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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0609</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2026-06-05</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001873529</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>KLC</issuerTradingSymbol>
        <issuerForeignTradingSymbol></issuerForeignTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001733903</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Desravines Jean S.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerNonUSAddressFlag>false</rptOwnerNonUSAddressFlag>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O KINDERCARE LEARNING COMPANIES, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>5005 MEADOWS ROAD</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LAKE OSWEGO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>OR</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>97035</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>true</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>false</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>false</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>false</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>false</aff10b5One>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2026-06-05</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>false</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>43210</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>69513</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Represents 43,210 restricted stock units (&quot;RSUs&quot;), vesting on the earlier of (i) the day immediately proceeding the Issuer's 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or (ii) the first anniversary of the grant date, subject to the continuing service of the Reporting Person as a director through the applicable vesting date. Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one unit of the Issuer's common stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes 8,795 shares that were inadvertently omitted from the Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management table in the Issuer's proxy statement for the Issuer's 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 20, 2026.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Anthony Amandi, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-06-24</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
