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Unincorporated King County · Licensed center

Timberlake Christian Preschool

timberlakechurch.com

At a glance

  • Large Creative Curriculum center, licensed for 150 children.
  • Hours 8:50 a.m. to 2:50 p.m., school year.

What to know

License: 2 years to 7 years (state). They serve: ages 2-5 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

  • Mar 4, 20261 citation
    • Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “It was observed that faculty members KC and AD have expired Food worker Cards.”

        WAC 110-300-0106(12)

  • Sep 19, 2024Nothing cited
  • Jan 4, 2024Nothing cited

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
March 4, 2026
On file
3 visits since January 2024 — 2 cited nothing
Most serious
Serious — It was observed that faculty members KC and AD have expired Food worker Cards. · March 4, 2026

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

Mar 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · March 4, 2026

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious

It was observed that faculty members KC and AD have expired Food worker Cards.

Report (PDF)

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

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What it costs

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A day here

8:50 a.m. to 2:50 p.m., school year

Meals, outdoors, updates for parents and two more
Meals
Parents provide lunch and snacks; nut/tree-nut products are prohibited
Outdoors
Daily outdoor play, including in colder months
Updates for parents
Daily report with photos/videos via the Tadpoles app
Schedule
Full-time, part-time
Closed
8 holidays and breaks a year
DatesClosed Veterans Day, Thanksgiving break (Nov 27-28), Christmas break (Dec 22-Jan 2), MLK Jr. Day, Presidents Day, spring break (Apr 13-17), Memorial Day, plus other listed dates (2025-2026 calendar)

How they teach

Creative Curriculum, play-based, emergent curriculum and faith-based

“We focus on hands-on, play-based teaching as a pathway to exploration and investigation.”

Policies

When a child is sick
Child is sent home if symptoms appear; parents must pick up within 45 minutes; child may not return until symptom-free for 24 hours
Enrollment
30-day written notice to withdraw; otherwise a full month's tuition is owed

Details

Phone
(425) 284-1022
Address
4505 236th Ave NE, Unincorporated King County, 98053
License
PL-5430

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How they teach

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

Large means the biggest quarter of Seattle-area’s 855 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 116 to 323 children. Small is 6 to 40; medium is 41 to 115.

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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