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Sound Child Care Solutions Interlaken Preschool

interlakenpreschool.org

At a glance

  • Small Reggio Emilia–inspired center, licensed for 19 children.
  • Hours 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 5 days a week, year round.
  • Tuition Preschool $2,510 a month, full time. See costs
  • Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.
Also changed: highest full-time price

Highest full-time price: now $2,635 a month; was $2,510 (+$125, +5.0%). Seen in September 2026.

Is this normal? 8 of 42 Seattle centers we checked this summer and again this fall raised their prices. Too few to say how much a typical rise is.

Based on 42 Seattle centers whose own websites listed a price this summer and again this fall.

Why this happens

Across the country, child care prices rise most at the start of the school year. In federal price data from 2007 to 2025, August and September carried about half of a typical year’s increase.

Ask them: when the new price takes effect, whether it applies to families already enrolled, and when the next increase is planned.

Is this out of date?

What to know

License: 2 years 6 months to 6 years (state). They serve: ages 2.5 to 5 (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 April 2022. It lists no valid complaint about this center.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Mar 6, 2026Nothing cited
  • May 14, 2025Nothing cited
  • May 7, 2024Nothing cited
  • Apr 26, 2022Nothing 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
March 6, 2026
On file
4 visits since April 2022 — 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.

Mar 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
May 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
May 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Apr 2022 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)

What it costs

Preschool$2,510

Sound Child Care Solutions Interlaken PreschoolMost 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.

Application fee
$75

A day here

8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 5 days a week, year round

Meals, outdoors, sleep and four more
Meals
Lunch provided (2% cow's, soy or rice milk); families provide morning and afternoon snacks
Outdoors
All children go outside in all weather unless dangerous; preschool-age children spend 30 minutes outdoors per every 3 hours of programming
Sleep
Rest on cots or mats at least 30 minutes daily; sheet provided by school; rest starts 12:30-1:30; quiet activities for children who don't sleep
Screens
No screen time under 2; over 2 limited to 30 minutes of educational viewing per week, if at all; no screens during meals or snacks
Updates for parents
Email, weekly blog posts, curriculum board, parent mailboxes, sign-in notebook, weekly informal anecdotes, fall and small-group conferences
Schedule
Full-day
Closed
10 holidays and breaks a year
DatesNew Year’s Day, MLK Jr.’s Birthday, President’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Juneteenth, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving and the Friday following, Christmas Day and December 26th through December 31st

How they teach

Reggio Emilia–inspired, play-based and emergent curriculum

“As you move through our classroom you may recognize influences from the schools of Reggio Emilia in Italy.”

Who cares for your child

Cassie Worley (Director) since 2017 and Jesly Morales (Teacher), 15 years in early childhood.

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

Policies

When a child is sick
Follows Seattle-King County guidelines; children who have had a fever must stay home one full day after the fever subsides; vomiting, diarrhea, rash and other symptoms require staying home
Special needs
Accepts children with special health care needs under ADA guidelines; individual plan of care developed per child, notifies licensor while keeping diagnoses confidential

Details

Phone
(206) 709-8490
Address
1242 18th Ave E, Seattle, 98112
License
PL-17207
Quality program
Early Achievers Level 4

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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

What changed

interlakenpreschool.org/enrollment-1, saved between June 16 and July 10, 2026, and again September 26, 2026

Day care and preschool prices, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2007 to 2025, read October 9, 2026

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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