Acorns to Oaks Preschool and Daycare · Infant Center, Chico
Acorns to Oaks Preschool and Daycare is a licensed child care center in Chico, CA, licensed for up to 16 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2023. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 1 complaint, and it was substantiated. The state issued 1 citation, which was not Type A. It came more than 12 months ago. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #16 of 47 centers in Chico and has fewer citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers.
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101438.2 Outdoor Activity Space for Infants. (b) Outdoor activity space shall be physically separate from space used by children in the child care center and school-age child care center components. Facility has had a shared playground waiver on file since 7/6/23. Facility has scheduled times for each classroom which ensures there is no overlapping between classrooms/age groups. Licensee to provide CCL with the written playground schedule by 9/17/23. This was regulation was not met as evidence by: Staff stated there was a short time earlier in the summer when children were commingled on the playground for several minutes each day, which posses a potential risk to the infants in care. 8
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Staff are commingling day care children.
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About this center
Common questions
Does Acorns to Oaks Preschool and Daycare take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Acorns to Oaks Preschool and Daycare had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Acorns to Oaks Preschool and Daycare?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Acorns to Oaks Preschool and Daycare compare with other daycares in Chico?
It is tied for #16 of 47 centers in Chico by weighted citations per inspection, and has fewer citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Acorns to Oaks Preschool and Daycare last inspected?
Jan 28, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Acorns to Oaks Preschool and Daycare cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Acorns to Oaks Preschool and Daycare for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Butte County, which includes Chico, was $1,105 a month for infants (about $1,390 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Acorns to Oaks Preschool and Daycare?
The licensee is Acorns To Oaks Preschool And Daycare LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Shannon Sivadon.
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Citations are quoted from California Department of Social Services inspection and complaint reports. Type A citations are the state’s most serious category (an immediate risk to children’s health, safety or personal rights); Type B citations are a potential risk. A citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall. Complaint allegations appear here only when the state substantiated them.
To read the full state reports, search facility number 045408226 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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