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Hearts Leap Beginnings

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Ages
Infants (0–2 yrs)
Teacher ratio
1:4 (CA min)

2640 College Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704

Visit website ↗(510) 529-4694Directions ↗Licensed for 40
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Licensing & safety record

✓ Clean licensing record

No citations or complaint visits on file with state licensing as of 2025-09-29. Last licensing visit: 3/27/2025 (2 total).

Source: California Dept. of Social Services, Community Care Licensing (updated 2025-09-29). View official inspection reports →

About this preschool

Hearts Leap Schools is a project of the International Child Resource Institute founded in 1990 to provide warm, secure, nurturing and stimulating preschool programs for local children and families. The program uses a child-centered, emergent curriculum based on relationship-building, the heart lens, and anti-bias education principles.

Philosophy
Child-centered, emergent curriculum founded on the Heart Lens (connecting from the heart), relationship-based programming with strong connections between children and families, anti-bias education goals of diversity, equity and inclusion, and inviting environments where children take risks and explore through play and imagination.

Programs

  • •Hearts Leap School (Berkeley)
  • •Hearts Leap North
  • •Hearts Leap Kensington
  • •Hearts Leap Lakeview
  • •Hearts Leap Beginnings

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