Los Altos · Licensed center
Children's House of Los Altos
At a glance
- Medium Montessori center, licensed for 40 children.
- Ages They list: eighteen months to six years.
- Hours 8 a.m. to 5:15 p.m., school year.
What the state has found
The state cited no rules at any of its 3 licensing inspections since June 2022.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- May 16, 2025Nothing cited
- Apr 21, 2023Nothing cited
- Jun 9, 2022Nothing cited
The state cited no rules at any of this center's 3 inspections. Most Bay Area centers inspected 3 times had the same: 51% of 568.
How all 568 Bay Area centers inspected 3 times compare
Of the 568 Bay Area centers the state inspected 3 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None51%This center
- 1 of 334%
- 2 of 312%
- All 33%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- May 16, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since June 2022 — all of them cited nothing · 1 complaint investigation
- Most serious
- No finding carrying a severity level in the last 24 months.
California CDSS publishes the full investigation narrative for a complaint, including its disposition, and classifies a citation Type A — an immediate risk to a child — or Type B.
Feb 2025 Complaint Unsubstantiated
Complaint · February 7, 2025
Unsubstantiated
ALLEGATION(S): Facility staff not preventing day care children from engaging in inappropriate behaviors towards other children. INVESTIGATION FINDINGS: On 05/01/2025, at 11:30am, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) C.U. conducted an unannounced visit for the purpose of investigating a complaint for the above allegation of a personal rights violation. LPA met with facility representative, C.M. Present during the time of today’s inspection was 0 children and 3 staff. This agency has investigated the complaint allegation that facility staff are not preventing day care children from engaging in inappropriate behaviors towards other children. During the course of the investigation, LPA U. conducted interviews with involved parties and potential witnesses and collected relevant documents. Although the allegation may have happened or is valid, there is not a preponderance of evidence to prove that the alleged violation did or did not occur, therefore the allegation is unsubstantiated. Notice of Site Visit was given and must be posted for 30 days. Exit interview conducted and report was reviewed with the facility representative, C.M. Unsubstantiated Estimated Days of Completion:
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A day here
8 a.m. to 5:15 p.m., school year
How they teach
Montessori, Reggio Emilia, Waldorf and play-based
“Our philosophy is a melding of the educational theories of John Dewey, Jean Piaget, David Elkind, Maria Montessori, Howard Gardner, Reggio Emilia and Waldorf.”
Policies
- Special needs
- Works with families to support each child's development and growth, including children with special needs (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
Details
- Phone
- (650) 968-9052
- Address
- 770 Berry Avenue, Los Altos, 94024
- License
- 430710084
- Ages they serve
- Eighteen months to six years
- Established
- 1978
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Sources and dates
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All checked July 2026.
How they teach
- Approach emeducation.com
State record
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.
A day here
- Hours emeducation.com
- Calendar emeducation.com
Policies
- Special needs emeducation.com
Details
- Phone, Address, License ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Website emeducation.com
- Ages they serve emeducation.com
- Established emeducation.com
Medium means the middle half of Bay Area’s 439 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 31 to 75 children. Small is 8 to 30; large is 76 to 312.