Best Daycares in Seattle, WA - Updated June 2026

Toddler Program

Our Toddler and Early Preschool programs, beginning at 12 months old, are a stepping stone for language immersion. Primary engagement takes place in English, with Spanish and Mandarin exposure depending upon the campus model.

Preschool Program

The Preschool years are an exciting time at IMA! At age 3, we will work with you to select from one of the many targeted language models we offer across our three campuses. Parents can choose from our full immersion or bilingual learning programs.

Infant Care

Nasteho Childcare is a comforting, safe and welcoming environment where children can learn, play, and grow. Our main goal is to help each child build confidence, social skills, and independence through age appropriate activities and guidance.

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Infant Classroom

In the Infant program, our teachers provide your baby with all the cuddles and care they need, as well as opportunities to begin learning about the world around them. Our proprietary education program, Wonder of Learning™, celebrates your baby’s natural curiosity within the classroom environment and models how to explore safely. Nurturing teachers narrate your baby’s experiences to build a strong foundation in 21st century skills for problem solving and building relationships.

Toddler Classroom

As toddlers are rapidly developing both physically and cognitively, the Toddler classroom is where their natural curiosity is fostered, and their language and communication skills are nurtured. A lifelong love of learning starts early, and we believe in providing brand-new learners with the tools they need to be successful. In the Toddler classroom, our proprietary education program, Wonder of Learning™, comes to life as expert teachers harness children’s natural curiosity, guiding them to explore the world around them through hands-on learning, play and asking questions. Teachers support your child's social-emotional growth while helping them develop important physical skills. Your little one will build social awareness, form meaningful connections with others and have plenty of opportunities to strengthen essential skills like persistence and independence.

Infants

We celebrate the uniqueness of every baby. To do so, we partner with you to understand your baby’s needs. We provide daily logs of feedings, changings, and updates to keep you informed on all the things—big and little—that are taking place every day for your precious little one. Babies in the Discovery Classrooms will have individual schedules to meet their needs and take part in activities that encourage and develop fine and gross motor skills. Prices are subject to change.

Toddlers

Your toddler is meant to explore, take apart, put together, and question practically everything. Children in our Investigators classrooms learn through developmentally appropriate play in an environment where they can thrive. Toddlers in the Investigators Classroom will exercise their natural curiosity while being exposed to hands-on activities and be encouraged to interact with peers to start building social skills. Prices are subject to change.

Sweet Peas

The Sweet Pea classroom is a warm, nurturing space for six infants with three dedicated teachers. With responsive care, gentle routines, and close attention, babies thrive in a calm environment where they feel safe, loved, and supported in their earliest learning.

Blue Skies

Our older toddler classroom bridges the journey into preschool. With caring teachers and playful routines, children grow in independence, language, and social skills, preparing to join our preschool program with confidence and curiosity.

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Infants

The infant program follows an individual, child-led schedule focused on meeting fundamental needs in a loving environment during this period of rapid development. Activities include sensory exploration, tummy time, outdoor stroller walks, music and movement, and one-on-one interactions with teachers.

Toddlers

The toddler classroom focuses on preparing children to transition to preschool through a play-based emergent curriculum that includes imaginary play, sensory exploration, building, letter and number activities, creative expression, scientific experiments, and motor skill development.

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May May and Yan Yan’s Family Daycare

Mission of my Family Child Care is to provide a child care environment that encourages child development at the appropriate level for each child and promotes positive learing experiences for all children enrolled Our goals and objectives build on the needs of bilingual and multicultural learning.

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Owls

Children are respected as capable partners, inspired by RIE philosophy. The Owl Room supports independence through self‑care practice, long outdoor time, and weekly community outings that nurture confident, curious learners.

Bears

The Bear Room fosters self‑sufficiency, curiosity, and independent conflict resolution through child‑led play. Seven activity areas support exploration, and children leave as confident, capable communicators ready to navigate new experiences with independence.

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Nurture and Grow Infants

Due to our small setting and mixed age group, unlike larger, childcare settings we always have arms available for snuggles and holding kids. Our little kids look up to and enjoy the older kids. We have the flexibility to follow the babies schedule and needs. We focus on personalized care.

Nurture and Grow Toddlers

Our toddlers often do not want to go home at the end of the night! With everything toddler sized, our children know that this place is meant for them and know that it is a safe place to practice their executive functioning skills through climbing, sliding running, reading, building painting and more

Petah's Little Hatchlings

Petah's Little Hatchlings (2–12 months) offers loving infant care with ASQ-3/ASQ-SE milestone tracking and individualized lesson plans. We nurture early school readiness through nature-based language/pre-literacy, early math play, movement, sensory exploration, and gentle ECO-STEAM.

Petah's Tiny Turtles

Peter’s Little Turtles (12 months - 2 years 11 months) offers loving infant care with ASQ-3/ASQ-SE milestone tracking and individualized lesson plans. We nurture early school readiness through nature-based language/pre-literacy, early math play, movement, sensory exploration, and gentle ECO-STEAM.

Infant Daycare

Infant program offering a physically and emotionally safe place for your baby to explore and learn about the world around them. Shoe-free policy ensures that classrooms are clean and safe for little ones to move around. Daily routine includes time outdoors, group time, and discovery baskets for sensory exploration. Trained teachers spend time cuddling, singing, and reading to your child.

Toddler Daycare

Toddlers are on the go, exploring and learning new things throughout each day. Classrooms are kid-size in design, allowing children to do more things independently, building their self-confidence. Photos of the children’s families cover the walls of the classroom, creating a sense of community. Daily routine includes: outdoor play, circle time, dance & movement, reading, art, music, and free play.

Infant Daycare

Infant program offering a physically and emotionally safe place for your baby to explore and learn about the world around them. Shoe-free policy ensures that classrooms are clean and safe for little ones to move around. Daily routine includes time outdoors, group time, and discovery baskets for sensory exploration. Trained teachers spend time cuddling, singing, and reading to your child.

Toddler Daycare

Toddlers are on the go, exploring and learning new things throughout each day. Classrooms are kid-size in design, allowing children to do more things independently, building their self-confidence. Photos of the children’s families cover the walls of the classroom, creating a sense of community. Daily routine includes: outdoor play, circle time, dance & movement, reading, art, music, and free play.

Infant Program

The infant program provides individualized care with low teacher-to-child ratios, where teachers follow each baby's cues for feeding, sleeping, and play. Formula, diapers, and meals are included, and infants explore through music, sensory play, tummy time, and gentle interaction while receiving consistent one-on-one attention.

Waddler Program

The Waddler Program guides children through first steps, first words, and first friendships with play-based learning, gentle routines, and plenty of opportunities for creativity and movement. Teachers support social skills, language development, and growing independence while working closely with families on potty training.

Tots

The Tots class is a caregiver-and-child program where parents attend with their child, featuring two teachers and a parent educator to create a warm, welcoming space focused on learning together through play and strengthening family connections.

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Summer Day Care

Licensed summer day care with 3-day or 5-day options. Dedicated staff and engaging weekly themes. Limited to 20 students for 10:1 student-teacher ratio.

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Infant Daycare

Infant program offering a physically and emotionally safe place for your baby to explore and learn about the world around them. Shoe-free policy ensures that classrooms are clean and safe for little ones to move around. Daily routine includes time outdoors, group time, and discovery baskets for sensory exploration. Trained teachers spend time cuddling, singing, and reading to your child.

Toddler Daycare

Toddlers are on the go, exploring and learning new things throughout each day. Classrooms are kid-size in design, allowing children to do more things independently, building their self-confidence. Photos of the children’s families cover the walls of the classroom, creating a sense of community. Daily routine includes: outdoor play, circle time, dance & movement, reading, art, music, and free play.

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Drop-In Childcare

Drop-In care available daily! Little ones ages 2.5-5 years will join right in with our regular preschool program. Each day we sing, dance, cut, paste, and often explore the nearby Locks Park, or local library. Scheduling is made easy through our website :)

Infant Program

The Infant Program prioritizes nurturing attachment through a caregiving philosophy inspired by the RIE® Educaring Approach, where every interaction from feeding and diapering to play serves as an opportunity for connection. Infants explore their environment with minimal interruption while receiving specialist programming in music and art, organic made-from-scratch purees, and outdoor time daily.

Toddler Program

The toddler program blends uninterrupted free play with teacher-led small-group learning, drawing from RIE® and Reggio Emilia approaches. Specialist instruction in art, music, movement, and cooking enriches the curriculum. Dual-language classroom options in Spanish or Mandarin are available, alongside organic plant-based meals prepared daily in-house.

Infants

The infant program provides individualized care with a flexible, on-demand schedule where eating, sleeping, and activities are tailored to each child's unique needs and developmental pace. Parents are welcome to visit anytime, and breastfeeding is encouraged.

Toddlers

The toddler program focuses on building foundational skills through a structured environment balancing teacher-directed and independent activities, with teachers working to help children feel comfortable during this period of rapid growth and development.

Creative Minds Play and Learn

Creative Minds Play and Learn is a parent-child program where caregivers engage in activities focused on building strong relationships with infants and toddlers. The program includes weekly themed activities, monthly family outings, and free toys, diapers, and baby gear for all participants.

Creative Minds Academy

The toddler program at Creative Minds Academy serves children in the younger age range and is designed around exploration and discovery, with teachers bringing their own talents and ideas to enhance the curriculum in a warm and welcoming classroom.

Juniors

The Juniors classroom is Building Blocks Nursery School's play-based toddler program, part of a full-time preschool where children look forward to coming each day in a learning environment that is fun, safe, and nurturing.

Infant Program

The infant program emphasizes social and emotional development through a child-centered, play-based approach with theme-based activities targeting all domains of development. The program supports each child's growth at their own pace through exploration and positive guidance, with a goal of building positive self-image, responsibility, and independence.

Toddler Program

The toddler program follows a child-centered, play-based approach with theme-based activities targeting all domains of development. The program emphasizes social and emotional growth, helping children develop independence, self-confidence, and positive peer relationships through exploration, positive guidance, and strong parent-staff partnerships.

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Waddler

The Waddler program serves the youngest students at Harvard Avenue School's Capitol Hill campus, offering an environment designed to foster social, emotional, and academic development with materials and spaces carefully selected for this age group.

Toddler

The Toddler program offers a play-based environment where children engage in fine and gross motor activities, creative play, exploration, and learning. Classrooms feature child-height furniture and materials designed to foster social, emotional, and academic development, with up to three teachers supporting up to fifteen children.

Infants

The infant program offers Spanish and Mandarin language immersion through a play-based curriculum that introduces world cultures and traditions. The class includes music, dance, science, and soccer activities, along with kindergarten readiness preparation, daily art projects, outdoor time, and meals.

Toddlers

The toddler program offers Spanish and Mandarin full language immersion through a play-based and hands-on curriculum. Students explore world cultures and traditions through monthly themed activities including art, music, sensory play, movement, gymnastics, and dance, with meals included.

Primm ABC Child Care Center

Provides preschool program for ages 1-5 and school enrichment program for ages 6-12 during the year.

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KRe8 club

Kre8 Club, LLC provides home-based childcare with small group, mixed-age classrooms. Each child has a personalized learning plan and uses hands-on educational materials. Our teachers guide the children to encourage independence rather than simply giving instructions.

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