Shoreline · Licensed family home
Imagination Station Early Learning and Preschool
The program last told Shortlist 9 days ago (October 26, 2026).
At a glance
- Full-size family home, licensed for up to 12 children.
- Hours 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Tuition Infant $2,167, toddler $2,167, preschool $1,733 a month, full time. See costs
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 2 of its 3 licensing inspections since April 2024. It lists no valid complaint about this home.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Apr 21, 20261 citation
Safety requirementsShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.
“At the time of inspection, bins with toys and materials were observed in overhead cabinets without doors.”
WAC 110-300-0165(3)(f)
Apr 24, 20251 citation
Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“At the time of inspection, staff T.U. has not completed 30 hours childcare basics. 0106 (8) At the time of inspection, staff T.U. safe sleep training has expired 0106 (12) At the time of inspection, staff T.U. food handler training has expired”
WAC 110-300-0106(12)
- Apr 18, 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
- April 21, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since April 2024 — 1 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Serious —
At the time of inspection, staff T.U. has not completed 30 hours childcare basics. 0106 (8) At the time of inspection, staff T.U. safe sleep training has expired 0106 (12) At the time of inspection, staff T.U. food handler training has expired
· April 24, 2025
Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.
Apr 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · April 21, 2026
WAC 110-300-0165(3)(f) · Short Term
At the time of inspection, bins with toys and materials were observed in overhead cabinets without doors.
Apr 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · April 24, 2025
WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious
At the time of inspection, staff T.U. has not completed 30 hours childcare basics. 0106 (8) At the time of inspection, staff T.U. safe sleep training has expired 0106 (12) At the time of inspection, staff T.U. food handler training has expired
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What it costs
Imagination Station Early Learning and PreschoolMost Seattle-area prices (middle 80%)
Monthly, full time. The band is the middle 80% of Seattle-area full-time prices for that age; 56 infant, 82 toddler and 113 preschool programs publish one.
A day here
6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Late pickup
- Late pickup
- No charge as long as picjed up by 5:30 and let us know.
Details
- Phone
- (206) 229-9531
- Address
- 18025 FREMONT AVE N, SHORELINE, WA 98133
- License
- PL-3576
- Quality program
- Early Achievers Level 4
We couldn’t find some information that may matter to your decision: openings, Working Connections subsidy, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies. We can ask the program for you and copy you in.
Sources and dates
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
What it costs
- Infant, Toddler, Preschool — Checked October 2026
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
A day here
- Hours, Late pickup — Checked October 2026
Details
- Phone, License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 findchildcarewa.org
- Ages on the license, Address — Checked September 2026 findchildcarewa.org
- Ages they serve — Checked October 2026
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.