Lynnwood · Licensed family home
El Dream Christian Preschool
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 1 of its 3 licensing inspections since December 2024. It lists no valid complaint about this home.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Jan 26, 2026Nothing cited
Jun 9, 20254 citations
Emergency preparation and exitingSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“During on-site visit, the emergency exit in the play room was locked.”
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a)
Emergency preparation and exitingSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“During on-site visit, the emergency exit in the play room was blocked with nap cots and a shelf unit that prevents the door from opening and being accessible to children.”
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(c)
Emergency preparation and exitingSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“During on-site visit, the window in the downstairs play room and the window in the bedroom/quiet toy room were locked; both windows are emergency exits.”
WAC 110-300-0166(4)(c)(i)
Supervising childrenShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.
“During on-site visit, door chimes were not turned on.”
WAC 110-300-0345(5)(b)
- Dec 30, 2024Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 1 of this home's 3 inspections. Most Seattle-area family homes inspected 3 times had more: 66% of 698 had rules cited at 2 or more.
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%This home
- 2 of 332%
- All 334%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- January 26, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since December 2024 — 2 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Serious —
During on-site visit, the emergency exit in the play room was locked.
· June 9, 2025
Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.
Jun 2025 Licensing visit 4 findings
Licensing visit · June 9, 2025
WAC 110-300-0345(5)(b) · Short Term
During on-site visit, door chimes were not turned on.
Emergency preparation and exiting
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a) · Serious
During on-site visit, the emergency exit in the play room was locked.
Emergency preparation and exiting
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(c) · Serious
During on-site visit, the emergency exit in the play room was blocked with nap cots and a shelf unit that prevents the door from opening and being accessible to children.
Emergency preparation and exiting
WAC 110-300-0166(4)(c)(i) · Serious
During on-site visit, the window in the downstairs play room and the window in the bedroom/quiet toy room were locked; both windows are emergency exits.
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What it costs
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Details
- Phone
- (425) 535-6478
- Area
- Lynnwood, 98087This home’s state page lists no street address.
- License
- PL-84823
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Sources and dates
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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
Details
- Phone, Ages on the license — Checked September 2026 findchildcarewa.org
- License — Checked July 2026 findchildcarewa.org
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.