Where Children Are Known, Inspired to Grow, and Families Feel at Home

From infancy through preschool, Creative Minds provides nurturing relationships, small groups, and joyful, hands-on learning where every child is truly known and cared for.

Locally owned since 2009 | Exceptional teacher-to-child ratios | Year-round programs

❤️ Truly Known
Small groups and exceptional teacher-to-child ratios mean your child receives individual attention and care.

🌱 Inspired to Grow
Joyful, hands-on, Reggio-inspired learning builds curiosity, confidence, independence, and a love of learning.

🏡 A Community That Feels Like Home
Families stay for years, return with younger siblings, and become part of a connected community.

Families Don’t Just Choose Creative Minds. They Grow With Us.
Many families stay with us for years—and many return with younger siblings. From infancy through preschool graduation, we build the relationships, trust, and community that make Creative Minds feel like home.

Known. Growing. Belonging.
At Creative Minds, your child is truly known, individually cared for, and encouraged to grow. Through joyful, hands-on learning and nurturing relationships, children develop curiosity, confidence, independence, and a lifelong love of learning. Along the way, families become part of a warm, connected community.

Creative Minds Child Development Center
Year-Round Programs | Serving San Jose Families Since 2009
Locally owned and conveniently located near Highways 85 and 17, Creative Minds is a Reggio-inspired early learning community offering small groups and exceptional teacher-to-child ratios, so every child receives the focused attention and care they deserve.

Our large, light-filled classrooms and multiple outdoor play spaces provide a safe, welcoming environment where children can explore, play, create, and learn year-round.

A Team You Can Trust
Our degreed, long-tenured teachers provide the consistency and relationships children need to thrive. Our Founder and Director holds a Master’s degree in Psychology with an emphasis in Play Therapy and brings more than 30 years of experience leading early childhood centers and Head Start programs.

Learning Through Relationships, Exploration, and Play
Our programs are designed around each child’s developmental stage, with a focus on relationships, curiosity, creativity, collaboration, and growing independence.

Infants & Toddlers | 3 months–2 years
A respectful, relationship-based approach inspired by RIE, with attentive caregiving that allows children to develop at their own pace. We support natural motor development and welcome breastfeeding families.

Young Preschool | 2–3 years
A nurturing environment focused on language, self-help, motor development, and growing independence. Through art, play, and exploration, we support both social-emotional and cognitive development, drawing from RIE and Reggio-inspired practices.

Preschool | 3–5 years
Reggio-inspired, project-based learning integrates language, science, math, music, and art into meaningful experiences. Children make choices, solve problems, collaborate, and develop the confidence and independence they need for kindergarten and beyond.

Our Hours
Full Day: 8:15 AM–5:00 PM
Optional Extended Care: 7:30–8:15 AM and 5:00–6:00 PM
Extended care is available for Young Preschool and Preschool age groups, subject to minimum group size. Extended-care ratio: 1:10.

It Takes a Village
We believe children thrive when families and teachers work together. At Creative Minds, you’re not just enrolling your child in a program—you’re becoming part of a community that cares, connects, and grows together.

Come see what makes Creative Minds feel like home.