Learn and Play Montessori Hercules
Learn and Play Montessori Hercules is a licensed child care center in Hercules, CA, licensed for up to 105 children and serving children in more than one age group. It has held its California license since 2025. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it once. The state issued 1 citation, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). It came in the last 12 months, including 1 Type A. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.
Inspection record
Every state visit
What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Based on interviews and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above when C1 was left unsupervised for 2-3 minutes which poses an immediate risk to the health, safety or personal rights of children in care.
About this center
Common questions
Has Learn and Play Montessori Hercules had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Jul 21, 2026, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.
When was Learn and Play Montessori Hercules last inspected?
Oct 2, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Learn and Play Montessori Hercules cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Learn and Play Montessori Hercules for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Contra Costa County, which includes Hercules, was $1,730 a month for infants (about $2,180 today), $1,287 a month for preschoolers (about $1,620 today) and $800 a month for school-age children (about $1,010 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Learn and Play Montessori Hercules?
The licensee is Bbus Ca INC. DBA Learn & Play, and the administrator listed with the state is Lizette Suarez.
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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 073409619 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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