North Bend · Licensed center

Small World Preschool

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What the state has found

The state cited no rules at any of its 4 licensing inspections since January 2024. It lists no valid complaint about this center.

Of the 239 Seattle-area centers with 4 licensing inspections, 7% had no rules cited at any of them, as this center did. 29% had rules cited at all 4.

Licensing inspections

Sep 14, 2026No rules cited
Feb 26, 2026No rules cited
Sep 18, 2024No rules cited
Jan 8, 2024No rules cited
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State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
September 14, 2026
On file
4 visits since January 2024 — all of them cited nothing
Fixed?
Nothing was cited, so there is nothing to correct.
Most serious
Nothing was cited at any visit on file.

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.

Sep 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Feb 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Sep 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Jan 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)

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How they teach

Play-based and nature and outdoor

“Nature Based Play We value our time outdoors.”

Who cares for your child

Jami Hildebrand (Owner, Admissions, Lead Preschool Teacher), 10 years in early childhood and Kimberley Williams (Lead Pre-K Teacher), 23 years in early childhood.

What it costs

From $1,395 a month

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Part time
$450 to $835 a month
Application fee
$250
Siblings
10% sibling discount, applied to the child with the lowest yearly tuition

A day here

Hours
9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, 5 days a week, school year
Meals
Morning and afternoon snack provided (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
Outdoors
Nature-based play with daily emphasis on outdoor time (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
Schedule
full-day, half-day, part-week (the brand’s policy for all its schools)

Policies

Enrollment
Non-refundable $400 materials fee, invoiced with the 10% tuition deposit, must be paid to secure enrollment (the brand’s policy for all its schools)

Details

(425) 494-9341

Website
smallworld-preschool.com
Address
485 Maloney Grove Ave SE
License
PL-82215, active
Ages they serve
ages 2 and a half to 6 years

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How they teach

Who cares for your child

What it costs

State record

From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.

A day here

Policies

Details

Medium means the middle half of Seattle-area’s 859 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 41 to 114 children. Small is 6 to 40; 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.

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The other centers’ visit lines are from Washington DCYF’s published reports as Shortlist read them on October 10, 2026.