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Building Blocks Nursery School

buildingblocksnurseryschool.org

At a glance

  • Small play-based center, licensed for 34 children.
  • Hours 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., 5 days a week, year round.
  • Tuition Preschool $2,439 a month, full time. See costs
  • Run by a for-profit business.

What to know

License: 2 years to 6 years (state). They serve: two to five years old (their website).

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

What the state has found

The state cited no rules at any of its 3 licensing inspections since April 2024. It lists no valid complaint about this center.

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Licensing inspections

  • Jan 8, 2026Nothing cited
  • Mar 28, 2025Nothing cited
  • Apr 30, 2024Nothing cited

The state cited no rules at any of this center's 3 inspections. Most Seattle-area centers inspected 3 times had at least one: 88% of 364.

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

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
January 8, 2026
On file
3 visits since April 2024 — all of them 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 each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.

Jan 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Mar 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Apr 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)

What it costs

Preschool$2,439

Building Blocks Nursery SchoolMost Seattle-area prices (middle 80%)

Monthly, full time. The band is the middle 80% of Seattle-area full-time prices for that age; 113 preschool programs publish one.

Part time
$1,073 to $1,752 a month
Application fee
$50
Deposit
$500, not refundable

A day here

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

Meals, outdoors, sleep and two more
Meals
Tuition includes all meals and snacks: breakfast, lunch, early and late snack, and milk
Outdoors
Outside twice daily, rain or shine; sandbox, climber, bike path, playhouse, natural play area and garden
Sleep
Scheduled nap/rest 12:00–2:30pm for Juniors; rest/quiet time 1:00–2:30pm for Preschool
Schedule
Full-time (five days per week) or part-time (two or three days per week)
Closed
All Federal Holidays, plus a one week Winter Break and a one week Spring Break (aligning with the Seattle Public School District breaks)

How they teach

Play-based

“Building Blocks Nursery School is a play based preschool for children ages two to five”

Details

Phone
(206) 397-4630
Address
3012 NE 55th St, Seattle, 98105
License
PL-78160

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How they teach

What it costs

State record

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

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

Small means the smallest quarter of Seattle-area’s 855 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 6 to 40 children. Medium is 41 to 115; 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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