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Today's greeting

¡Buenos días! 早上好!

Live enrollment

94%

seats filled — Fall 2026

Ages 2–5San Francisco, CA6 Languages

Every language
they learn now
is a door they
keep forever.
Cada idioma que aprenden hoy
es una puerta que guardan para siempre.

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4.9 on Google

127 family reviews

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NAEYC Accredited

Since 2018

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6 Language Tracks

Dual immersion

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Three tracks. One perfect fit.

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Full Dual Immersion

Two languages, equal depth, every day

⚖️Daily Language Ratio: 50 / 50 split — no English days, no Spanish days, just both
👫Class Size: 8 children maximum — your child is never lost in the room
🎓Teacher Credentials: Bilingual-certified lead + native-speaker teaching aide
🌱Enrichment: Garden counting, puppet theater, world map art, cooking science
💳Tuition Band: $2,800–$3,200/month · sibling discount available

Partial Immersion + English Core

Strong second language, English literacy foundation

📊Daily Language Ratio: 70% English literacy core / 30% immersion language
🏫Class Size: 10 children — warm and intimate, with space to build confidence
📚Teacher Credentials: Bilingual lead teacher + language specialist 3 days/week
🎪Enrichment: Phonics puppet theater, bilingual storytime, kinesthetic games
💳Tuition Band: $2,200–$2,600/month · flexible payment plans

Heritage Language Enrichment

Preserve grandma's language before it quietly disappears

🌍Daily Language Ratio: Fully customized — we map your family's language ecology
🫶Class Size: 6 children — micro-cohort, often siblings and cousins
🌺Teacher Credentials: Heritage language specialist + dedicated family cultural liaison
🥁Enrichment: Cultural storytelling, traditional music & drumming, family recipes
💳Tuition Band: $1,800–$2,200/month · financial aid available
Voces
Family Stories

The moment
before the coffee
kicks in.

"Pride blooming in your chest when your child greets their teacher in a language you never had the chance to learn."

My daughter came home after her third week and corrected my Spanish pronunciation. I cried in the kitchen. That's the moment I knew Semilla was different.

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Priya Ramirez-Okonkwo

Mother of Amara, age 4

EnglishSpanishFull Dual Immersion

We rotate postings every two years. Every school we've tried treats the second language as an add-on. Semilla treats it as a foundation. Leo hasn't missed a beat moving from Seoul to San Francisco.

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Thomas Beaumont

Father of Leo, age 3 · Embassy family

EnglishMandarinFrenchHeritage Language Enrichment

My mother speaks only Cantonese. My husband speaks Portuguese. I was terrified our daughter would grow up with a language gap between her and her grandparents. Semilla built a bridge I didn't know was possible.

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Mei-Ling Santos

Mother of Isabela, age 3

CantonesePortugueseEnglishHeritage Language Enrichment

I was skeptical of 'immersion' after our last school turned out to be 20 minutes of Spanish songs. At Semilla, the teachers think in two languages. You can see it in the way they pause before they speak.

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Marcus Washington

Father of twins Elijah & Zara, age 4

EnglishSpanishFull Dual Immersion

94%

Families re-enroll

year over year

6

Language tracks

Spanish, Mandarin, French, Portuguese, Cantonese, Japanese

8:1

Child-to-teacher ratio

maximum in dual immersion

127

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Every tour includes time in the classrooms, a conversation with your child's future teacher, and a peek at the garden where math happens in the dirt.

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Semilla Curriculum Guide

2026 Edition · 48 pages · Illustrated

A week in Full Dual Immersion

Heritage language activities

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What happens on a Semilla tour:

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Walk the classrooms during morning circle — children at work, not performing

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Meet the lead teacher for your child's age group

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Review the language-ratio curriculum together

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