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Free or reduced-cost programs are available. Click to see if you qualify!

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Secure Your Spot for Fall!

School Year programs starting soon. Scholarships available. Click to learn more!

Child Care Costs Adding Up?

Child Care Costs Adding Up?

Free or reduced-cost programs are available. Click to see if you qualify!

Secure Your Spot for Fall!

Secure Your Spot for Fall!

School Year programs starting soon. Scholarships available. Click to learn more!

At Catalyst Kids we offer inclusive programs that teach, inspire, and promote self-guided learning opportunities that let your child shine. We serve children from infants to school-age in our Before and Afterschool, Preschool, and Camp programs.

It Takes a Community

Child-led

Our unique research-based programming encourages discovery, independence, and growth.

Family-centered

We serve families and they serve us too! We welcome family input and insight. It strengthens our impact.

Community-minded

Community is at the heart of everything we do. Our programming exists because of the communities we serve.

Latest Stories

Make Play Time Learning Time

October 17, 2025

Did you know that some of the most powerful learning happens when children are simply playing?  At Catalyst Kids, we follow the Reggio Emilia approach, a philosophy of early childhood education that believes children are capable, curious, and full of potential. In this model, play isn’t a break from learning, it is learning. And the…

Building Futures with Everyday Kindness

October 2, 2025

October marks National Bullying Prevention Month, a time when schools, families, and communities come together to promote empathy, inclusion, and safe spaces for every child.  At Catalyst Kids, we recognize that bullying prevention doesn’t begin with rules or consequences, it starts with relationships. And those relationships begin in early childhood, through everyday moments of learning,…

Catalyst Kids Alumni Spotlight: A Friendship That Grew from After School Programs

September 17, 2025

For more than 50 years, Catalyst Kids has offered quality child care in California, nurturing infants through 8th graders with enriching programs that go far beyond the classroom. With over 150 centers across the state, our impact is seen not just in early education, but in the lifelong friendships and confidence we help build.  In…