Walnut Acres Children’s Center
Walnut Acres Children's Center, 450 Wiget Lane, Walnut Creek, CA 94598
About
Walnut Acres Children’s Center offers a program that follows a philosophy of allowing choice, encouraging children to go play, and trusting play and children as learners. The program bases its environment on Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences, including verbal-linguistic, logical-mathematical, visual-spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, musical-rhythmic, naturalist, people and social intelligence, and self intelligence. Child-led free play is described as valuable for learning and mental health.
• Ages: 4–12 years old
• Schedule: Open Monday–Friday with program hours from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
• Price: Daily rates $85, with a $10 discount for registration at least 2 weeks before the holiday
Summer camp registration is stated as open, with Little Acres available for ages 4–5 and Pathfinders available for ages 6–12. The center states a commitment to providing physical and emotional safety for all children, to balancing self-expression and group responsibility, and to the trust that parents place in the center. Walnut Acres Children’s Center is described as a school age childcare center servicing the Walnut Creek area.
Last updated March 16, 2026.
• Ages: 4–12 years old
• Schedule: Open Monday–Friday with program hours from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
• Price: Daily rates $85, with a $10 discount for registration at least 2 weeks before the holiday
Summer camp registration is stated as open, with Little Acres available for ages 4–5 and Pathfinders available for ages 6–12. The center states a commitment to providing physical and emotional safety for all children, to balancing self-expression and group responsibility, and to the trust that parents place in the center. Walnut Acres Children’s Center is described as a school age childcare center servicing the Walnut Creek area.
Last updated March 16, 2026.
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