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Ages In Stages Childcare

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At a glance

  • Medium play-based center, licensed for 48 children.
  • Hours 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., 5 days a week.
  • Run by a for-profit business.

What to know

License: 12 months to 6 years (state). They serve: 4 weeks to 5 years (their website).

The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.

What the state has found

Someone reported a concern to the state, and in September 2025 the state found it valid. The state also cited rules at 2 of its 3 licensing inspections since April 2024.

See each inspection and complaint

Complaints the state found valid

Of the 207 Seattle-area centers licensed for 41 to 70 children, 163 (79%) have no valid complaint in the last three years; 44 (21%) have one or more, as this center does.

How all 207 similar-size centers compare

Of the 207 Seattle-area centers licensed for 41 to 70 children, how many valid complaints each had in the last three years:

  • None79%
  • One or more21%This center

Licensing inspections

  • Mar 25, 20261 citation
    • Emergency preparation and exitingSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “Licensor observed an emergency exit door being partially blocked by a child's chair.”

        WAC 110-300-0166(3)(c)

  • Apr 4, 2025Nothing cited
  • Apr 9, 20242 citations
    • Emergency preparation and exitingSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “During onsite inspection, Licensor observed the emergency exit door in the toddler/preschool age classroom locked with a hook lock, and the hallway emergency exit door leading the unlicensed exterior of the building locked with a hook lock. (3)(a) During onsite inspection, Licensor observed a table partially blocking the emergency exit door in the toddler/preschool age classroom, and a dramatically play kitchen set partially blocking the emergency exit door in the preschool classroom. (3)(c)”

        WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a), WAC 110-300-0166(3)(c)

    • Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “Licensor reviewed MERIT and onsite records and observed that Assistant Teacher JL has not completed their food worker card. (12)”

        WAC 110-300-0106(12)

The state cited rules at 2 of this center's 3 inspections. Seattle-area centers inspected 3 times split about evenly: about a third had fewer, a third the same, and a third more (364 centers).

How all 364 Seattle-area centers inspected 3 times compare

Of the 364 Seattle-area centers the state inspected 3 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None12%
  • 1 of 321%
  • 2 of 335%This center
  • All 333%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
March 25, 2026
On file
3 visits since April 2024 — 1 cited nothing · 1 complaint investigation
Most serious
Serious — Licensor observed an emergency exit door being partially blocked by a child's chair. · March 25, 2026

Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.

Mar 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · March 25, 2026

Emergency preparation and exiting

WAC 110-300-0166(3)(c) · Serious

Licensor observed an emergency exit door being partially blocked by a child's chair.

Report (PDF)

Jun 2025 Complaint 1 valid issue

Complaint · Received June 27, 2025 · Resolved September 22, 2025

The state’s report (PDF)

Apr 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Apr 2024 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · April 9, 2024

Emergency preparation and exiting

WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a) / 110-300-0166(3)(c) · Serious

During onsite inspection, Licensor observed the emergency exit door in the toddler/preschool age classroom locked with a hook lock, and the hallway emergency exit door leading the unlicensed exterior of the building locked with a hook lock. (3)(a) During onsite inspection, Licensor observed a table partially blocking the emergency exit door in the toddler/preschool age classroom, and a dramatically play kitchen set partially blocking the emergency exit door in the preschool classroom. (3)(c)

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious

Licensor reviewed MERIT and onsite records and observed that Assistant Teacher JL has not completed their food worker card. (12)

Report (PDF)

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What it costs

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A day here

7 a.m. to 6 p.m., 5 days a week

How they teach

Play-based

“Learning through play is at the heart of our programs.”

Details

Phone
(206) 762-5683
Address
8658 9th Ave SW, Seattle, 98106
License
PL-28548
Quality program
Early Achievers Level 3
Established
2005

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How they teach

State record

From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked November 3, 2026.

Washington’s four risk levels, highest first: Immediate, Serious, Short Term, Long Term. Deadlines from DCYF procedure PRO 10.1.21.

Ages

Age groups as Washington defines them: WAC 110-300-0005 (infant to 11 months, toddler 12 to 29 months, preschool 30 months to 6 years, school age 5 to 12 years).

A day here

Details

Medium means the middle half of Seattle-area’s 855 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 41 to 115 children. Small is 6 to 40; large is 116 to 323.

The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.

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