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Small World Preschool

smallworld-preschool.com

At a glance

  • Medium play-based center, licensed for 42 children.
  • Hours 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., 5 days a week, school year.
  • Tuition $1,395 a month, full time; the age it is for isn’t stated. See costs

What to know

License: 2 years 6 months to 6 years 6 months (state). They serve: ages 2 and a half to 6 years (their website).

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 4 licensing inspections since January 2024. It lists no valid complaint about this center.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Sep 14, 2026Nothing cited
  • Feb 26, 2026Nothing cited
  • Sep 18, 2024Nothing cited
  • Jan 8, 2024Nothing cited

The state cited no rules at any of this center's 4 inspections. Most Seattle-area centers inspected 4 times had at least one: 93% of 272.

How all 272 Seattle-area centers inspected 4 times compare

Of the 272 Seattle-area centers the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None7%This center
  • 1 of 415%
  • 2 of 417%
  • 3 of 433%
  • All 429%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
September 14, 2026
On file
4 visits since January 2024 — 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.

Sep 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Feb 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Sep 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Jan 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)

What it costs

From $1,395 a month

Seattle-area comparison hidden until they say which age this price is for.

Part time
$450 to $835 a month
Application fee
$250
Siblings
10% sibling discount, applied to the child with the lowest yearly tuition

A day here

9 a.m. to 3 p.m., 5 days a week, school year

Meals, outdoors and schedule
Meals
Morning and afternoon snack provided (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
Outdoors
Nature-based play with daily emphasis on outdoor time (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
Schedule
Full-day, half-day, part-week (the brand’s policy for all its schools)

How they teach

Play-based and nature and outdoor

“Nature Based Play We value our time outdoors.”

Who cares for your child

Jami Hildebrand (Owner, Admissions, Lead Preschool Teacher), 10 years in early childhood and Kimberley Williams (Lead Pre-K Teacher), 23 years in early childhood.

Policies

Enrollment
Non-refundable $400 materials fee, invoiced with the 10% tuition deposit, must be paid to secure enrollment (the brand’s policy for all its schools)

Details

Phone
(425) 494-9341
Address
485 Maloney Grove Ave SE, North Bend, 98045
License
PL-82215

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How they teach

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

Medium means the middle half of Seattle-area’s 855 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 41 to 115 children. Small is 6 to 40; 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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