I would like to recommend Margaret's Garden, a Waldorf-inspired preschool program in Berkeley, run by Danielle Epifani. She provides a gentle, nurturing environment for children aged 2 through 5. Her program is very comprehensive and she brings the whole family into the process, including festivals (an enchanting lantern walk for Michaelmas, for instance), workshops and singing during advent. The school is based in her beautiful home, with a glorious California-natives garden. Much of the food she serves is grown by the children in the vegetable patch (everything she serves is organic or biodynamic). She has treated our whole family with love and respect. Our daughter, who went for two years, would come home every afternoon singing a new song. Just today, she said, ''Danielle is the best cook!'' We can't wait until our second one is old enough to join. Danielle's number is 510 528-8897. Duncan