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Sound Child Care Solutions Hoa Mai Bilingual Preschool

hoamaipreschool.org

At a glance

  • Medium play-based center, licensed for 48 children.
  • Hours 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 5 days a week.
  • Tuition Toddler $1,960, preschool $508 a month, full time. See costs
  • Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.

From their website, read September 2026:

“What are your child-to-teacher ratios? Toddlers 1:4 Preschool 1:7”

The state’s rule

Washington sets the most children one adult may care for by age, and the largest group size, in WAC 110-300-0356(5).

Infants (birth through 11 months): one adult for every four.

Toddlers (12 through 29 months): one adult for every seven.

Preschoolers (30 months through 6 years, not in kindergarten): one adult for every ten.

School-age children: one adult for every fifteen.

What to know

License: 20 months to 6 years (state). They serve: Toddler program 20-36 months; Seattle Preschool Program 3-5 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 rules at 1 of its 3 licensing inspections since January 2024. It lists no valid complaint about this center.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Dec 23, 2025Nothing cited
  • Mar 24, 2025Nothing cited
  • Jan 9, 20241 citation
    • Storage of hazardous and maintenance suppliesSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “The licensor observed the preschool classroom (left/front side of building) to have a cabinet under the sink that was unlocked with items such as laundry detergent.”

        WAC 110-300-0260(1)(a)

The state cited rules at 1 of this center's 3 inspections. Most Seattle-area centers inspected 3 times had more: 68% of 364 had rules cited at 2 or more.

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

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
December 23, 2025
On file
3 visits since January 2024 — 2 cited nothing
Most serious
Serious — The licensor observed the preschool classroom (left/front side of building) to have a cabinet under the sink that was unlocked with items such as laundry detergent. · January 9, 2024

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

Dec 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Mar 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Jan 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · January 9, 2024

Storage of hazardous and maintenance supplies

WAC 110-300-0260(1)(a) · Serious

The licensor observed the preschool classroom (left/front side of building) to have a cabinet under the sink that was unlocked with items such as laundry detergent.

Report (PDF)

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What it costs

Toddler$1,960
Preschool$508

Seattle-area comparison hidden: their own page shows this is only part of the monthly cost.

Sound Child Care Solutions Hoa Mai Bilingual PreschoolMost Seattle-area prices (middle 80%)

Monthly, full time. The band is the middle 80% of Seattle-area full-time prices for that age; 82 toddler programs publish one.

Part time
$1,410 to $1,571 a month
Siblings
10% for the second child, on the rate of the child with the lowest tuition

A day here

8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 5 days a week

Meals and schedule
Meals
Breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack provided; six rotating menus, many lunches Vietnamese dishes
Schedule
Full-week (5 days) or part-week (3-4 days)

How they teach

Play-based and bilingual

“We're committed to a culturally relevant, anti-bias, dual-language curriculum.”

Who cares for your child

Gloria Hodge (Center Director), 20 years in early childhood and Mary Hendrix (Water Buffalo Class Co-Lead Teacher), 28 years in early childhood.

Policies

When a child is sick
After COVID, child may return once showing no symptoms and testing negative
Enrollment
30 days advance notice of unenrollment required; deposit credited toward last month's tuition

Details

Phone
(206) 455-1829
Address
2901 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, 98144
License
PL-7091
Quality program
Early Achievers Level 3

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Children per adult

How they teach

Who cares for your child

What it costs

State record

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

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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