Pacific Oaks Children’s School is a progressive early childhood school in Pasadena serving infants, toddlers and preschool-age children. The school uses a play-based, emergent curriculum with an emphasis on anti-bias education, peaceful conflict resolution, and family involvement.
Pacific Oaks Children’s School is an early childhood program that serves young children from infancy through the preschool years. The school emphasizes community, inclusion, and family participation as central elements of its program.
The school follows a play-based, emergent curriculum that builds on children’s interests and experiences. Instruction emphasizes experiential learning, social skill development, peaceful conflict resolution, and anti-bias education; teachers use children’s questions and ideas to co‑create learning opportunities.
The campus is described as a neighborhood-like setting with historic houses used as classrooms, shaded yards and gardens, an outdoor classroom and demonstration garden, a children’s library, an art studio, and multiple play yards that are used as extensions of classroom learning.
This year introduces children to group life in a school setting, focusing on becoming a member of a classroom community and supporting the child’s growing independence with regular parent meetings and individual check-ins.
At this stage children are encouraged to explore, lead and collaborate; the emergent curriculum gives them opportunities to develop voice, self-regulation, and sustained peer interactions.
This year focuses on growth and consolidation of social and cooperative skills, with group times and frequent small-group work to support children’s developing independence and ability to adapt to different situations.
A parent-participation program for infants and toddlers that provides short sessions of exploration and developmental learning in environments designed for very young children, together with group discussions and guidance for parents on child development and parenting topics.
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Classroom programs are designed for children ages 2 to 5 and are offered as full-day and part-time morning or afternoon classes, with a low teacher-to-child ratio and additional enrichment from specialists such as an artist and a musician in residence, a children’s librarian, and a consultant for special needs.
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