Childtime Children's Center · Preschool, Martinez
Childtime Children's Center is a licensed child care center in Martinez, CA, licensed for up to 102 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1998. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 7 complaints, 4 of them substantiated. The state issued 6 citations, none of them Type A. 2 citations came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #16 of 24 centers in Martinez and has more citations per inspection than 79% of California licensed centers.
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Per center director, the staff member is on administrative leave.Licensee will submit a written statement to community care licensing, summarizing what action has taken to ensure that the staff member will not allow further incident to occur by 6/23/26. INTERVIEWS WHICH REVEALED 5 & 6 YEAR OLD BOYS/GIRLS WERE ALLOWED TO CHANGE CLOTHES IN THE BATHROOM AT THE SAME TIME FOR A WATER PLAY ACTIVITY. THIS POSES UNCOMFORTABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR CHILDREN IN CARE.
licensee will submit a written plan on how staff will encourage children's safe play on the climbing structures and wil alsol conduct a staff training on safe play for toddlers. licensee will submit the plan and a signed list of staff that attended training to community care licensing by 5/12/26 a tour of the facility, interviews and record reviews which revealed a 2 year old child ran onto a play structure, fell and injured themselves. Staff did not discourage the child from running onto the structure which is meant for climbing only.
INTERVIEWS AND A REVIEW OF RECORDS WHICH REVEALED ON AT LEAST ONE DAY A TEACHER WAS SUPERVISING MORE THAN 12 CHILDREN WITH NO ASSISTANCE 1 On this day, the assistant director went into the room to bring the class into ratio. The licensee will submit a plan of action to community care licening by 9/13/24 to ensure that ratios are met at all time in classrooms in the am and at the end of the day.
INTERVIEWS WHICH REVEALED A STAFF MEMBER HAS USED A HARSH TONE WHEN SPEAKING TO CHILDREN IN CARE 1 Licensee will have the staff member review the personal rights videos on the CCLD website and write a summary on personal rights and to communicate with children. Licensee will submit the summary to CCL by 9/19/24
Interview and record reviews which revealed the early preschool classroom was out of ratio for a period of time on 7/11/24. 1 Per director, after notification of the room being out of ratio, a staff member went into the room to bring the facility into compliance. Licensee will submit a written plan of action to ensure the proper ratios are kept at all times. Licensee will submit the plan of action by 7/25/24
Based on [(observation) (interview) (record review)], the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in [count] out of [total count] [(objects) (persons)] [identifiers] which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. THIS REQUIREMENT IS NOT MET AS EVIDENCED BY A REVIEW OF RECORDS WHICH REVEALED ONE STAFF MEMBERS DO NOT HAVE
Complaint investigations
PERSONAL RIGHTS- Staff did not provide individual privacy to children in care
RATIO- Staff are operating out of ratios
PERSONAL RIGHTS- Staff yells at daycare children
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Common questions
Does Childtime Children's Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Childtime Children's Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 6 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Childtime Children's Center?
California investigated 7 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 4. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Childtime Children's Center compare with other daycares in Martinez?
It is tied for #16 of 24 centers in Martinez by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 79% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Childtime Children's Center last inspected?
Jan 23, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Childtime Children's Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Childtime Children's Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Contra Costa County, which includes Martinez, was $1,287 a month for preschoolers (about $1,620 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Childtime Children's Center?
The licensee is Childtime Childcare, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Stephanie Weinmann.
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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 073401396 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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