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Kirkland · Licensed center

Discovery Center Child Care

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At a glance

  • Medium play-based center, licensed for 60 children.

From their website, read August 2026:

“The child-teacher ratio is 7:1, with a maximum of 12 children.”

The state’s rule

Washington sets the most children one adult may care for by age, and the largest group size, in WAC 110-300-0356(5).

Infants (birth through 11 months): one adult for every four.

Toddlers (12 through 29 months): one adult for every seven.

Preschoolers (30 months through 6 years, not in kindergarten): one adult for every ten.

School-age children: one adult for every fifteen.

What to know

License: 1 month to 13 years (state).

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 1 of its 3 licensing inspections since June 2024. It lists no valid complaint about this center.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Apr 14, 2026Nothing cited
  • Feb 25, 2025Nothing cited
  • Jun 4, 20242 citations
    • Storage of hazardous and maintenance suppliesSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “Under the handwashing sink were bottles of bleach, hand sanitizer, and other cleaning chemicals”

        WAC 110-300-0260(1)(a)

    • Child recordsShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.

      • “One child's file was missing emergency contact information”

        WAC 110-300-0460(3)

The state cited rules at 1 of this center's 3 inspections. Most Seattle-area centers inspected 3 times had more: 68% of 364 had rules cited at 2 or more.

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

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
April 14, 2026
On file
3 visits since June 2024 — 2 cited nothing
Most serious
Serious — Under the handwashing sink were bottles of bleach, hand sanitizer, and other cleaning chemicals · June 4, 2024

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

Apr 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Feb 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Jun 2024 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · June 4, 2024

Storage of hazardous and maintenance supplies

WAC 110-300-0260(1)(a) · Serious

Under the handwashing sink were bottles of bleach, hand sanitizer, and other cleaning chemicals

Child records

WAC 110-300-0460(3) · Short Term

One child's file was missing emergency contact information

Report (PDF)

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What it costs

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A day here

Meals
Center provides healthy meals and snacks; parents supply food for restricted diets (allergies/preference)
Sleep, diapers, updates for parents and two more
Sleep
Scheduled nap time (11:40am-2:00pm); parents provide a blanket, center provides and launders cot sheets weekly
Diapers
Parents supply diapers/pull-ups and wipes
Updates for parents
Infant and toddler daily reports; preschool weekly newsletters; verbal communication at start and end of day; monthly newsletter; parent conferences fall and spring or on request
Schedule
Full-time, two-day and three-day programs
Closed
9 holidays and breaks a year
DatesNew Year's Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, the last 3 days of August, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and the day after, Christmas Day, and the week between Christmas and New Year's Day

How they teach

Play-based

“Children learn through play and life experiences.”

Who cares for your child

Kelly Alonzo (Lead School Age Teacher and Program Director) since 2004, Nicole Kramer (Lead Teacher, Toddler Room (The Wiggle Worms)) since 2005, Inna Mednikova (Baby teacher (infant room)) since 2007, Cheree Harder (Lead Teacher, Pre-K (The Bears)) since 2013 and Parveen Bashir (Lead Teacher, Preschool (The Seagulls)) since 2015.

22 years · Seattle-area median 13, among 77 that publish

Details

Phone
(425) 827-0727
Address
13111 NE 85th Street, Kirkland, 98033
License
PL-26397
Established
1994

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Children per adult

How they teach

Who cares for your child

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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