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Inicio Playschool

inicioplayschool.com

At a glance

  • Medium Reggio Emilia–inspired center, licensed for 53 children.
  • Hours 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 5 days a week, year round.
  • Tuition Toddler $3,120, preschool $2,520 a month, full time. See costs
  • Run by a for-profit business.

Worth knowing

Now takes children from 12 months to 6 years; was 3 months to 6 years. The infant price ($3,420 a month) is gone, and a One’s Class price ($3,120 a month) is new. Seen in October 2026.

Is this normal? No other Seattle center we checked stopped taking infants this fall.

Based on 100 Seattle centers whose own websites listed the ages they take this summer and again this fall.

Why this happens

Infant care needs the most teachers per child. Washington allows at most 4 infants per teacher, against 10 preschoolers per teacher.

Ask them: whether they expect to take infants again, and when.

Is this out of date?

What to know

License: 3 months to 6 years (state). They serve: children ages 12 months to 6 years (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 no rules at any of its 3 licensing inspections since December 2024. It lists no valid complaint about this center.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Apr 10, 2026Nothing cited
  • May 27, 2025Nothing cited
  • Dec 6, 2024Nothing cited

The state cited no rules at any of this center's 3 inspections. Most Seattle-area centers inspected 3 times had at least one: 88% of 364.

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%This center
  • 1 of 321%
  • 2 of 335%
  • All 333%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
April 10, 2026
On file
3 visits since December 2024 — all of them cited nothing
Fixed?
Nothing was cited, so there is nothing to correct.
Most serious
Nothing was cited at any visit on file.

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

Apr 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
May 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Dec 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)

What it costs

Toddler$3,120
Preschool$2,520

Inicio PlayschoolMost Seattle-area prices (middle 80%)

Monthly, full time. The band is the middle 80% of Seattle-area full-time prices for that age; 82 toddler and 113 preschool programs publish one.

Application fee
$250

A day here

8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 5 days a week, year round

Meals, outdoors, sleep and two more
Meals
Breakfast, snack and hot lunch prepared onsite, included in tuition
Outdoors
At least two hours of outside time, rain or shine
Sleep
Scheduled nap/rest/quiet time 1:00-2:30; individual cribs or cots
Schedule
Full-day
Closed
13 holidays and breaks a year
DatesVeteran's Day, Thanksgiving and day after, winter break (Dec 24-31 in 2026; Dec 23-31 in 2027), New Year's Day, MLK Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, teacher in-service days, family conference days, and a late-August/early-September summer deep clean break

How they teach

Reggio Emilia–inspired and play-based

“we're big believers in that here, inspired by the learnings of Reggio Emilia”

Policies

Enrollment
Wait-pool; accepting a spot requires a $250 non-refundable enrollment fee plus first month's tuition as a security deposit (applied to first month); neither is refunded if the family withdraws before the start date

Details

Phone
(206) 349-4383
Address
1116 NW 54th St, Seattle, 98107
License
PL-84740
Quality program
Early Achievers Enrolled

We couldn’t find some information that may matter to your decision: openings, Working Connections subsidy, and ratios and staff. We can ask the program for you and copy you in.

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Sources and dates

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How they teach

What it costs

State record

From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked November 3, 2026.

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

What changed

inicioplayschool.com/faqs, saved between June 16 and July 20, 2026, and again October 8, 2026

Washington rule on center ratios and group sizes (WAC 110-300-0356), read October 9, 2026

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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