Since 1983 the Sheffield Preschool program has provided a warm, rich, nurturing, and safe learning environment to families from Berkeley, Oakland, Albany, Piedmont, El Cerrito, Orinda, and Montclair. Our home-based program in the Le Conte district of Berkeley is small enough to provide individual attention to your child and large enough to foster the development of social skills that are so important to your child’s readiness for kindergarten and happiness in life.
The rich environment at Sheffield provides a structured routine that promotes creativity.

We focus on getting to know our children and families very well. You can depend on Sheffield to pay special attention to separation and individuation issues, using empathy and conflict resolution to help young children feel safe and become independent. Most children stay with us for two or three years of preschool before moving to embrace kindergarten.