Seattle · Licensed center
Kids Inc.
At a glance
- Large play-based center, licensed for 133 children.
- Hours 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 5 days a week.
- Tuition Preschool $1,800 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 both of its licensing inspections since January 2024. It lists no valid complaint about this center.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
May 21, 20256 citations
Emergency preparation and exitingSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Emergency exit door from the playground is kept locked during licensed hours.”
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a)
MedicationSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Medical forms missing side effects of medication.”
WAC 110-300-0215(3)(a)(i)
Food allergies and special dietary needsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Two children with allergies whose files were reveiwed were missing substitute foods on the individual care plan. One child's individual care plan was missing parent and doctor signatures.”
WAC 110-300-0186(1)
Food allergies and special dietary needsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Child with allergy missing one medication (Albuterol).”
WAC 110-300-0186(2)
Training requirementsShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.
“Staff T.J., E.K., A.P., and A.W. don't have 30 hours of Basic training completed after 3 months of employment.”
WAC 110-300-0106(10)
Training requirementsShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.
“Staff K.H. doesn't have BBP training.”
WAC 110-300-0106(10)
Jan 29, 20244 citations
Safety requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10. Short Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.
“Window blinds are in the office space and children come in the space to visit at times. Cording from roller shades in room 106 is loose and can form loops. Cording from air purifier, water dispenser and other equipment in room and in office is secure. Ensure that heavy items (play materials/equipment) on shelving units, book shelves in main space and in room 106 are secure. Equipment that is easily moveable and not secure on the floor needs to be stabilized to ensure there is no tipping over and falling. Under Sensory Table and on loft was observed to have some chipping.”
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(b), WAC 110-300-0165(3)(f)
Food allergies and special dietary needsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“The child file reviewed had an Individual Health Care Plan but it was not current it was from 2022. Get updated Individual Plan and Medication Authorization for the child.”
WAC 110-300-0186(1)
MedicationSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Individual Plan and Medication Authorization for the child file reviewed was not updated. The forms were from 2022. Forms need to be updated yearly. Medications (hand sanitizers) are stored in cabinets and are accessible. Medications and other items are stored in a teacher area but this is also enroute to the restrooms. The space is accessible to children along with staff items because there is no barrier to enable and child from entering. There are medications and other items stored in the area.”
WAC 110-300-0215(3)(a)(i), WAC 110-300-0215(3)(a)(ii), WAC 110-300-0215(3)(c)
Storage of hazardous and maintenance suppliesSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Items such as spray bottles are stored on a cart accessible to children. The cart is for the pull out program in the cafeteria but the cart is enroute to the restroom and is accessible to all the children. There are spray bottles (wash, rinse and sanitze) and other items such as shaving creams, wipes, acrylic paints, soap that are accessible to the children in the main room and/or room 106. Need to ensure that these items have to be inaccessible via a locked cabinet or out of reach of children.”
WAC 110-300-0260(1)(a)
The state cited rules at both of this center's 2 inspections. Most Seattle-area centers inspected twice had fewer: 68% of 78.
How all 78 Seattle-area centers inspected twice compare
Of the 78 Seattle-area centers the state inspected twice, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None31%
- 1 of 237%
- Both32%This center
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- May 21, 2025
- On file
- 2 visits since January 2024 — both cited findings
- Most serious
- Serious —
Emergency exit door from the playground is kept locked during licensed hours.
· May 21, 2025
Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.
May 2025 Licensing visit 6 findings
Licensing visit · May 21, 2025
WAC 110-300-0106(10) · Short Term
Staff T.J., E.K., A.P., and A.W. don't have 30 hours of Basic training completed after 3 months of employment.
Emergency preparation and exiting
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a) · Serious
Emergency exit door from the playground is kept locked during licensed hours.
Food allergies and special dietary needs
WAC 110-300-0186(1) · Serious
Two children with allergies whose files were reveiwed were missing substitute foods on the individual care plan. One child's individual care plan was missing parent and doctor signatures.
Food allergies and special dietary needs
WAC 110-300-0186(2) · Serious
Child with allergy missing one medication (Albuterol).
Jan 2024 Licensing visit 4 findings
Licensing visit · January 29, 2024
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(b) / 110-300-0165(3)(f) · Serious / Short Term
Window blinds are in the office space and children come in the space to visit at times. Cording from roller shades in room 106 is loose and can form loops. Cording from air purifier, water dispenser and other equipment in room and in office is secure. Ensure that heavy items (play materials/equipment) on shelving units, book shelves in main space and in room 106 are secure. Equipment that is easily moveable and not secure on the floor needs to be stabilized to ensure there is no tipping over and falling. Under Sensory Table and on loft was observed to have some chipping.
Food allergies and special dietary needs
WAC 110-300-0186(1) · Serious
The child file reviewed had an Individual Health Care Plan but it was not current it was from 2022. Get updated Individual Plan and Medication Authorization for the child.
WAC 110-300-0215(3)(a)(i) / 110-300-0215(3)(a)(ii) / 110-300-0215(3)(c) · Serious
Individual Plan and Medication Authorization for the child file reviewed was not updated. The forms were from 2022. Forms need to be updated yearly. Medications (hand sanitizers) are stored in cabinets and are accessible. Medications and other items are stored in a teacher area but this is also enroute to the restrooms. The space is accessible to children along with staff items because there is no barrier to enable and child from entering. There are medications and other items stored in the area.
Storage of hazardous and maintenance supplies
WAC 110-300-0260(1)(a) · Serious
Items such as spray bottles are stored on a cart accessible to children. The cart is for the pull out program in the cafeteria but the cart is enroute to the restroom and is accessible to all the children. There are spray bottles (wash, rinse and sanitze) and other items such as shaving creams, wipes, acrylic paints, soap that are accessible to the children in the main room and/or room 106. Need to ensure that these items have to be inaccessible via a locked cabinet or out of reach of children.
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What it costs
Kids Inc.Most Seattle-area prices (middle 80%)
Monthly, full time. The band is the middle 80% of Seattle-area full-time prices for that age; 113 preschool programs publish one.
A day here
8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 5 days a week
Meals, schedule and closed
- Meals
- Center provides two snacks daily (morning and afternoon); parents provide lunch
- Schedule
- Full-day, shortened day
- Closed
- Labor Day; SPS October in-service day; Veterans Day; Thanksgiving (two days); Winter Break (Dec 24 to New Year's Day); MLK Jr. Day; Presidents' Day; Spring Break Friday; Memorial Day; Juneteenth; three days after school year ends; July 4th; three days after summer programming ends
How they teach
Play-based
“At Kids Inc., we believe in learning through play.”
Who cares for your child
Gee (Owner) fifteen years there.
15 years · Seattle-area median 13, among 77 that publish
Policies
- When a child is sick
- Ill children not admitted; follows King County exclusion guidelines; child must be symptom-free or cleared by a medical professional to return
Details
- Phone
- (206) 915-0291
- Address
- 5601 4th Ave NW, Seattle, 98107
- License
- PL-81508
- Quality program
- Early Achievers Level 3+
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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.
How they teach
- Approach — Checked October 2026 kidsincseattle.com
Who cares for your child
- Staff kidsincseattle.com
What it costs
- Preschool — Checked September 2026 kidsincseattle.com
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
A day here
- Meals, Closed — Checked September 2026 kidsincseattle.com
- Hours, Schedule — Checked September 2026 kidsincseattle.com
Policies
- When a child is sick — Checked September 2026 kidsincseattle.com
Details
- Phone, Ages on the license — Checked September 2026 findchildcarewa.org
- Website — Checked July 2026 kidsincseattle.com
- Address — Checked June 2026 data.wa.gov
- License, Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.wa.gov
- Ages they serve — Checked September 2026 kidsincseattle.com
Large means the biggest quarter of Seattle-area’s 855 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 116 to 323 children. Small is 6 to 40; medium is 41 to 115.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.