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Imagination Station Snoqualmie

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At a glance

  • Medium emergent curriculum center, licensed for 80 children.
  • Hours 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., 5 days a week.

What to know

License: 1 month to 10 years (state). They serve: 4 weeks to 9 years old (their website).

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 May 2024. It lists no valid complaint about this center.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Sep 3, 2025Nothing cited
  • Mar 24, 20252 citations
    • Emergency preparation and exitingSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “The infant room has a baby gate that is blocking the exit path.”

        WAC 110-300-0166(3)(c)

    • MedicationSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “There were diaper creams that did not have the child's full name on them in the toddler and infant room.”

        WAC 110-300-0215(3)(a)(ii)

  • May 29, 20242 citations
    • MedicationSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “There were some medication forms without stop dates in the toddler 1 room.”

        WAC 110-300-0215(3)(a)(ii)

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

      • “There are some staff members that have expired safe sleep training.”

        WAC 110-300-0106(8)

The state cited rules at 2 of this center's 3 inspections. Seattle-area centers inspected 3 times split about evenly: about a third had fewer, a third the same, and a third more (364 centers).

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

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
September 3, 2025
On file
3 visits since May 2024 — 1 cited nothing
Most serious
Serious — The infant room has a baby gate that is blocking the exit path. · March 24, 2025

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

Sep 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Mar 2025 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · March 24, 2025

Emergency preparation and exiting

WAC 110-300-0166(3)(c) · Serious

The infant room has a baby gate that is blocking the exit path.

Medication

WAC 110-300-0215(3)(a)(ii) · Serious

There were diaper creams that did not have the child's full name on them in the toddler and infant room.

Report (PDF)

May 2024 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · May 29, 2024

Medication

WAC 110-300-0215(3)(a)(ii) · Serious

There were some medication forms without stop dates in the toddler 1 room.

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(8) · Short Term

There are some staff members that have expired safe sleep training.

Report (PDF)

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What it costs

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A day here

6 a.m. to 6 p.m., 5 days a week

Meals, outdoors, sleep and two more
Meals
Meals and snacks prepared on site (no catering) to CACFP standards; two meals and two snacks daily (breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack, late snack)
Outdoors
All children go outside in all weather unless dangerous; infants and toddlers 20 minutes per 3 hours of programming, preschool-age and older 30 minutes per 3 hours
Sleep
Children 29 months or younger follow individual sleep patterns; alternate quiet activities offered for non-nappers
Screens
No screen time under age 2; limited to 1 hour per day for ages 2-5; none during meals, snacks, or nap/rest
Closed
Labor Day (September 7, 2026)

How they teach

Emergent curriculum

“We follow the child's lead by using an emergent curriculum.”

Policies

When a child is sick
Children with fever of 100.4°F or above plus other symptoms, vomiting 2+ times in 24 hours, or 2+ loose stools in 24 hours are not permitted to remain in care; parent is called to pick up
Special needs
Children with special needs accepted under ADA guidelines; individual plan of care developed for each child with a special health care need; staff trained on the care plan

Details

Phone
(425) 831-1916
Address
39184 SE Epsilon St, Snoqualmie, 98065
License
PL-24622
Quality program
Early Achievers Level 2

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How they teach

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

Policies

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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