Kido Heaven Childcare

Kido Heaven Childcare Loving, safe, and fun licensed home daycare in Bothell! We care for children ages 0–5 with structured play, learning, and nurturing support.

Kido Heaven Child Care is a licensed home daycare located in Bothell, WA, offering high-quality bilingual care (English & Farsi) for children ages 0 to 5. We provide full-time, part-time, and drop-in options with flexible hours (7 AM to 6 PM), all in a nurturing, safe, and structured home environment. Our program emphasizes play-based learning and supports every stage of development:

Infant care (0–12 months)

Toddler development (1–3 years)

Preschool readiness (3–5 years)

School-age support as needed

We proudly support working families and accept DCYF child care subsidies.

02/26/2026

Emotion recognition starts early.

Through simple matching activities, toddlers begin identifying facial expressions and connecting them to feelings.

This builds early social-emotional foundations and self-awareness.

02/25/2026

Color matching activity focused on fine motor development and hand-eye coordination.

Through simple, hands-on experiences, children strengthen finger control, improve concentration, and build early pre-writing foundations.

Intentional play with real developmental purpose.

02/24/2026

Most people see a toy.
We see brain development happening in real time.

When a child presses a button, they’re strengthening fine motor skills, building focus, and forming neural pathways.

This is why intentional play matters.

At Kido Heaven, we don’t do busy play.
We do purposeful learning.

02/23/2026

In this quiet moment, real learning is happening.

As he carefully sorts and stacks the rings, he is strengthening the small muscles in his hands — the same muscles needed for writing.
He is practicing precision, coordination, and sustained attention.

This is how foundations are built in early childhood — through intentional, hands-on experiences.

At Kido Heaven, play always has purpose 💛





02/22/2026

This is not just a mask craft. 🎨✨
This is intentional fine motor development for toddlers.

For children under 2, learning happens through hands-on exploration.
When they dot, press, and hold the marker, they are building:

• Hand strength
• Finger control
• Hand-eye coordination
• Focus and attention
• Early pre-writing foundations

There is no pressure to “do it right.”
The goal is the process — not the product.

In our classroom, we focus on developmentally appropriate practice.
Exposure to colors, shapes, and language happens naturally through play — never forced academics.

This is what real early learning looks like. 💛

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02/21/2026

Today’s activity might look simple… but it was full of BIG learning!

Children practiced:

🔵 Fine motor skills (pincer grasp, hand strength, coordination)
🔵 Color recognition & matching
🔵 Early math concepts (number awareness 1–5, one-to-one correspondence)
🔵 Listening & following directions
🔵 Self-regulation and focus

As teachers, we modeled language like:
“Can you find number 3?”
“Let’s match yellow to yellow.”
“You’re using gentle hands.”

This intentional activity supports executive function, hand-eye coordination, and early numeracy foundations — all through play 💛

At Kido Heaven, learning is always purposeful — even when it looks simple ✨

02/20/2026

Building Emotional Intelligence Through Stories

Books are powerful tools for emotional development.
During reading time, we talk about feelings, problem-solving, and empathy.

💬 “How do you think she feels?”
💬 “What could he do differently?”

This supports:
• Self-regulation
• Perspective taking
• Social problem solving

Aligned with Early Achievers – Social Emotional Development

02/19/2026

✨ This is not a “time-out corner” ✨
This is a Calming Area designed with intention.

In our calming box we include:
🧩 Feelings puzzle
🧸 A soft teddy for comfort
🌿 Sensory textures (grass, sequins, tactile fabrics)
😊 Emotion cards for identification
🔵 A stress-relief ball for regulation

Children don’t come here to be punished.
They come here to reset.

We are NOT using:
❌ Time-out
❌ Punishment
❌ Sending children away

We ARE teaching:
✅ Emotional awareness
✅ Self-regulation
✅ Safe calming strategies
✅ Body control

Instead of “Go sit there.”
We say:
“Let’s calm our body together.” 💛

This is how we build emotional intelligence in early childhood.

02/18/2026

Today our little learners explored color patterns and fine motor control using dot markers 🌈

This simple activity supports:

✔ Fine motor development
✔ Hand-eye coordination
✔ Color recognition
✔ Focus & attention
✔ Early pre-writing skills

Children practiced controlling pressure, staying within boundaries, and following a visual sequence. Activities like this build the foundation for writing, self-regulation, and school readiness.

At Kido Heaven, we focus on hands-on, developmentally appropriate learning experiences that support the whole child — socially, emotionally, and cognitively 💛

02/17/2026

BUILDING SELF-REGULATION starts at the table.

In our program, meals are served together following CACFP guidelines. Children are encouraged to explore all food components and decide what and how much to eat from the healthy options provided.

We do not require children to eat one item before another. Instead, we model balanced eating, support independence, and help children listen to their own hunger and fullness cues.

Healthy habits grow through guidance, consistency, and choice. 💛





02/15/2026

Adjustment looks different for every child.

For some, it may take a few days.
For others, several weeks.

In the early days of care, we do not expect immediate participation or full cooperation. A child’s nervous system needs time to experience safety in a new environment.

There was a time when children were expected to “cry it out” to adjust.
Today, neuroscience and attachment research tell us otherwise.

Young children are not manipulating — they are communicating.
Crying during adjustment is not misbehavior. It is a stress response.

Rather than ignoring distress, we provide:

✔️ Secure, responsive relationships
✔️ Consistent and predictable routines
✔️ Co-regulation and reassurance
✔️ Gradual, developmentally appropriate expectations

Attachment does not create dependency.
It creates security — and security fosters true independence.

When children feel emotionally safe, engagement and confidence emerge naturally. 🌱

Every child adjusts — at their own pace.

At Kido Heaven, we prioritize attachment-informed, developmentally appropriate care. 🤍

02/14/2026

Building Friendship Skills 💕

Our children celebrated Valentine’s Day while strengthening important social-emotional skills ❤️

✔ Practicing turn-taking
✔ Sitting together at the table
✔ Expressing kindness to friends
✔ Building a sense of classroom community

Holiday celebrations in early childhood support relationship-building and emotional development in meaningful ways.

At Kido Heaven, every celebration is also a learning experience 💕

Address

2510 173rd Place SE
Bothell, WA
98012

Opening Hours

Monday 6am - 6pm
Tuesday 6am - 6pm
Wednesday 6am - 6pm
Thursday 6am - 6pm
Friday 6am - 6pm

Telephone

+12067342040

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