Colores Bilingual Home Daycare & Preschool

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What kind of place is this?

Size 12 children licensed In the middle half for Seattle home daycares, where the middle half licenses 6–12. Measured across 1,532 Seattle home daycares, 2026-08-17.

Who runs it

Ownership For-profit Washington DCYF issued this licence to an individual, not to a company. A licence held by a person is a sole proprietorship. findchildcarewa.org

How this compares

Washington DCYF cited something at 4 of the 4 visits below. Across Seattle home daycares it cites something at about 63% of visits. Each state decides what gets written up, so this compares Seattle with Seattle and never with another state.

Will it fit our family?

Not yet reported: ages served, hours, days / week, schedule, holiday closures.

What will it cost us?

This provider does not publish pricing.

What Shortlist has verified

State quality rating Early Achievers Enrolled
License status Active

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
August 12, 2026
On file
4 visits since May 2024 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
Washington DCYF does not publish whether a finding was corrected.
Most serious
Serious110-300-0260(2)(a)(b) The under-sink storage contains plastic bags, the bathroom closet contains vaccume and other cleanning tools, and the under-staircase storage in the outdoor play area were all accessible to the children. · August 26, 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.

Aug 2026 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · August 12, 2026

Safety requirements

WAC 110-300-0165(2)(c) · Short Term

At the time of inspection, two fans were observed to be plugged in. Cords capabale of forming a loop were observed to be accesible to children. Date Disputed Date Disputed

Immunizations and exempt children

WAC 110-300-0210(1)(2) · Long Term

At the time of inspection, it was observed that 1 child was was missing updated and medically verified CIS immunization forms.

Report (PDF)

Aug 2025 Licensing visit 3 findings

Licensing visit · August 26, 2025

Safety requirements

WAC 110-300-0165(3)(a) · Short Term

110-300-0165(3)(a) Power tools, nails, power cords and other construction supplies were accessible to the children in the outdoor play area.

Fire safety

WAC 110-300-0170(2) · Short Term

110-300-0170(2) Missing the fire inspection form.

Storage of hazardous and maintenance supplies

WAC 110-300-0260(2)(a)(b) · Serious

110-300-0260(2)(a)(b) The under-sink storage contains plastic bags, the bathroom closet contains vaccume and other cleanning tools, and the under-staircase storage in the outdoor play area were all accessible to the children.

Report (PDF)

Oct 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · October 8, 2024

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious

110-300-0106(12) Lead Teacher has an expired food worker card.

Report (PDF)

May 2024 Licensing visit 4 findings

Licensing visit · May 1, 2024

Safe water sources

WAC 110-300-0235(2) · Short Term

Provider needs to have water retested as it has been 6 years since last testing.

Food allergies and special dietary needs

WAC 110-300-0186(1) · Serious

Child who's parent marked nut allergy needs ICP with doctors input and signiture.

Equipment and surfaces in outdoor early learning space

WAC 110-300-0146(1)(a)(b) · Serious

Climber with slides placed on wood chips that are not 9 inches deep.

Safety requirements

WAC 110-300-0165(3)(a) · Short Term

Side of outdoor shed is broken and has very sharp edges.

Report (PDF)

Before you tour

Colores Bilingual Home Daycare & Preschool hasn’t published

Cost, hours and late pickup, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

Ask what changed after the four findings Washington DCYF ranked Serious, most recently in August 2025.It does not publish whether a finding was fixed. The rest carry its lower risk levels.

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.

What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Who runs it

Licensing and contact

State record

Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.

Do you run Colores Bilingual Home Daycare & Preschool? Shortlist has no tuition, hours or ratios for it, because the state does not publish that. Add what is missing. It is free and takes about ten minutes.