities). The ELC states an inclusion policy and reserves at least 25% of spaces for children from low-income families.
A play-based, multi-age preschool environment in which children pursue projects and self-directed play to build concepts, social skills and independence with support from teaching teams.
A Spanish immersion, play-based classroom in which the majority of curriculum and daily routines are conducted in Spanish by native Spanish-speaking teachers; the program is designed to serve both native Spanish speakers and children who do not yet speak Spanish.
A two-year-old classroom modeled on the program’s play-based preschool approach, focused on independence, self-care, communication, social awareness and sensory exploration; the program uses a partial Spanish immersion model with one Spanish-speaking educator.
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