“Our classrooms are guided by the principles of Emergent Curriculum. This means that we encourage learning activities that emerge out of each child’s interests, actions, or serendipitous events.” coopchild.org, August 2026
Faye and Abigail have expired food permit.· May 22, 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.
Licensing visit · May 22, 2025
WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious
Alanna did not complete the child care basics training.
Licensing visit · April 23, 2024
WAC 110-300-0106(4) · Serious
1 staff needs to take child abuse/neglect training offered by the department.
Ask what changed after each, and whether the state has been back.
On the visit: what you can only see — how the room smells, whether teachers are down on the floor with the children, how staff speak to each other. Those, and the 7 questions worth hearing answered out loud, are in the note below.
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Not yet reported: holiday closures.
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