Licensed center
A Plus Kids Care
A play-based center, licensed for 112 children. No complaint investigation has found a violation here, true of 150 of 203 similar-size Seattle-area centers.
Medium center. Medium means the middle half of Seattle-area’s 859 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 41 to 114 children. Small is 6 to 40; large is 115 to 323.
How they teach
Play-based
“A Plus uses a unique blend of project and play based learning- honoring different learning styles.”In their words. akidscare.org, September 2026
One of 101 Seattle-area providers that describe a play-based approach, out of 256 that describe any approach at all.
Who cares for your child
One adult for every seven children
Shortlist has not yet sourced this state’s legal ratio limit, so there is nothing to set this beside yet.
What it costs
Not published
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What the state has found
No complaint investigation has found a violation since February 2023
150: none52: one to four1: five or more
The 203 Seattle-area centers licensed for 71 to 114 children, the size band this one falls in, as of September 26, 2026.
Larger centers have more complaint investigations, so A Plus Kids Care (112 children) is compared with centers its size.
Routine visits: 0 of 1 cited something
Across Seattle-area centers, the state cites something at about 2 in 3 routine visits (1,966 visits). One visit is too few to read as a pattern.
From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked September 26, 2026.
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- December 29, 2025
- On file
- 1 visit, December 2025 — it cited nothing
- Fixed?
- Nothing was cited, so there is nothing to correct.
- Most serious
- Nothing was cited at any visit on file.
Washington DCYF publishes the licensor’s own observation and a risk level for every citation it issues at a licensing visit, with the inspection report attached as a PDF.
A day here
- Meals
- Meals and snacks provided (not a USDA Food Program participant); no nut/nut product policy; prepared per CACFP/USDA standards
- Outdoors
- Daily outdoor programming for all enrolled children, except in extreme heat/cold or hazardous weather conditions; outdoor space includes slides, sandbox, basketball hoops, balls
- Sleep
- Rest period offered to children under 5 in care more than 6 hours or needing rest; alternative quiet activities for those who don't nap; no child forced to sleep
- Hours
- 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Details
- Website
- akidscare.org
- Address
- 6101 200th St SW
- License
- PL-86176, active
- Quality program
- Early Achievers Enrolled
- Ages
- Infants 6 weeks–1 year, Toddlers 1–2.5 years, Preschool 2.5–5 years, Before & After School ages 5 and up
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Sources and dates
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
All checked September 2026.
How they teach
- Approach — akidscare.org
Who cares for your child
- Children per adult — assets.zyrosite.com
State record
Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.
A day here
- Meals, Outdoors, Sleep, Hours — assets.zyrosite.com
Details
- Website — akidscare.org
- Address, License, Quality program — data.wa.gov
- Ages — akidscare.org