Redmond · Licensed family home
Laugh and Learn Home Childcare and Preschool
What to know
The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.
What the state has found
Someone reported a concern to the state, and in August 2024 the state found it valid and cited 1 rule. The state also cited rules at 3 of its 5 licensing inspections since October 2023.
One citation, in August 2024, was at the state’s highest risk level, Immediate: Infant safe sleep practices.
See each inspection and complaint
Complaints the state found valid
Received Jul 23, 2024Valid complaint, 1 rule citedresolved Aug 27, 2024
Infant safe sleep practicesSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“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.”
WAC 110-300-0291(1)(g)
Of the 719 Seattle-area family homes licensed for 12 children, 673 (94%) have no valid complaint in the last three years; 46 (6%) have one or more, as this home does.
How all 719 similar-size family homes compare
Of the 719 Seattle-area family homes licensed for 12 children, how many valid complaints each had in the last three years:
- None94%
- One or more6%This home
Licensing inspections
Aug 28, 20261 citation
Preservice requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“SR has expired background”
WAC 110-300-0105(2)
- Dec 19, 2025Nothing cited
Mar 3, 20251 citation
Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Staff person AK has expired Food Workers card”
WAC 110-300-0106(12)
Aug 26, 20241 citation, 1 Immediate
Infant safe sleep practicesSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10. Immediate. Fix immediately or by the next business day. The licensor rechecks on site within 5.
“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.”
WAC 110-300-0291(1)(g), WAC 110-300-0291(1)(h) · Immediate risk
- Oct 20, 2023Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 3 of this home's 5 inspections. Seattle-area family homes inspected 5 times split three ways: 22% had fewer, 30% the same, and 48% more (97 family homes).
How all 97 Seattle-area family homes inspected 5 times compare
Of the 97 Seattle-area family homes the state inspected 5 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None6%
- 1 of 57%
- 2 of 58%
- 3 of 530%This home
- 4 of 526%
- All 523%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- August 28, 2026
- On file
- 5 visits since October 2023 — 2 cited nothing · 1 complaint investigation
- Most 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.
· August 26, 2024
Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.
Aug 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · August 28, 2026
Mar 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · March 3, 2025
Aug 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · August 26, 2024
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.
Jul 2024 Complaint 1 valid issue
Complaint · Received July 23, 2024 · Resolved August 27, 2024
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.
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What it costs
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Details
- Phone
- (425) 577-9065
- Area
- Redmond, 98052This home’s state page lists no street address.
- License
- PL-3405
- Quality program
- Early Achievers Level 3
We couldn’t find some information that may matter to your decision: openings, Working Connections subsidy, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies. We can ask the program for you and copy you in.
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.
State record
From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked November 2, 2026.
Washington’s four risk levels, highest first: Immediate, Serious, Short Term, Long Term. Deadlines from DCYF procedure PRO 10.1.21.
Ages
Details
- Phone, License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 findchildcarewa.org
- Ages on the license — Checked September 2026 findchildcarewa.org
Full-size means licensed for 12 children, the most any Seattle-area family home holds; 735 of Seattle-area’s 1,532 licensed family homes are. Small is 3 to 6; mid-size is 7 to 11.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.