Kids In Play Daycare

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What kind of place is this?

Size 10 children licensed In the middle half for Seattle home daycares, where the middle half licenses 6–12. Measured across 1,532 Seattle home daycares, 2026-08-17.

Who runs it

Ownership For-profit Washington DCYF issued this licence to an individual, not to a company. A licence held by a person is a sole proprietorship. findchildcarewa.org

How this compares

Washington DCYF cited something at 2 of the 4 visits below. Across Seattle home daycares it cites something at about 63% of visits. Each state decides what gets written up, so this compares Seattle with Seattle and never with another state.

Will it fit our family?

Not yet reported: ages served, hours, days / week, schedule, holiday closures.

What will it cost us?

This provider does not publish pricing.

What Shortlist has verified

State quality rating Early Achievers Enrolled
License status Active

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
October 15, 2025
On file
4 visits since September 2024 — 2 cited nothing · 1 complaint investigation
Fixed?
Washington DCYF does not publish whether a finding was corrected.
Most serious
ImmediateA tight-fitted sheet was not observed for the mattress being used by an infant at the time of inspection. Mulitple pack n' plays were observed to be arranged side by side that were not spaced at least thirty inches apart at the time of inspection. An infant was not immediately removed from the swing and was observed to be sleeping on the swing for an extended period of time at the time of inspection (The violation was corrected on site). · February 13, 2025

Washington DCYF publishes the licensor’s own observation and a risk level for every citation it issues at a licensing visit, with the inspection report attached as a PDF.

Oct 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Aug 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · August 6, 2025

Preservice requirements

WAC 110-300-0105(2) · Serious

Provider needs to show or updated PBC Background Clearance

Report (PDF)

Feb 2025 Complaint 1 valid issue

Complaint · February 21, 2025 · Resolved August 18, 2025

Duty to protect children and report incidents

WAC 110-300-0475(2) · Serious

Provider reported the 3 yr old child arrived at her daycare with a black eye and when provider asked the child what happened said the mother hit her. Provider reported the injury on 2/20/25 – see Intake 53632190. Provider acknowledged seeing the blisters on the infant's fingers on his left hand, to the CPS investigator, the Kent police officer and the infant's parent but did not report the injurys to CPS or DCYF Licensing

Report (PDF)

Feb 2025 Licensing visit 5 findings

Licensing visit · February 13, 2025

Infant safe sleep practices

WAC 110-300-0291(1)(g) · Serious

Blankets were observed to be used in a pack' n play and on a swing when they were occupied by sleeping infants at the time of inspection (The violation was corrected on site).

Equipment and surfaces in outdoor early learning space

WAC 110-300-0146(1)(a)(b) · Serious

A see-saw was observed to be placed on grass surfacing at the time of inspection (The violation was corrected on site).

Emergency preparation and exiting

WAC 110-300-0166(3)(c) · Serious

The emergency exit used in the side room was observed to be partially blocked (from the outside) at the time of inspection (The violation was corrected on site).

Infant and toddler sleep, rest, and equipment

WAC 110-300-0290(4) · Immediate

A tight-fitted sheet was not observed for the mattress being used by an infant at the time of inspection. Mulitple pack n' plays were observed to be arranged side by side that were not spaced at least thirty inches apart at the time of inspection. An infant was not immediately removed from the swing and was observed to be sleeping on the swing for an extended period of time at the time of inspection (The violation was corrected on site).

Postings

WAC 110-300-0505(1)(2) · Long Term

The floor plan observed on the posting board did not have emergency routes identified in each child care area at the time of inspection.

Report (PDF)

Sep 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)

Before you tour

Kids In Play Daycare hasn’t published

Cost, hours and late pickup, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

Ask what changed after the six findings Washington DCYF ranked Immediate or Serious, most recently in August 2025.It does not publish whether a finding was fixed. The rest carry its lower risk levels.

Sources and dates

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What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Who runs it

Licensing and contact

State record

Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.

Do you run Kids In Play Daycare? Shortlist has no tuition, hours or ratios for it, because the state does not publish that. Add what is missing. It is free and takes about ten minutes.