Licensed center
A World Discovery
A Montessori center, licensed for 62 children. No complaint investigation has found a violation here, true of 182 of 210 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
Montessori
“Age-appropriate Montessori education for every stage of early childhood”In their words. aworlddiscoverymontessorischool.com, September 2026
One of 60 Seattle-area providers that describe a Montessori approach, out of 256 that describe any approach at all.
Who cares for your child
Not published
What it costs
$938 to $1,274 a month
Seattle-area comparison hidden until they say which age this price is for.
Shortlist can ask A World Discovery for what it has not published: who is with the children and for how long, a typical day and sick and biting policies. The answer will go on this page.
What the state has found
No complaint investigation has found a violation since February 2023
182: none28: one to four0: five or more
The 210 Seattle-area centers licensed for 41 to 70 children, the size band this one falls in, as of September 26, 2026.
Larger centers have more complaint investigations, so A World Discovery (62 children) is compared with centers its size.
Routine visits: 2 of 3 cited something
Across Seattle-area centers, the state cites something at about 2 in 3 routine visits (1,966 visits). Three visits are 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
- November 13, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since February 2024 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- Washington DCYF does not publish whether a finding was corrected.
- Most serious
- Serious —
110-300-0106(2) Missing the food worker card: SD.
· January 16, 2025
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.
Jan 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · January 16, 2025
WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious
110-300-0106(2) Missing the food worker card: SD.
Feb 2024 Licensing visit 2 findings
Licensing visit · February 15, 2024
WAC 110-300-0470(2) · Short Term
110-300-0470(2) The emergency preparedness plan is not current and does not include all the required elements.
Emergency preparation and exiting
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a) · Serious
110-300-0166(3)(a) The toddler classroom door is hard to open.
A day here
Not published
Details
- Address
- 10814 7th Ave SE
- License
- PL-2406, active
- Quality program
- Early Achievers Level 3
- Ages
- 16 months – 6 years
Do you run A World Discovery? Shortlist has no ratios, policies or daily routine for it, because the state does not publish that. Add what is missing. It is free and takes about ten minutes.
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 — aworlddiscoverymontessorischool.com
What it costs
- Monthly tuition — aworlddiscoverymontessorischool.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.
Details
- Website — aworlddiscoverymontessorischool.com
- Address, License, Quality program — data.wa.gov
- Ages — aworlddiscoverymontessorischool.com