WorldKids School Burien — Local services in Burien

Our son started at World Kids Burien when he was one year old. We’ve been super happy with the teachers and professional staff. The staff is super compassionate and caring. The bilingual curriculum is a major bonus and he understands A LOT of Spanish (though we practice at home as well.) Our kiddo speaks in toddler Spanglish a lot of the time, which is very fun.

The teachers have all cared deeply about my kid and are all attentive and notice things about him that even I did not. When my child recently had to transition from toddler class to preschool class, he had a rough time. I was able to express my concerns to the teachers as well as the administrative folks and they went out of their way to extend the “transition time” and make adjustments for him.

For a little background, I am a detective who specializes in child abuse, which means I have investigated numerous childcare facilities for negligent care of kiddos. This means at first it was EXTREMELY difficult for me emotionally to leave my kiddo in the care of someone I didn’t know.

World Kids has several policies and practices in place that alleviated many of the safety-related red flags I’ve seen at other facilities. These things include the front doors of the daycare facility being locked during the day to prevent unwanted entry of unauthorized people, cameras in the classroom so if there is an incident it can be reviewed; as well as staff members keeping their personal items out of the classroom (to mitigate the possibility of the children accidentally accessing things like medication that they shouldn’t.)

Overall, I feel like World Kids and their staff has helped my child so much in learning how to share, interact, and learn things like trying new foods, holding a pencil and sitting in a chair. (I know that seems like minor things, but anyone who is a parent of a toddler knows that those sometimes aren’t simple tasks.)

I will be forever grateful for the teachers Reina, Iras and Patricia for the love they had for my kiddo and compassion they had for me and my family during the first year and a half at the facility. I am expecting my second kid soon and he will definitely be attending World Kids with his...

It's unbelievable that they are rated at 5 stars. They must be deleting the lower rated ones. I brought my kid here for no more than a week. It seems like anyone could walk in and it wouldn't be questioned. I was able to get my kid out and at no point did anyone in the front look up or acknowledge what was happening. The doors don't seem secure, they're always unlocked and the have a flimsy "security system" attached to their doors and gates. The rooms are incredibly loud, the sound has nowhere to travel. I stopped in to pick up my kid and while he was playing outside, one of the adults sprayed him with the water gun to "cool him off". I arrived to him crying and he was being comforted by one of the new caregivers to the facility. She told me that the other adult wouldn't stop spraying him, even though he was upset. When I approached her, she suggested that my son is autistic and it's why he didn't like it. She also sprayed me with the water gun, pretending like she did it by accident. I spoke to the director about the incident and she apologized, but at that point, I was done. Don't get me wrong, some of the staff is pleasant and were eager to help. But something, other than the incident, was just telling me to get my kid...

We are so happy with WorldKids Burien and their team. We call it “school” instead of daycare because they have a curriculum for early childhood development they follow and share with us each week. We get updates and pictures throughout every day and our kid is always happy and engaged with the activities. My 18-month-old has a gymnastics coach, music instructor, and Mandarin lessons each week, are you kidding me?! They even had a “reptile guy” come in with snakes and lizards last month.

The place is immaculate, the staff are so upbeat and kind, and kiddo has been with the same kids and teachers the entire 6 months his been there. Starting daycare was really hard on all of us at first, but he genuinely loves being there and we feel great about taking him there because he’s getting an experience that we can’t provide at home - structure, socializing, and activities specifically designed to develop math, language, art, science, and motor skills.

We put their app on his grandma’s phone too, so she can see all the adorable photos they send...