Learn and Play Montessori Palo Alto
Learn and Play Montessori Palo Alto is a licensed child care center in Palo Alto, CA, licensed for up to 172 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 not made a routine inspection and investigated 1 complaint, which was not substantiated. 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.
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Common questions
Has Learn and Play Montessori Palo Alto had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021.
Have there been complaints about Learn and Play Montessori Palo Alto?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How much does Learn and Play Montessori Palo Alto cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Learn and Play Montessori Palo Alto for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Clara County, which includes Palo Alto, was $1,940 a month for infants (about $2,450 today), $1,599 a month for preschoolers (about $2,020 today) and $724 a month for school-age children (about $910 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Learn and Play Montessori Palo Alto?
The licensee is Bbus California INC, and the administrator listed with the state is Selvasumathi Namokarean.
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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 435700791 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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