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Playmates Daycare

At a glance

  • Full-size family home, licensed for up to 12 children.
How a family home daycare works

What to know

License: birth to 13 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 rules at 1 of its 3 licensing inspections since October 2023. It lists no valid complaint about this home.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Jul 17, 2025Nothing cited
  • Apr 28, 2025Nothing cited
  • Oct 19, 20231 citation
    • Equipment and surfaces in outdoor early learning spaceSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “A climbing play equipment was observed to be placed on a non-shock absorbing material at the time of inspection.”

        WAC 110-300-0146(1)(a)(b)

The state cited rules at 1 of this home's 3 inspections. Most Seattle-area family homes inspected 3 times had more: 66% of 698 had rules cited at 2 or more.

How all 698 Seattle-area family homes inspected 3 times compare

Of the 698 Seattle-area family homes the state inspected 3 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None11%
  • 1 of 323%This home
  • 2 of 332%
  • All 334%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
July 17, 2025
On file
3 visits since October 2023 — 2 cited nothing
Most serious
Serious — A climbing play equipment was observed to be placed on a non-shock absorbing material at the time of inspection. · October 19, 2023

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

Jul 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Apr 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Oct 2023 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · October 19, 2023

Equipment and surfaces in outdoor early learning space

WAC 110-300-0146(1)(a)(b) · Serious · No longer on the state’s site as of October 27, 2026

A climbing play equipment was observed to be placed on a non-shock absorbing material at the time of inspection.

Report (PDF)

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What it costs

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Details

Phone
(206) 229-1703
Area
Seattle, 98106This home’s state page lists no street address.
License
PL-2013
Quality program
Early Achievers Level 3

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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

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).

Details

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.

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