Sunnyvale · Licensed center

Creative Explorers INC.

A play-based center in Sunnyvale, licensed for 24 children.

How they teach

Play-based

“Our curriculum is approved by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and follows a structured play-based approach instead of an academic approach.”In their words. creative-explorers-dymy.squarespace.com, July 2026

One of 82 Bay Area providers that describe a play-based approach, out of 164 that describe any approach at all.

Who cares for your child

Ratio not published

Two staff are named on their site, with no start years given.

Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

What the state has found

Routine visits: 0 of 3 cited something

Across Bay Area centers, the state cites something at about 1 in 4 routine visits (2,260 visits). Three visits are too few to read as a pattern.

From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing

Last visit
May 29, 2024
On file
3 visits since October 2021 — all of them cited nothing
Fixed?
Nothing was cited, so there is nothing to correct.
Most serious
Nothing was cited at any visit on file.

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.

May 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited
Dec 2022 Licensing visit nothing cited
Oct 2021 Licensing visit nothing cited

A day here

Hours
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Details

Phone
(408) 685-2110
Website
creative-explorers-dymy.squarespace.com
Address
610 East Evelyn Avenue
License
434417011, active
Established
2009

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How they teach

Who cares for your child

State record

Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.

A day here

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