Sunnyvale · Licensed center

Footprints Early Education Center

A play-based center in Sunnyvale, licensed for 45 children. The state cited something at 0 of 5 routine visits (Bay Area centers: about 1 in 4).

How they teach

Play-based and bilingual

“We implement a Chinese/English Parallel Teaching approach, and our daily learning activities are designed around weekly theme books presented in both languages.”In their words. footprintsearlyeducation.com, July 2026

“At Footprints, we believe in Play N Learn, as research strongly supports that play is the most natural way young children learn.”In their words. footprintsearlyeducation.com, July 2026

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

Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, ratios and staff, sick and biting policies.

What the state has found

Routine visits: 0 of 5 cited something

Across Bay Area centers, the state cites something at about 1 in 4 routine visits (2,260 visits).

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
October 21, 2025
On file
5 visits since January 2022 — 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.

Oct 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited
Apr 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited
Jan 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited
May 2022 Licensing visit nothing cited
Jan 2022 Licensing visit nothing cited

A day here

Outdoors
Over 9,000 sq ft outdoor space divided into major play areas with mostly child-movable equipment; outdoor learning treated as equally important as indoor
Hours
8:30 AM to 6:00 PM, 5 days a week

Details

Phone
(408) 784-9665
Website
footprintsearlyeducation.com
Address
1515 Partridge Avenue
License
434415360, active

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Sources and dates

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All checked July 2026.

How they teach

How they teach

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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