Seattle · Licensed center
Creative Beginnings Preschool
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- Small center, licensed for 27 children.
- Run by the person who holds the license.
- Ages on the license: 12 months to 6 years.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 3 of its 4 licensing inspections since February 2023. It lists no valid complaint about this center.
Of the 239 Seattle-area centers with 4 licensing inspections, 33% had rules cited at 3 of them, as this center did. 29% had rules cited at all 4, 7% at none.
Licensing inspections
Mar 6, 20261 citation
“Licensor reviewed staff files. Staff member N. needs to renew her expired food worker card.”
WAC 110-300-0106(12)
Apr 2, 20241 citation
“1 staff needs to get food handlers card.”
WAC 110-300-0106(12)
Feb 28, 20231 citation
“need to change the door handle to be unlocked from the inside and locked on the outside.”
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a)
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State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- March 6, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since February 2023 — 1 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Serious —
Licensor reviewed staff files. Staff member N. needs to renew her expired food worker card.
· March 6, 2026
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.
Mar 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · March 6, 2026
WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious
Licensor reviewed staff files. Staff member N. needs to renew her expired food worker card.
Apr 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · April 2, 2024
Feb 2023 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · February 28, 2023
Emergency preparation and exiting
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a) · Serious · No longer on the state’s site as of July 6, 2026
need to change the door handle to be unlocked from the inside and locked on the outside.
Shortlist replaces people’s names in the state’s text with initials. This is done by rule, not by hand, so it can miss a name or shorten a word that isn’t one. The state’s report, linked on each row, has the original.
Openings, Working Connections subsidy, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
Details
- Address
- 522 28th Ave E
- License
- PL-341, active
- Quality program
- Early Achievers Level 3
Nearby
The eight closest of the 10 other licensed centers in ZIP 98112
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- The Valley SchoolMedium center · 0.3 miLast state visit May 26, 2026 · 3 citations
- Cdsa Launch at Miller Community Center AnnexMedium center · 0.5 miLast state visit Jul 13, 2026 · 3 citations
- El Cuento PreschoolSmall center · 0.5 miLast state visit Jan 29, 2026 · 1 citation
- Montessori School of SeattleSmall center · 0.6 miLast state visit Dec 12, 2025 · nothing cited
- Sound Child Care Solutions Interlaken PreschoolSmall center · 0.7 miLast state visit Mar 6, 2026 · nothing cited
- Seattle Hebrew AcademyMedium center · 0.9 miLast state visit Mar 3, 2026 · 2 citations
- Fiddleheads Forest SchoolMedium center · 1.1 miLast state visit Feb 25, 2026 · nothing cited
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State record
From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked October 11, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Ages on the license — Checked September 2026 findchildcarewa.org
- Address — Checked June 2026 data.wa.gov
- License, Quality program — Checked March 2026 data.wa.gov
- Who runs it — Checked September 2026 data.seattle.gov
Small means the smallest quarter of Seattle-area’s 859 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 6 to 40 children. Medium is 41 to 114; large is 115 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.
Nearby
The other centers’ visit lines are from Washington DCYF’s published reports as Shortlist read them on October 11, 2026.