Tall Trees Child Care

Home · Renton

What kind of place is this?

Size 12 children licensed In the middle half for Seattle home daycares, where the middle half licenses 6–12. Measured across 1,532 Seattle home daycares, 2026-08-17.

Who runs it

Ownership For-profit Washington DCYF issued this licence to an individual, not to a company. A licence held by a person is a sole proprietorship. findchildcarewa.org

Will it fit our family?

Not yet reported: ages served, hours, days / week, schedule, holiday closures.

What will it cost us?

This provider does not publish pricing.

What Shortlist has verified

State quality rating Early Achievers Enrolled
License status Active

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
November 17, 2025
On file
3 visits since November 2023 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
Washington DCYF does not publish whether a finding was corrected.
Most serious
Serious110-300-0106(10) - Bloodborne Pathogens (BBP) training was expired for most staff members. 110-300-0106(11) - Two staff members had not completed the required 10 hours of continuing education. 110-300-0106(12) - Two staff members had not completed food handler training. · February 24, 2025

Washington DCYF publishes the licensor’s own observation and a risk level for every citation it issues at a licensing visit, with the inspection report attached as a PDF.

Nov 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Feb 2025 Licensing visit 5 findings

Licensing visit · February 24, 2025

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(10) / 110-300-0106(12) · Short Term / Serious

110-300-0106(10) - Bloodborne Pathogens (BBP) training was expired for most staff members. 110-300-0106(11) - Two staff members had not completed the required 10 hours of continuing education. 110-300-0106(12) - Two staff members had not completed food handler training.

Outdoor early learning program space

WAC 110-300-0145(8) · Short Term

The gap under the storage unit and between the stairs leading to the storage unit exceeded 3.5 inches.

Equipment and surfaces in outdoor early learning space

WAC 110-300-0146(1) / 110-300-0146(1)(a)(b) · Short Term / Serious

110-300-0146(1) - The required 6-foot fall zone on both sides of the swing structure was not maintained. 110-300-0146(1)(a)(b) - A climbing structure with a slide was observed inside the house, placed on a hard surface.

Safety requirements

WAC 110-300-0165(3)(d) · Short Term

110-300-0165(2)(c) - Several items with looped cords were found in bathroom drawers. 110-300-0165(3)(c) - Some playground toys were cracked with sharp edges. The provider removed the damaged toys during the visit. 110-300-0165(3)(d) - Three large compost bins were located in the childcare playarea. 110-300-0165(4)(e) - The bathroom water temperature was measured at 122.5°F.

Food allergies and special dietary needs

WAC 110-300-0186(1) · Serious

The milk intolerance form was not completed for a child with lactose intolerance.

Report (PDF)

Nov 2023 Licensing visit 3 findings

Licensing visit · November 29, 2023

Medication

WAC 110-300-0215(3)(a)(i) · Serious

Prescription medication was not accompanied with the medication authorization form at the time of inspection/ Prescription medication was not labeled with the child's full name at the time of inspection.

Outdoor early learning program space

WAC 110-300-0145(8) · Short Term

Gap between slats in the outdoor area was observed to be wider than three and one-half inches at the time of inspection.

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious

MERIT reflected that the provider and two assistants' bloodborne pathogen training was expired/not completed at the time of inspection. MERIT reflected that a home-aide's food worker card was expired at the time of inspection.

Report (PDF)

Before you tour

Tall Trees Child Care hasn’t published

Cost, hours and late pickup, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

Ask what changed after the five findings Washington DCYF ranked Serious, most recently in February 2025.It does not publish whether a finding was fixed. The rest carry its lower risk levels.

Sources and dates

Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.

What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Who runs it

Licensing and contact

  • State quality rating, License status, Phone, Website — Checked July 2026 · findchildcarewa.org

State record

Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.

Do you run Tall Trees Child Care? Shortlist has no tuition, hours or ratios for it, because the state does not publish that. Add what is missing. It is free and takes about ten minutes.