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Explorer Children's School Reggio inspired classroom

Our Campus

The Reggio-Emilia Classroom

...is a living laboratory—light-filled, materials-rich, and intentionally designed to invite children to investigate, build, test, sketch and revise their ideas through both science and creative expression. Pure joy in sharing and imagination!

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Nature Playscape

A beautiful nature playscape invites children into a living landscape of logs, stones, water features, grass and beautiful plants, where play feels like exploration rather than instruction.

 

Children meander, imagine, climb, dig, build...forming deep connections with each other and the natural world through their senses and curiosity.

Explorer Children's School combines this design with traditional play items like bikes, swings, climbers and spinners...along with beautiful art and library areas snuggled underneath pergolas covered with vines.

STEM and Art in the Environmnet

In each Explorer classroom, there are curated materials and interest areas designed to spark curiosity, imagination, and exploration in the areas of science, engineering, math, art, and creative expression.

Children can explore these experiences in an open-ended manner, with teachers expertly supporting their play through gentle encouragement, thoughtful questions, careful observation, and meaningful invitations to explore ideas further. Rather than focusing on a predetermined outcome, teachers follow children’s interests and questions, encouraging them to think more deeply, explore their ideas, and discover where their thinking takes them.

 

When children becomes especially interested in something, teachers use that interest as a starting point for deeper exploration—turning it into a possible group project, extended investigations, or curriculum opportunities to grow their thinking.

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ABOUT

Explorer Children’s School is a Reggio-inspired preschool in Castro Valley, CA, serving children ages 2–6 through play-based learning. We blend STEM, art, literacy, nature, outdoors, and hands-on exploration with a deep focus on social-emotional growth, nurturing curiosity, creativity, confidence, and a lifelong love of learning.

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20393 Anita Ave, Castro Valley, CA

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