Laugh and Learn Home Childcare and Preschool

Home · Redmond

What kind of place is this?

Size 12 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 Level 3
License status Active

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
December 19, 2025
On file
4 visits since October 2023 — 2 cited nothing · 1 complaint investigation
Fixed?
Washington DCYF does not publish whether a finding was corrected.
Most serious
ImmediateDuring an unannounced recheck, it was observed that two infants were sleeping in their own cribs. One infant was observed to be sleeping with a small stuffed animal. The second infant was sleeping and had a blanket draped over the side of the crib. · August 26, 2024

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.

Dec 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Mar 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · March 3, 2025

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious

Staff person AK has expired Food Workers card

Report (PDF)

Aug 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · August 26, 2024

Infant safe sleep practices

WAC 110-300-0291(1)(g) / 110-300-0291(1)(h) · Serious / Immediate

During an unannounced recheck, it was observed that two infants were sleeping in their own cribs. One infant was observed to be sleeping with a small stuffed animal. The second infant was sleeping and had a blanket draped over the side of the crib.

Report (PDF)

Jul 2024 Complaint 1 valid issue

Complaint · July 23, 2024 · Resolved August 27, 2024

Infant safe sleep practices

WAC 110-300-0291(1)(g) · Serious

During an unannounced complaint inspection, the provider reported that she uses a sleep sack for children under 8 months old, and uses blankets for infants ages 8 months - 12 months.

Report (PDF)

Oct 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)

Before you tour

Laugh and Learn Home Childcare and Preschool hasn’t published

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

Ask what changed after the three findings Washington DCYF ranked Immediate or Serious, most recently in March 2025.It does not publish whether a finding was fixed.

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 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 Laugh and Learn Home Childcare and Preschool? 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.