Skip to main content

Alameda · Licensed center

Small Size Big Mind Preschool & Infant Center

At a glance

  • Small center, licensed for 4 children.

What the state has found

The state cited no rules at any of its 3 licensing inspections since March 2023.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Jan 8, 2026Nothing cited
  • Jun 15, 2023Nothing cited
  • Mar 22, 2023Nothing cited

The state cited no rules at any of this center's 3 inspections. Most Bay Area centers inspected 3 times had the same: 51% of 568.

How all 568 Bay Area centers inspected 3 times compare

Of the 568 Bay Area centers the state inspected 3 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None51%This center
  • 1 of 334%
  • 2 of 312%
  • All 33%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing

Last visit
January 8, 2026
On file
3 visits since March 2023 — all of them cited nothing · 1 complaint investigation
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.

Jan 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited
Sep 2023 Complaint Unsubstantiated

Complaint · September 15, 2023

ALLEGATION(S): Uncleared adult providing care to children at daycare facility. INVESTIGATION FINDINGS: On 09/21/2023 at 11:15AM Licensing Program Analyst (LPA), A.C. conducted an unnanounced complaint insepection. LPA met with Director, Y.O., to explain the purpose of today's visit. LPA toured the facility, made observations, conducted interviews, and reviewed relevant documentation. Interviews revealed multiple staff indicated the uncleared adult has never been present in the facility and the staff stated they have no knoweledge of the person. Although the allegation may have happened or is valid, there is not a preponderance of evidence to prove that the alleged violation did or did not occur. This allegation is Unsubstantiated. Exit interview conducted, appeal rights were given, and report was reviewed with the Director Y.O. Unsubstantiated Estimated Days of Completion:

State report

Jun 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited
Mar 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited

Shortlist replaces people’s names in the state’s text with initials. This is done by rule, not by hand, so it can miss a name or shorten a word that isn’t one. The state’s report, linked on each row, has the original.

Details

Phone
(510) 521-8025
Address
3300 Bridgeview Isle, Alameda, 94501
License
013418968

We couldn’t find some information that may matter to your decision: openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies, and who owns it. We can ask the program for you and copy you in.

Run Small Size Big Mind Preschool & Infant Center? Correct or add anything here, free.
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 November 2026.

State record

From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.

Details

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.

Watch