Licensed center
The Learning Experience
A center, licensed for 172 children. No complaint investigation has found a violation here, true of 135 of 210 similar-size Seattle-area centers. Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
Large center. Large means the biggest quarter of Seattle-area’s 859 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 115 to 323 children. Small is 6 to 40; medium is 41 to 114.
How they teach
Not published
Who cares for your child
Not published
What it costs
Not published
Shortlist can ask The Learning Experience for what it has not published: how they teach, who is with the children and for how long, what it costs, hours and late pickup, a typical day and sick and biting policies. The answer will go on this page.
What the state has found
No complaint investigation has found a violation since February 2023
135: none66: one to four9: five or more
The 210 Seattle-area centers licensed for 115 to 323 children, the size band this one falls in, as of September 26, 2026.
Larger centers have more complaint investigations, so The Learning Experience (172 children) is compared with centers its size.
Routine visits: 2 of 3 cited something
Across Seattle-area centers, the state cites something at about 2 in 3 routine visits (1,966 visits). Three visits are too few to read as a pattern.
From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked September 26, 2026.
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- December 11, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since November 2023 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- Washington DCYF does not publish whether a finding was corrected.
- Most serious
- Serious —
Plastic bags and gloves were accessible to chidlren in several classes. They were made inaccessible immediately.
· April 8, 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.
Apr 2025 Licensing visit 2 findings
Licensing visit · April 8, 2025
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(d) · Serious
Plastic bags and gloves were accessible to chidlren in several classes. They were made inaccessible immediately.
WAC 110-300-0470(1) · Short Term
The Disaster plan is not reviewed with parents or guardians when a child is enrolled and when the plan is updated.
Nov 2023 Licensing visit 2 findings
Licensing visit · November 30, 2023
Emergency preparation and exiting
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(c) · Serious
Fire exit door in Twaddler A was blocked by an easel and garbage can. Fire exit doors in Preschool 1A and Preschool 1B were blocked by sleeping children on mats. This was corrected immediately upon my request.
WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious
One staff person does not have verification of a current food handler's card. The provider informed the staff that she will not be providing or serving food until the provider has verification of completion of this training.
A day here
Not published
Details
- Address
- 17512 Bothell Everett Hwy
- License
- PL-80060, active
- Quality program
- Early Achievers Enrolled
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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.
All checked September 2026.
State record
Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.
Details
- Address, License, Quality program — data.wa.gov