The Oaks Parent-Child Workshop is a play-based cooperative preschool and licensed daycare in Santa Barbara that offers both half‑day and full‑day care and emphasizes parent participation and weekly parent education.
The Oaks Parent-Child Workshop is a play-based cooperative preschool in Santa Barbara serving young children and their families. Enrollment is offered for children starting in early toddlerhood, and the program emphasizes mixed-age learning in an outdoor classroom.
The program centers on child‑led, play‑based learning with invitations to explore art, science, music and dramatic play. Social‑emotional development, problem solving, self‑regulation and peer interaction are highlighted, and parents participate in weekly parent education workshops as part of the cooperative model.
The program uses a mixed‑age outdoor classroom and provides options for half‑day and extended care during weekdays. A seasonal summer program is offered with nature‑based activities and project work led by the regular staff.
A welcome program for new families in which a parent attends the full session with a child; children may enroll beginning at 2 years of age and families must fulfill cooperative responsibilities while enrolled.
An afternoon program that complements the morning offering to provide seamless, full‑day care for families; it supports a smaller group guided by a head teacher and assistant and does not require parent participation.
A play‑based morning program that invites children to follow their curiosity in mixed‑age learning and includes an outdoor classroom for movement and discovery.
Weekly summer sessions led by regular staff that invite children to explore activities such as art, sensory projects, music, movement, cooking and science; designed for children who are independent with toileting.
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