Little Buddies Daycare

Home · Bothell

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

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
February 18, 2026
On file
3 visits since August 2023 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
Washington DCYF does not publish whether a finding was corrected.
Most serious
SeriousCat in licensed space needs to have immunizations sent to department. Birds caged in licensed space need to be moved. · March 6, 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.

Feb 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · February 18, 2026

Postings

WAC 110-300-0505(1)(2) · Long Term

no smoking/no vaping sign is needed near the front entrance.

Report (PDF)

Mar 2024 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · March 6, 2024

Pets and animals

WAC 110-300-0225(3) · Serious

Cat in licensed space needs to have immunizations sent to department. Birds caged in licensed space need to be moved.

Storage of hazardous and maintenance supplies

WAC 110-300-0260(1)(a) · Serious

Under bathroom sink has soaps and aerosol sprays and needs to be made inaccessable to children.

Report (PDF)

Aug 2023 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · August 24, 2023

Equipment and surfaces in outdoor early learning space

WAC 110-300-0146(4) · Serious

Remove small trampoline.

Safety requirements

WAC 110-300-0165(2)(a) / 110-300-0165(5)(b) · Serious

Bathroom outlet needs to be replaced with GFCI outlet. Cord on vertical door blinds needs to be anchored to wall. All outlet covers need to be removed.

Report (PDF)

Before you tour

Little Buddies Daycare hasn’t published

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

Ask what changed after the four findings Washington DCYF ranked Serious, most recently in March 2024.It does not publish whether a finding was fixed. The rest carry its lower risk levels.

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 Little Buddies 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.