Center for Community Arts is part of the City of Walnut Creek’s Arts and Recreation Department. More than 10,000 adults and young people from Walnut Creek and beyond make art in comfortable studios around the city. Classes and workshops include drawing, painting, printmaking, ceramics, glass, fiber arts, jewelry, photography and digital media. The center also offers classes in dance, music and theater.

Approximately one-half acre in size, the Children’s Playground at The Orchards is located on the north side of the shopping center, facing Shadelands Drive, set away from the roadway and adjacent to Viamonte Senior Living. The playground features a dedicated play space, playground equipment, climbing structures, a rope bridge, musical playground equipment, and sloped hills made of soft surfaces for climbing and rolling down.

Community Arts Preschool at Shadelands is an arts-based developmental program that focuses on the whole child. This program uses three major preschool domains: social/emotional, physical and cognitive development. They use an integrated approach to encourage each child’s creativity and learning through visual arts, music, movement and the dramatic arts. They offer three age-specific programs starting from 24 months up to 57 months.

KLA Schools of Walnut Creek is a culturally rich, diverse group of families and educators working together to provide the best early childhood education and preschool experience possible for infants to five-year-olds in the Walnut Creek community. They have been proudly serving the Walnut Creek community since 2013 and would love to get to know your family. The vision of KLA Schools is to offer children endless opportunities and empower them to positively change the world.

For toddlers (18 months) up to Kindergarten, Little Flowers Montessori school programs focus on every aspect of a child's development. Each classroom environment is carefully designed to encourage children to grow through interaction and individuality, as children learn through hands-on experience with lessons along the way. Our diverse staff consists of AMI and AMS Teachers and Preschool Teachers.

Help your child achieve their full math potential. Our instructional approach goes beyond traditional math tutoring. The Mathnasium Method™ transforms the way kids understand and appreciate math, which in turn builds their confidence and their love of learning.

My Lileigh Pad believes in the power of sensory art and play-based learning to nurture curiosity, creativity, social, and emotional growth in children. At My Lileigh Pad, learning happens through play and imagination. Sensory Art & Play Class. Hands On Art & Play Group. Music & Movement Class. Nature Preschool. Sensory Play Parties.

Pretty Tea Parties offers stunning Beauty and the Beast tea themed parties. Start by selecting a ballgown from the Fairy Godmother's Dress Room, a visit to the Salon for a princess hairstyle and makeup, followed by a Coronation Ceremony and impressive Tea Party serving beautiful tea sandwiches, fruit, pastries and our special Princess Tea.

Primrose Schools® is a national system of accredited private preschools that provides a premier early education and child care experience for children and families. Franchise Owners, leadership teams and school staff partner with parents to help children develop the right foundation for continual learning in life.

Rohan Murphy Irish Dance Academy was established in 2017 and is dedicated to providing elite training in Irish Dancing. Focused on building a community through this fun and energetic dance style and sharing the love for traditional dance by mastering techniques and building physical and mental strength for every dancer that comes through their doors.

Springfield Montessori School subscribes to the Montessori teaching philosophy, which ensures an environment conducive to learning and rich in life-giving activities suited to the needs of the developing child. The program provides an environment for children that promotes a love of learning; helps them develop physical and mental order; meets their emotional, cognitive, spiritual, social and physical developmental needs; and helps them through the processes of independence, responsibility, socialization, grace, and courtesy.

10th Planet Jiu Jitsu’s youth programs are designed to build confidence, discipline, and self-defense skills. From Tiny Tigers (ages 4-6) to Kids Jiu Jitsu and Kids Striking (ages 7 and up), 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu Walnut Creek has age-appropriate classes that promote physical and mental development.

From swimming to soccer, gymnastics to baseball, Taekwondo to basketball and volleyball, young athletes have a huge selection of sports to try out and train in. The choices abound in the Shadelands SportsMall.