Enchanted Play Infant & Preschool

3312 Esplanade, Chico, CA 95973 · Butte County

Child care center (single license, multiple age groups)

Enchanted Play Infant & Preschool is a licensed child care center in Chico, CA, licensed for up to 60 children and serving children in more than one age group. It has held its California license since 2026. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.

Inspection record

Not enough historyCalifornia has inspected this center 0 times since Feb 8, 2021. Centers are compared once they have at least 2 inspections.

0Type A citations

0Type B citations

0Inspections

0 of 0Complaints substantiated

0 citations from 1 state visit since Feb 8, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected —

Every state visit

Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

Citations, newest first

No citations in this period.

About this center

Licensed capacity60 children

License typeChild care center (single license, multiple age groups)

License statusLicensed

Licensed sinceAug 7, 2026

LicenseeDenise Alioto

AdministratorDenise Alioto

Phone(530) 715-0436

State facility #045408810

Common questions

Has Enchanted Play Infant & Preschool had any serious violations?

No Type A citations since 2021.

How much does Enchanted Play Infant & Preschool cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Enchanted Play Infant & Preschool 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), $695 a month for preschoolers (about $880 today) and $699 a month for school-age children (about $880 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Enchanted Play Infant & Preschool?

The licensee is Denise Alioto, and the administrator listed with the state is Denise Alioto.

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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 045408810 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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