Menlo Park · Licensed center
Msd Geokids (preschool)
A emergent curriculum center in Menlo Park, licensed for 62 children. Care for a preschooler is $3,335 a month, more than 32 of 36 Bay Area full-time prices. The state cited something at 2 of 5 routine visits (Bay Area centers: about 1 in 4).
Medium center. 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
Emergent curriculum and play-based
“Curriculum at GeoKids is emergent, which means it is based on the interests of the children.”In their words. geokids.org, July 2026
One of 13 Bay Area providers that describe an emergent curriculum 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. Staff only: parent volunteers work alongside them.
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. Staff only: parent volunteers work alongside them.
What it costs
$3,335 a month for a preschooler
Higher than 32 of 36 Bay Area providers that publish a full-time preschool price.
Msd Geokids (preschool)Most Bay Area prices (middle 80%)
Scale $1,000 to $4,000 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: 2 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
- May 7, 2025
- On file
- 5 visits since March 2022 — 3 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Type A —
Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision (a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs.(1) No child shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on documents recieved and interviews conducted C1 was left in a classroom without supervision. This posed an immediate health and safety risk.
· September 20, 2024
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.
Sep 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · September 20, 2024
CCR 1010229(a)(1) · Type A
Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision (a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs.(1) No child shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on documents recieved and interviews conducted C1 was left in a classroom without supervision. This posed an immediate health and safety risk.
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.
Details
- Phone
- (650) 329-4236
- Website
- geokids.org
- Address
- 345 Middlefield Rd., M/s 204
- License
- 414002689, active
The state licenses this address more than once, to the same licensee. The infant-center license is published separately as Msd Geokids (infant), with its own license and its own inspection record.
Do you run Msd Geokids (preschool)? Shortlist has no hours, policies or daily routine for it, because the state does not publish that. Add what is missing. It is free and takes about ten minutes.
Sources and dates
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
All checked July 2026.
How they teach
- Approach — geokids.org
Who cares for your child
- Children per adult — geokids.org
What it costs
- 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