Lakeshore Learning Store

This is a great store! The staff is very friendly and helpful. My favorite this in the store is laminating machine (SCORE!). I can spend hours in here. The only problem is the parking lot is very small and it can be difficult to find parking or even get out of the parking lot due to the shape.

This store is a real gem! Some people like buying books and school supplies on line but I enjoy picking up a workbook and checking it out for myself. Staff are excellent and know their resources! Iris was so helpful and answered all my questions. Thank you! I would definitely recommend this store to other parents and teachers! Parking can be hectic, so plan ahead. Walnut Creeks folks are not the most patient drivers.

Love it
it’s very helpful it’s stay for ever what ever you buy, buy and return anything I like that a lot

As a parent, I just love this place! They have toys out as demos for children to try out, and if you’re interested in a toy that’s not out, they will pull it for you. It’s such a great idea! For kids and parents to be able to try it before you buy it. Every toy I’ve ever bought here ends up being a favorite. It’s kind of pricey but the quality is great and the products are unique and so much better than any other toy store. My daughter and I are fans!

I just love Lake Shore LEarning! The parking lot is super tiny and very difficult to back up from so park backing up so you can get out without running someone over. The staff is very nice and helpful. I came in one day looking for some winter vacation projects and came out with some really cool stuff that my little one and his cousin and even his great grandpa really enjoyed working on over winter break! The staff is so helpful sometimes too much but I would take that over being ignored any day!
Make sure to sign up to get email coupons and catalog. I also want to add that they carry a lot of special needs toys and learning tools that I just love!

Really cool stuff for all kids of all range. I have intentions to bring my daughter for the craft day Saturday from 11am-​3pm (make sure you call them to check schedule). Overall from my first trip there it was very nice. As far as price goes it is on the high end but remember this is your child or family member. It’s a good investment.

I love this store. Even though I am not a teacher, I enjoy going there with my kids to find new toys. mostly we spend more than 1 hour there, as there are so many great toys to see. and my kids really love playing with Lakeshore toys.

Two stars because of just one employee at the magnet counter who snatched the magnet wand/​stick from my 4 yr olds hands ! Yes kids will be interested in trying things kept out to try if you don’t want them to or have «certain reservations for color» say so !!! And close the doors as kids don’t understand your discriminations !!!
The other employees in the store were super nice the guy at the volcano counter exhibit was really good and patient if it were not for that one employee I would give this place a 4 star
Prices are in the higher range but the educational toys are really good.

This place is a Teachers Heaven! all kinds of stuff to colorfully assists with teaching kids. The clerks are very friendly. My son needed some help with telling time and counting money and there was sooo much to choose from!

Heart this place! They’ve got everything an elementary teacher or home school parent would need. I’m neither of these things, so of course, they’ve got everything a kindergarten room mother’s little heart could desire for small projects. Products are super high quality and priced accordingly so I definitely take advantage of the email and text coupons when I come in.

One box of colored pencils at Lakeshore — $ 12.00
TWO boxes of colored pencils at Target – $ 12.00
Buh-​bye, Lakeshore.

Nice corner store location, excellent selection of educational materials and supplies, and very helpful staff (especially with laminating!). :D
Lakeshore is my go-​to store when i need to get school materials for my children, or my child development center. It is on my way home from Livermore to Benicia.
I’ve begun to give my godchildren Lakeshore gift cards, instead of typical toy store gift cards. They love discovering this place!
I’m happy to be able to come here after work as they close at 7 p.m. during the week!
I also love their sale tables! :D

Glitter! Very helpful but I went in for an item that they only had in a large package with multiple colors that weren’t any of which I needed. Great for school supplies for younger children. Friendly staff and I was helped right away without having to look for anyone.

Pretty sweet place… they always have sales and a good coupon thing going on with their email list. I teach junior high, so a lot of the things don’t really apply to me. This is a must for younger grades and homeschool would benefit, too. Helpful staff.

My first thought as I walked through the aisles was «This place kicks ass!». I was in aw, wonder, and amazement.
I wanted to run my finger over every little bell, whistle and wind-​up toy.
The goal for me coming here was to find new toys to bring in the airplane with us on our way to and from Hawaii. With a one year old, a five hour flight in cramped conditions sounds like a nightmare on every level.
I needed them small enough to fit in the diaper bag and carry on. Yet interesting enough to possibly hold his attention for longer than five minutes.
If you’re a compulsive shopper especially when it comes to your own kids, don’t come here. Stay far, far away. They have everything! Musical instruments, crafts of every kind, learning books, farm animals, just think it and it’s there.
Every type of kitchen food item you could ever dream of. I stood and played with the ice cream scooper that magnetized to what looked like real scoops of ice cream, until an employee came up and asked me if I needed help.
Not only did I find plenty of gadgets for the lil guy but I also bought my dearest friends kid a life like looking pizza. It comes with a pizza slicer and the slices of pizza are held together with Velcro. As you slice between the slices it makes a cutting sound. It’s really cool. It’s my special gift because one night my wiener dog ate his slice of pizza off the table. Now he can play pizza without the dog eating it.
They have FREE story times during the week that I wish I could attend. Maybe I’ll take an early lunch and go to one with the lil guy.
I absolutely adore this store and would have never given it a second glance until I had my son. They have a customer for life.

When my sister got her first teaching job this year in Pleasanton, I knew right away I would visit this store to buy her some new supplies.
This store has everything a Kindergarten teacher could possibly need! I bought a lot of Melissa & Doug puzzles and toys, many books, craft projects she can teach her students, name tag laneyards she needed for their field trips, organization bins for her tables, and toys for her prize box.
Needless to say I was very pleased with their huge selection of and their great discounts! It is not the least expensive place to buy some of the items, but the weekend I visited the store they had a 20% off discount on almost everything I bought. All elementary teachers must visit this store!

Sesame Street made a big point starting in the late 1960s: Learning can be fun. And Lakeshore Learning carries on that point.
The Walnut Creek store has a lot of things for kids to have fun with, and the kids will have fun with them. Wannabe toys («I wannabe a policeman, I wannabe a teacher. .. «). CDs of kids music from around the world. Letters to help them learn to read. Crafts, crafts, crafts. If you can think of it, chances are it’s here. And no Barbies. Who needs her anyway? (okay, I’m a guy.)
One star up for great selection. Two stars down for: It’s expensive here, and most parents I know are on a strict budget even if the country wasn’t in a politician-​induced Depression. And parking is terrible, a small lot that fills quickly so you’re reduced to on-​street metered parking. Well, it *is* on the outskirts of downtown Walnut Creek, which seeks to be the East Bay’s version of Palo Alto, and that explains both down-​stars.
But they do have craft times for kids, every Saturday afternoon, and it’s all FREE. The store people are great with the crafts, the kids make new friends, and you end up with something to hang on the refrigerator. My girl made a laminated placemat for Thanksgiving, and we’re still using it for dinnertime.
A good place to window-​shop, to get ideas, and if you forego a month’s worth of Starbucks, maybe even buy something for your little ones.

We love to come to Lakeshore Learning. They have so many wonderful, and educational toys and supplies.
It is definitely more expensive than a Toys R Us, but the majority of the toys and arts and crafts aren’t plastic noisy worthless toys. They are all educational and your child will spend hours using their imagination creating.
The hardest part is picking and choosing because I want to buy everything when I walk in.
This last time I was so excited to see a crayon set that was purely different shades of skin tone. It was 18 – 20 crayons of just skin tone! What a change from the days of my youth where there was one color– a pale, peachy-​called flesh. This especially makes this Mom of a mixed family happy.
The Staff is suburb! Always pleasant, always engaging, always a joy to talk to.
I especially love the free arts and crafts on Saturdays from 11−3pm. My kids have a blast.
It’s a great place for birthday presents as well. It’s nice to give a gift that isn’t Disney themed and will fall apart after a week of play.

Be prepared to pay a bit more for some items, but you’ll get something good quality and educational. As a speech pathologist and a parent I have to restrain myself when coming here. Service is top notch too!
Be sure to check-​out the outlet store as well, we’ve gotten some great deals there!

I had to go here for a random work-​related errand and was pleasantly surprised. They really have a wide variety of items — ranging from the standard teacher supplies to educational toys for kids to basic art supplies.
I have to give kudos to the clerk who checked me out — I was in a particularly clumsy mode that day and dumped all of my change on the counter, plus my cell phone was ringing and there was a line. I appreciated his patience with me.
In short, this place is great if you’re looking for what they sell. I’d say they are the best place in the area for learning related supplies, and highly recommend this place for teachers, moms, and anybody who works with children on a regular basis.