Bothell · Licensed family home
Playful Penguins ChildCare LLC
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- Small family home, licensed for up to 6 children.
- 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 1 of its 2 licensing inspections since October 2025. It lists no valid complaint about this home.
Of the 222 Seattle-area family homes with 2 licensing inspections, 41% had rules cited at 1 of them, as this home did. 37% had rules cited at both, 22% at neither.
Licensing inspections
Oct 13, 20252 citations
“The applicant was not aware that a deadbolt could not be in use during child care hours.”
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a)
“Toilet plunger was present in the bathroom.”
WAC 110-300-0260(5)
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State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- June 10, 2026
- On file
- 2 visits since October 2025 — 1 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Serious —
The applicant was not aware that a deadbolt could not be in use during child care hours.
· October 13, 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.
Oct 2025 Licensing visit 2 findings
Licensing visit · October 13, 2025
Emergency preparation and exiting
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a) · Serious
The applicant was not aware that a deadbolt could not be in use during child care hours.
Storage of hazardous and maintenance supplies
WAC 110-300-0260(5) · Serious
Toilet plunger was present in the bathroom.
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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
- Area
- Bothell, 98021This home’s state page lists no street address.
- License
- PL-86001, active
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State record
From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Ages on the license — Checked September 2026 findchildcarewa.org
- License — Checked July 2026 findchildcarewa.org
Small means the smallest quarter of Seattle-area’s 1,532 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity: 3 to 6 children. Mid-size is 7 to 11; full-size is 12, the most any Seattle-area family home holds.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.