Redwood City · Licensed center
Sequoia Children's Center
A HighScope center in Redwood City, licensed for 16 children. Care for an infant is $3,360 a month, more than 4 of 10 Bay Area full-time prices. The state cited something at 0 of 4 routine visits (Bay Area centers: about 1 in 4).
Small center. Small means the smallest quarter of Bay Area’s 439 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 30 children. Medium is 31 to 75; large is 76 to 312.
How they teach
HighScope, Creative Curriculum and play-based
“At Sequoia Children's Center, we believe in the power of play-based learning to nurture every child’s cognitive, social, and emotional growth.”In their words. sequoiachildren.org, July 2026
“"HighScope" Curriculum integrates adult-child interaction, carefully designed learning environments, and a plan-do-review process.”In their words. sequoiachildren.org, July 2026
“Creative Curriculum & HighScope Curriculum – Fostering active learning and parent involvement.”In their words. sequoiachildren.org, July 2026
One of 5 Bay Area providers that describe a HighScope approach, out of 164 that describe any approach at all.
Who cares for your child
One adult for every four 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 five toddlers. Shortlist has not yet sourced this state’s legal ratio limit, so there is nothing to set this beside yet.
One adult for every six to 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
$3,360 a month for an infant
In the middle of 10 Bay Area providers that publish a full-time infant price: 4 charge less and 4 charge more.
Higher than 9 of 16 Bay Area providers that publish a full-time toddler price.
Sequoia Children's CenterMost Bay Area prices (middle 80%)
Scale $1,000 to $4,000 a month. Bay Area prices as of September 29, 2026. Part-time $1,190 to $2,450 a month. Sibling discount: 10% on Older Sibling(s). Prices from their website, July 2026.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: sick and biting policies.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 0 of 4 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
- September 4, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since March 2023 — all of them cited nothing
- Fixed?
- Nothing was cited under this license, so there is nothing to correct. The other license at this address keeps its own record.
- Most serious
- Nothing was cited at any visit on file under this license. The other license at this address keeps its own record.
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.
A day here
- Outdoors
- Dedicated outdoor areas including a children's garden, park-quality play structures, tricycle courtyard, and sandbox
- Updates for parents
- Daily written reports plus photo/video updates through a parent communication app
- Hours
- 7:00 AM to 5:45 PM, 5 days a week
- Schedule
- Regular Full Day; Mornings + Naps; Mornings Only
Details
- Phone
- (650) 369-5277
- Website
- sequoiachildren.org
- Address
- 1234 Brewster Avenue
- License
- 410509027, active
- Established
- 1975
The state licenses this address more than once, to the same licensee. The day-care-center license is published separately as Sequoia Children's Center, with its own license and its own inspection record.
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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 — sequoiachildren.org
How they teach
- Approach — sequoiachildren.org
How they teach
- Approach — sequoiachildren.org
Who cares for your child
- Children per adult — sequoiachildren.org
What it costs
- Infant, Toddler, Second price, Sibling discount — sequoiachildren.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.
A day here
- Outdoors, Hours — sequoiachildren.org
- Updates for parents — sequoiachildren.org
- Schedule — sequoiachildren.org
Details
- Phone, Address, License — ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Website — sequoiachildren.org
- Established — sequoiachildren.org