Seattle · Licensed center
Creative Beginnings Preschool
At a glance
- Small center, licensed for 27 children.
- Run by the person who holds the license.
What to know
The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 3 of its 4 licensing inspections since February 2023. It lists no valid complaint about this center.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Mar 6, 20261 citation
Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Licensor reviewed staff files. Staff member N. needs to renew her expired food worker card.”
WAC 110-300-0106(12)
- May 20, 2025Nothing cited
Apr 2, 20241 citation
Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“1 staff needs to get food handlers card.”
WAC 110-300-0106(12)
Feb 28, 20231 citation
Emergency preparation and exitingSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“need to change the door handle to be unlocked from the inside and locked on the outside.”
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a)
The state cited rules at 3 of this center's 4 inspections. Seattle-area centers inspected 4 times split about evenly: about a third had fewer, a third the same, and a third more (272 centers).
How all 272 Seattle-area centers inspected 4 times compare
Of the 272 Seattle-area centers the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None7%
- 1 of 415%
- 2 of 417%
- 3 of 433%This center
- All 429%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- March 6, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since February 2023 — 1 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Serious —
Licensor reviewed staff files. Staff member N. needs to renew her expired food worker card.
· March 6, 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 6, 2026
WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious
Licensor reviewed staff files. Staff member N. needs to renew her expired food worker card.
Apr 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · April 2, 2024
Feb 2023 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · February 28, 2023
Emergency preparation and exiting
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a) · Serious · No longer on the state’s site as of July 6, 2026
need to change the door handle to be unlocked from the inside and locked on the outside.
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What it costs
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Details
- Phone
- (206) 329-6522
- Address
- 522 28th Ave E, Seattle, 98112
- License
- PL-341
- Quality program
- Early Achievers Level 3
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Sources and dates
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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
Details
- Phone, Ages on the license — Checked September 2026 findchildcarewa.org
- Address — Checked June 2026 data.wa.gov
- License, Quality program — Checked March 2026 data.wa.gov
- Who runs it — Checked September 2026 data.seattle.gov
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.