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Discovery Child Care

thediscoverychildcare.com

At a glance

  • Full-size STEAM–inspired family home, licensed for up to 12 children.
  • Hours 7:45 a.m. to 5 p.m., 5 days a week.
How a family home daycare works

What to know

License: birth 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 2 of its 3 licensing inspections since January 2024. It lists no valid complaint about this home.

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Licensing inspections

  • Sep 18, 20252 citations
    • Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “C. and A.'s food handlers card”

        WAC 110-300-0106(12)

    • Training requirementsShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.

      • “A.'s BBP training expired”

        WAC 110-300-0106(10)

  • Sep 10, 20241 citation
    • Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “P. is missing the following trainings; CPR, basic first aid, food handlers, blood borne pathogens C. is missing the following trainings; Food Handlers, Blood borne pathogens D. is missing the following trainings; CPR, basic First aid, blood borne pathogens A. is missing the following trainings; Safe Sleep, CPR, basic first aid, bloodborne pathogens”

        WAC 110-300-0106(12)

  • Jan 30, 2024Nothing cited

The state cited rules at 2 of this home's 3 inspections. Seattle-area family homes inspected 3 times split about evenly: about a third had fewer, a third the same, and a third more (698 family homes).

How all 698 Seattle-area family homes inspected 3 times compare

Of the 698 Seattle-area family homes the state inspected 3 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None11%
  • 1 of 323%
  • 2 of 332%This home
  • All 334%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
September 18, 2025
On file
3 visits since January 2024 — 1 cited nothing
Most serious
Serious — C. and A.'s food handlers card · September 18, 2025

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

Sep 2025 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · September 18, 2025

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(10) · Short Term

A.'s BBP training expired

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious

C. and A.'s food handlers card

Report (PDF)

Sep 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · September 10, 2024

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious

P. is missing the following trainings; CPR, basic first aid, food handlers, blood borne pathogens C. is missing the following trainings; Food Handlers, Blood borne pathogens D. is missing the following trainings; CPR, basic First aid, blood borne pathogens A. is missing the following trainings; Safe Sleep, CPR, basic first aid, bloodborne pathogens

Report (PDF)

Jan 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)

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What it costs

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A day here

7:45 a.m. to 5 p.m., 5 days a week

Updates for parents
Updates for parents
Daily progress reports via secure communication platform

How they teach

STEAM–inspired

“The values between Early Achievers & UW go hand in hand with our STEAM inspired approach to learning”

Policies

When a child is sick
Children must be symptom-free for 24 hours before returning

Details

Phone
(206) 446-9793
Area
Seattle, 98178This home’s state page lists no street address.
License
PL-80279
Quality program
Early Achievers Level 3

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Sources and dates

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How they teach

State record

From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked November 2, 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

Policies

Details

Full-size means licensed for 12 children, the most any Seattle-area family home holds; 735 of Seattle-area’s 1,532 licensed family homes are. Small is 3 to 6; mid-size is 7 to 11.

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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