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The Wonder Years-north Mountain View

462 Stierlin Road, Mountain View, CA 94040 · Santa Clara County
Child care center (preschool)

The Wonder Years-north Mountain View is a licensed child care center in Mountain View, CA, licensed for up to 133 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2023. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice. The state issued 3 citations, all of them Type A (the most serious), most often for supervision (3 of 3). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #25 of 25 centers in Mountain View and has more citations per inspection than 94% of California licensed centers.

Inspection record

More citations than 94% of 10,948 California licensed centers, per inspection, weighted by severity. Among the most cited
#25 of 25 centers in Mountain View
3 Type A citations
0 Type B citations
2 Inspections
0 Complaints investigated
3 citations from 6 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · none in the last 12 months · last inspected Apr 2, 2026

Every state visit

2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom) Apr 2, 2026 · Inspection · no citation Jan 21, 2025 · Report/investigation · citation found Oct 23, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation found Jul 10, 2024 · Inspection · no citation Feb 27, 2024 · Report/investigation · citation found Apr 27, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citation
Citation issued No citation Top row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Supervision 3

Citations, newest first

Type A Jan 21, 2025 Case management visit (incident) Supervision
Care and supervision §101229(a)
101229 Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision (a)(1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation. 1 Director is to conduct a staff meeting with all staff. Agenda items covered during staff meeting to be provided to LPA along with signatures of all staff in attendance to be submitted to LPA via email no later than 1/23/2025. This requirement is not being met as evidence by: 1 child on one occassion was without visual supervision for a short duration of time. This poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, or personal rights to persons in care. 8
Plan of correction due Jan 23, 2025
Type A Oct 23, 2024 Case management visit (incident) Supervision
Care and supervision §101229(a)(a)
101229 Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision (a)(1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation. 1 Director is to conduct a staff meeting with all staff. Agenda items covered during staff meeting to be provided to LPA along with signatures of all staff in attendance to be submitted to LPA via email no later than 10/24/2024. This requirement is not being met as evidence by: 1 child on one occassion was without visual supervision for a short duration of time. This poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, or personal rights to persons in care. 8
Plan of correction due Oct 24, 2024
Type A Feb 27, 2024 Case management visit (incident) Supervision
Care and supervision §101229(a)(1)
101229 Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision (a)(1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation. 1 Director is to conduct a staff meeting with all staff. Agenda items covered during staff meeting to be provided to LPA along with signatures of all staff in attendance to be submitted to LPA via email no later than 2/28/2024. This requirement is not being met as evidence by: 2 children on two separate occasions were without visual supervision for a short duration of time. This poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, or personal rights to persons in care. 8
Plan of correction due Feb 28, 2024

About this center

Licensed capacity 133 children
License type Child care center (preschool)
License status Licensed
Licensed since Apr 27, 2023
Licensee Bright Horizons Children's Centers LLC
Administrator Jin Chen Cook
Phone (650) 386-9666
State facility # 435700761
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Common questions

Does The Wonder Years-north Mountain View take infants?

Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.

Has The Wonder Years-north Mountain View had any serious violations?

California issued 3 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Jan 21, 2025, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.

How does The Wonder Years-north Mountain View compare with other daycares in Mountain View?

It is #25 of 25 centers in Mountain View by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 94% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.

When was The Wonder Years-north Mountain View last inspected?

Apr 2, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.

How much does The Wonder Years-north Mountain View cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask The Wonder Years-north Mountain View for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Clara County, which includes Mountain View, was $1,599 a month for preschoolers (about $2,020 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs The Wonder Years-north Mountain View?

The licensee is Bright Horizons Children's Centers LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Jin Chen Cook.

Licensed centers nearby

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 435700761 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.

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