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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.2


                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
                                   PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


         In connection with the Annual Report of Childtime Learning Centers,
Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 28, 2003 as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
"Periodic Report"), I, Frank Jerneycic, Chief Financial Officer of the Company,
certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss.1350, as adopted pursuant to ss.906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

         1.       the Periodic Report fully complies with the requirements of
                  Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;
                  and

         2.       the information contained in the Periodic Report fairly
                  presents, in all material respects, the financial condition
                  and results of operations of the Company.



Dated: June 26, 2003                    /s/ Frank Jerneycic
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                                        Frank Jerneycic
                                        Chief Financial Officer










