Love And Care Learning Center — Walnut Creek, CA

Love And Care Learning Center

Love & Care Learning Center is a family‑owned infant, toddler and preschool program established in 2001 and serving Bay Area families. The program follows a Reggio Emilia–inspired approach and an emergent curriculum, with an emphasis on relationship‑building between families, caregivers and children.

About

Overview

Love & Care Learning Center operates as an infant, toddler and preschool center that emphasizes play‑based, developmentally appropriate learning. The program describes classrooms sized and arranged for young children and a curriculum that emerges from children’s interests.

Approach & communication

The program combines Reggio Emilia–inspired practices with an emergent curriculum, focusing on observation, relationship building and responsive planning. Families receive daily updates and direct teacher communication through an app‑based platform.

Meals, environment, and routines

Provides a mostly organic, multicultural menu with homemade items.
Classrooms are described as clean, child‑sized and regularly sanitized, with routine safety inspections.
Staff plan hands‑on activities and a variety of indoor and outdoor experiences to support social, emotional, motor and cognitive development.

Programs

1s Class

Emphasizes safe exploration, relationship building and emerging independence; integrates play with structured activities such as circle time, art projects and early science experiences.

12-23 months

3s Class

Focuses on exploration, pretend play, sensory activities, music and movement, and early academic concepts; aims to encourage independence, problem solving and social skills.

3 years - 3 years 11 months

Infant Nursery

Provides individualized care with a stated 1 to 3 teacher‑to‑child ratio and a developmentally appropriate curriculum intended to support infants' learning outcomes.

0-12 months

Pre-K

Offers classroom activities and learning experiences intended to support kindergarten readiness, including letter and number recognition, basic writing skills, phonetics and simple science and sensory projects.

4 years - 5 years 11 months

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