Menlo Park · Licensed center
Msd Geokids (infant)
- Medium play-based center, licensed for 35 children.
What these mean, and where they come from
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.
How they teach
Play-based and emergent curriculum
“Curriculum at GeoKids is emergent, which means it is based on the interests of the children.”In their words, July 2026.geokids.org
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
One adult for every three infants
Shortlist has not yet sourced this state’s legal ratio limit, so there is nothing to set this beside yet.
One adult for every ten preschoolers. Shortlist has not yet sourced this state’s legal ratio limit, so there is nothing to set this beside yet.
What it costs
$4,195 a month for an infant
Higher than 9 of 10 Bay Area providers that publish a full-time infant price.
Higher than 15 of 16 Bay Area providers that publish a full-time toddler price.
Higher than 32 of 36 Bay Area providers that publish a full-time preschool price.
Msd Geokids (infant)Most Bay Area prices (middle 80%)
Scale $1,000 to $5,000 a month. Bay Area prices as of September 29, 2026. Application fee $60. Deposit $700, refundable. Prices from their website, July 2026.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: hours and late pickup, a typical day, sick and biting policies.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 1 of 4 cited something
Bay Area centers: the state cites something at about 1 in 4 routine 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
- May 7, 2025
- On file
- 4 visits since March 2022 — 3 cited nothing
- 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.
May 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · May 8, 2024
101700(b) · Type B
(b) All licensed Child Care Centers operating in buildings constructed before January 1, 2010, shall test their water for lead pursuant to these written directives. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review facility had an ALE of 10.400 and 8.090. These results came from an outdoor hose bib. This poses a potential health and safety risk.
How the comparison is built
Routine visits: across Bay Area centers, the state cites something at about 1 in 4 routine visits (2,260 visits).
Details
- Website
- geokids.org
- Address
- 345 Middlefield Rd., M/s 204
- License
- 414002690, active
The state licenses this address more than once, to the same licensee.
The day-care-center license is published separately, with its own license and its own inspection record:
Msd Geokids (preschool)Do you run Msd Geokids (infant)? Shortlist has no hours, policies or daily routine for it, because the state does not publish that. Adding it is free and takes about ten minutes.
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All checked July 2026.
How they teach
- Approach geokids.org
Who cares for your child
- Children per adult geokids.org
What it costs
- Infant, Toddler, Preschool, Application fee, Deposit geokids.org
State record
Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.
Details
- Phone, Address, License ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Website geokids.org