Children's Discovery Center

What Children's Discovery Center does

Children's Discovery Center (CDC) is a privately held, founder-led early care and education provider headquartered in Maumee, Ohio, operating five physical child care and preschool centers across the greater Toledo metro (Holland, Toledo/Franklin Park, two in Perrysburg, and Waterville). Founded in 1982 by Lois Mitten Rosenberry, who continues to serve as President and CEO, the company delivers age-segmented programs spanning infant care, toddler development, preschool/pre-K, school-age before- and after-school care, chartered kindergarten (Discovery School), summer camp (Camp Discovery), and an enrichment curriculum covering art, music, and Spanish. Educational delivery is anchored in the Reggio Emilia philosophy — a child-led, project-based approach recognized by Newsweek — and integrated with a Christian foundation, while creative environment design principles have been codified into two Gryphon House-published books.

Name

Children's Discovery Center

Legal name

Children's Discovery Center

Website

https://childrensdiscoverycenters.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Children's Discovery Center is a private, founder-led early care and education provider operating five child care and preschool centers in the greater Toledo, Ohio metro, serving families with infant, toddler, preschool, school-age, chartered kindergarten, and summer camp programs under a Reggio Emilia-inspired curriculum.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Child Care and Early Childhood Education Services

NAICS

Child Care Services (62441), Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Child Day Care Services (8351), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Preschool Programs within Childcare Centers (EDACABAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Infant & Toddler Classrooms within Childcare Centers (EDACAGAC), Center-Based Infant Care (0–18 months) (EDACAGAA), Center-Based Toddler Care (18–36 months) (EDACAGAB)

Keywords

• Early childhood education
• Child care services
• Preschool programs
• Infant toddler care
• Summer camp programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Maumee

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Child Care and Preschool Tuition: The primary revenue stream is recurring tuition fees charged for child care and preschool services. Families pay for infant care, toddler programs, preschool/pre-K programs, and school-age programs. The company also charges a $75 registration fee per student along with a last week's deposit upon enrollment.
2. Online Payment Processing: Parents can make payments via credit/debit card through the MyProcare portal. A service fee of 2.50% is associated with each card transaction processed.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Children's Discovery Center provides licensed child care and early childhood education services across five physical centers in the greater Toledo, Ohio area. Its core offering is tuition-based enrollment in age-tiered programs (Infant, Toddler, Preschool/Pre-K, School-Age, chartered Kindergarten, and Summer Camp), delivered through a Reggio Emilia-inspired, faith-based educational philosophy with enrichment classes included in tuition.

Product overview

Children's Discovery Center operates as a unified early childhood education and care platform offering multiple interconnected programs for children from infancy through school age. The core portfolio includes Infant, Toddler, Preschool/Pre-K, and School-Age programs, supplemented by Enrichment Program (art studio, Spanish, music classes), Discovery School (chartered kindergarten), and Camp Discovery (summer program). Five physical center locations across the Toledo area (Franklin Park/Talmadge, Holland/Wolf Creek, Perrysburg/Avenue Road, Perrysburg/Harbor Town Place, and Waterville/Dutch Road) deliver these programs using the Reggio Emilia-inspired educational philosophy. Parent engagement is supported through MyProcare online portal and ProCare engagement app for communications and payments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Discovery School: A chartered, non-public kindergarten program housed within Children's Discovery Center, approved by the Ohio Department of Education and fully aligned with state standards.
• Camp Discovery

Quantifiable outcome

• Kindergarten test scores above 80th percentile
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Primrose Schools: Primrose Schools is a national franchise of private early childhood education centers delivering a proprietary curriculum with a similar premium, education-led positioning to Children's Discovery Center. Both operators compete for working families seeking structured, curriculum-rich care beyond basic daycare.
• The Goddard School: The Goddard School is a franchise system of play-based, learning-focused private preschool and childcare centers serving infants through school-age children. It mirrors CDC's premium, education-forward positioning and franchise-style multi-site operating model.
• Cadence Education: Cadence Education is one of the largest private operators of early childhood education centers in the United States, operating brands such as Cadence Kids and others. It is a directly comparable multi-site, premium preschool operator, though at substantially greater scale than Children's Discovery Center.
• The Malvern School: The Malvern School is a privately held operator of early childhood education centers in the Mid-Atlantic United States offering infant through pre-K programs with a proprietary curriculum and enrichment focus. It is closely comparable to CDC in its premium private positioning, multi-site footprint, and curriculum-led differentiation.
• The Learning Experience: The Learning Experience is a national franchise of early childhood education centers serving infants through pre-K with proprietary curriculum and enrichment programming. It parallels CDC's child-led, enrichment-rich operating model and multi-site private delivery approach.

Broad incumbents

• Bright Horizons Family Solutions: Bright Horizons is the largest publicly traded provider of high-quality early education and child care in North America, operating employer-sponsored and family-served centers. It is a broader incumbent that overlaps with CDC across curriculum-driven infant, toddler, and preschool programming but at vastly greater scale and with employer-channel distribution.
• KinderCare Learning Companies: KinderCare is one of the largest private early childhood education providers in the United States, operating more than 1,500 centers across multiple brands. It competes with CDC in family-facing infant through school-age care but with a much broader geographic footprint and brand portfolio.
• Learning Care Group: Learning Care Group operates more than 1,000 schools across multiple early childhood brands including Childtime, Tutor Time, and La Petite Academy. It is a broad incumbent in family-facing child care and competes with CDC across infant, toddler, preschool, and school-age programs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/CDCOhio
• Instagraminstagram.com/childrensdiscoverycenters_
• Xx.com/cdcchildcare

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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