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Slippery Fish Cooperative is a nonprofit parent-run cooperative preschool in San Francisco’s Lakeshore neighborhood that offers play-based early education and free developmental playgroups for children beginning around 12 months through preschool age. The school operates with substantial family participation and takes part in city-funded early learning scholarship programs.
Slippery Fish is a nonprofit cooperative preschool serving children beginning around 12 months through preschool age. The school emphasizes parent participation as part of its operating model: families hold co-op jobs, teach in the classroom under professional guidance, and take part in meetings and community activities.
Programs use a play-based approach that prioritizes emergent and project-based learning and includes anti-bias education. Teachers observe children to shape curriculum, encourage collaborative problem-solving, and support social-emotional development.
The school maintains outdoor classrooms and a nature-based component to its program, including regular nature-focused days that spend extended time outdoors. Slippery Fish has participated in local initiatives to increase children’s access to nature and to integrate natural elements into indoor and outdoor classroom spaces.
Slippery Fish participates in San Francisco’s Early Learning scholarship programs and offers financial-aid pathways for city residents. The school reports no mandatory fundraising requirement and describes a range of optional fundraising partnerships and activities to support operations.
Offered in 8-week sessions, these free playgroups are designed for children (typically 12 to 36 months) and their caregivers and are led by a trained facilitator to provide a structured, guided play environment tailored to developmental needs.
Flying Fish is a half-day preschool program using a play-based curriculum that emphasizes social-emotional learning, problem-solving, and anti-bias education; optional nature-focused days are offered as part of the program.
Koi offers open-ended play with guided structure and developmentally appropriate activities for two-year-olds; a healthy snack is provided.
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