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Montessori Garden

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At a glance

  • Small center, licensed for 20 children.
  • Hours 10 hours a day, 5 days a week.
  • Tuition Preschool $2,500 a month, full time. See costs

What to know

License: 2 years 6 months to 6 years (state).

The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.

What the state has found

The state cited no rules at any of its 3 licensing inspections since October 2023. It lists no valid complaint about this center.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Apr 20, 2026Nothing cited
  • Sep 12, 2024Nothing cited
  • Oct 5, 2023Nothing cited

The state cited no rules at any of this center's 3 inspections. Most Seattle-area centers inspected 3 times had at least one: 88% of 364.

How all 364 Seattle-area centers inspected 3 times compare

Of the 364 Seattle-area centers the state inspected 3 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None12%This center
  • 1 of 321%
  • 2 of 335%
  • All 333%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
April 20, 2026
On file
3 visits since October 2023 — all of them cited nothing
Fixed?
Nothing was cited, so there is nothing to correct.
Most serious
Nothing was cited at any visit on file.

Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.

Apr 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Sep 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Oct 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)

What it costs

Preschool$2,500

Montessori GardenMost 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.

Half day (morning)
$1,000 to $1,570 a month

A day here

Hours
10 hours a day, 5 days a week
Meals, outdoors, updates for parents and one more
Meals
Two daily snacks plus lunch provided for each child; not a no-nut facility, alternatives available for allergies with medical documentation
Outdoors
Outside time every day in local green space; indoor gross motor play in inclement weather
Updates for parents
Monthly newsletter on classroom themes, projects and lesson plans; monthly photos of the child at work; staff reach out about any concerns
Schedule
Full-day (8-6), school-day (9-3), half-day (8-12); 3, 4 or 5 days per week

Who cares for your child

Amy (Co-director, co-owner and co-teacher) since 1995.

31 years · Seattle-area median 13, among 77 that publish

Policies

Enrollment
Only enrolls families the school has met who have submitted an application

Details

Phone
(206) 524-8307
Address
419 NE 70th St, Seattle, 98115
License
PL-83571

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Who cares for your child

What it costs

State record

From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked November 3, 2026.

Ages

Age groups as Washington defines them: WAC 110-300-0005 (infant to 11 months, toddler 12 to 29 months, preschool 30 months to 6 years, school age 5 to 12 years).

A day here

Policies

Details

Small means the smallest quarter of Seattle-area’s 855 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 6 to 40 children. Medium is 41 to 115; large is 116 to 323.

The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.

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