Discovery Children's Garden

437 Webster Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301 · Santa Clara County

Closed Child care center (preschool)

This center is closed. California lists its license as closed as of Jan 31, 2026. Its state inspection history is shown below.

Discovery Children's Garden was a licensed child care center in Palo Alto, CA, licensed for up to 68 children. Its license closed around January 2026. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 3 times and issued 3 citations, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.

Inspection history

0 Type A citations

3 Type B citations

3 Inspections

0 Complaints investigated

Every state visit

Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Training & qualifications 2

Records & paperwork 1

Citations, newest first

Type B Sep 19, 2024 Inspection Training & qualifications

Mandated reporter training §1596.8662(b)(1)

Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. LPA observed one staff member without a Mandated reporter certificate.

Plan of correction due Sep 26, 2024

Type B Apr 19, 2023 Inspection Training & qualifications

Mandated reporter training §1596.8662(b)(1)

Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. LPA observed two staff member without a Mandated reporter certificate. Director stated that they forgot to do it.

Plan of correction due Apr 26, 2023

Type B Mar 24, 2022 Inspection Records & paperwork

Personnel records §101217(d)

Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Staff file for Director was not present at the facility during today's insepction, so LPA could not view it. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Plan of correction due Apr 1, 2022

About this center

Licensed capacity 68 children

License type Child care center (preschool)

License status Closed

Licensed since Apr 25, 2005

Closed Jan 31, 2026

Licensee Discovery Children's House

Last administrator Bonnie Mathisen

State facility # 434407972

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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 434407972 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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