Building Kidz of Menlo Park

The Willows Center Claimed 5.0 Updated Mar 2026

Open today 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM

We are part of the Building Kidz Worldwide family of campuses, providing Menlo Park preschool. We are located conveniently close to I-101 at 490 Willow Road inside the Willow Oaks Park. Our mission is to deliver a world class preschool experience resulting in children that love learning, connect with the performing arts, and demonstrate accelerated development of their character, confidence, and commitment. We focus on 6 key areas of development: emotional, social, cognitive, physical, communication, and academic. Our curriculum is a comprehensive arts-integrated learning program in which children develop skills and knowledge of numeracy, literacy, music, arts, socialization, self-regulation and control, self-efficacy, morality, fine and gross motor skills, and emotional expression.

Description provided by the business.

Location Info

490 Willow Rd

Menlo Park, CA 94025

Monday 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Tuesday 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Wednesday 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Thursday 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Friday 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed

Financial Aid

  • Subsidies & Vouchers

Languages Spoken

  • English

Location Details

  • Staff are CPR certified.
  • Staff are first aid certified.
  • Meals are provided.
  • Outdoor play space is available.

Programs Offered

Older Toddlers

Toddler Care 24 mo — 2 yr 11 mo
  • Schedules

    Full Time, Part Time

  • Calendar

    Full Year

  • Languages Taught

    English, Spanish

Description

Our classrooms are filled with endless learning opportunities to enhance children’s cognitive and language skills with basic academics through small-group activities that encourage investigation, exploration, and discovery. Our scaffolding approach is a critical component in teaching new tasks with multiple steps where our teachers provide support for students. Our children that are now engaging in short sentence conversions are able to absorb information within our curriculum that is designed to support creative expression, literacy and music by fostering their curious minds. By introducing skills that enable independence through enriching art projects and hands-on activities, we are ensuring they are able to expand concepts that were developed in Little Explorers.

Education Types

  • Academic-Based
  • Arts-Based
  • Creative Curriculum
  • Play-Based

Licensing

Building Kidz of Menlo Park is a licensed child care center.

Type

Licensed Child Care Center

Identifier

414004311

Capacity

27

Issued

12/17

Last retrieved 05/31/24. More information about licensed providers in CA can be found at California Department of Social Services.

Parent Reviews

5.0 (1 Review)
Claire
Nov 18, 2020

Response from the provider Nov 18, 2020

Thank you so much for your kind words. We absolutely LOVE what we do!