About Lil' People's World
Who Are We?
In 1994, Lil Peoples World opened the doors to our first location in Kirkland. Our founder, Deanna, was just 23 years old and was filled with ambition. With a 3-month-old daughter, Deanna was seeking childcare in the area. After touring many centers, she lacked enthusiasm for what those centers offered. They felt cold and institutional. As an aspiring businesswoman, Deanna saw this as an opportunity. She believed that she could offer families a warmer, more intimate experience, and thus, Lil’ People’s World was born.
Opening a childcare center was a way for her to pursue her ambitions of becoming a business owner, while caring for her daughter at the same time. With such an approach, our culture grew its roots in caring for the children within our care as if they were our own. Soon this approach proved successful enough that within 3 years of opening our first center, in 1996, we opened our second center in Bellevue, where we brought that same approach and care to the community.
A short decade later, we expanded into the North Seattle community, and opened our third center in 2007. To this day, Deanna’s goal remains the same; to create a safe, trusted, and caring environment for all families within our care. After more than 30 years of experience, we have grown as a proud member within our communities and are delighted to offer our families a home away from home.
Our Mission
The mission of Lil’ People’s World is to provide parents with the highest quality childcare possible, in a warm and friendly environment that is clean, safe, and healthy. Lil’ People’s World combines a structured environment with progressive teaching to promote creativity and individuality.
We develop daily schedules of activities for every age that contribute to the physical, intellectual, social, and emotional development of each child. The primary objective at Lil’ People’s World is to nurture and educate your child in a positive and supportive manner.
Facility Tours — Virtual & In Person
Watch the video below for a virtual tour of our North Seattle location! Learn more about our clean, safe, and healthy daycare centers in Kirkland, Bellevue, and North Seattle on the individual location pages, where you can schedule a tour and meet our team.
What Our Centers Offer
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About Lil' People's World
Lil‘ People‘s Word is devoted to nurturing your child and providing a variety of learning opportunities that promote creativity and individuality within their development. We provide a healthy balance of traditional structure, yet progressive teaching methods in a fun and creative learning environment.
Lil’ People’s World goals are to build meaningful partnerships with our families and communities, while offering an exceptional early childhood education experience at all our centers.
Lil’ People’s World Early Learning Center opened its first location in 1994. Lil’ People’s World began as a family-owned and operated center and continues to be today. From the start, Lil’ People’s has seen the need for quality care within the Child Care community. The motivation behind the first Learning Center was to improve upon the family-based child care centers and offer the quality of the structure found in corporate centers, but with a personal family touch.
After a successful start at the Kirkland location, Lil’ People’s World expanded its community within the Puget Sound area while implementing new goals in innovative and progressive curriculum. This interactive curriculum is now recognized as “Creative Curriculum,” which is used throughout all Lil’ People’s World Centers on a daily basis.
Lil’ People’s World views children as capable, intuitive, expressive individuals with endless possibilities for development. As educators, it is important to build on our children’s individual strengths and help them develop the skills they need to work through challenging moments. Our students achieve this through the environments within the classrooms, which stimulate and foster the growth, social and emotional development. Lil’ People’s World recognizes each child’s unique interests as the starting point to expand their knowledge in all developmental categories.
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In partnership with bettering Early Childcare Education
About Lil' People's World
Lil‘ People‘s Word is devoted to nurturing your child and providing a variety of learning opportunities that promote creativity and individuality within their development. We provide a healthy balance of traditional structure, yet progressive teaching methods in a fun and creative learning environment.
Lil’ People’s World goals are to build meaningful partnerships and provide it’s families and the community with a positive early childhood education throughout each Early Learning Center.
Lil’ People’s World Early Learning Center opened its first location in 1994. Lil’ People’s World began as a family-owned and operated center and continues to be today. From the start, Lil’ People’s has seen the need for quality care within the Child Care community. The motivation behind the first Learning Center was to improve upon the family-based child care centers and offer the quality of the structure found in corporate centers, but with a personal family touch.
After a successful start at the Kirkland location, Lil’ People’s World expanded its community within the Puget Sound area while implementing new goals in innovative and progressive curriculum. This interactive curriculum is now recognized as “Creative Curriculum,” which is used throughout all Lil’ People’s World Centers on a daily basis.
Lil’ People’s World views children as capable, intuitive, expressive individuals with endless possibilities for development. As educators, it is important to build on our children’s individual strengths and help them develop the skills they need to work through challenging moments. Our students achieve this through the environments within the classrooms, which stimulate and foster the growth, social and emotional development. Lil’ People’s World recognizes each child’s unique interests as the starting point to expand their knowledge in all developmental categories.
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In partnership with bettering
Early Childcare Education
Parent Testimonials
“I have sent my 2-year-old here since she was 4 months old, and now we’re sending our newest member of the family here as well. The thing that I love most about this place is how much the teachers care about the kids. They are all so warm and loving—my daughter has loved all of her teachers dearly. They’re very flexible and let you choose the days you would like your child to attend. They did such a good job in helping get my daughter on a solid nap schedule and I honestly think she’s a great napper/sleeper largely because of them! I recommend Lil’ People’s World to all of my friends in the area with kids.”
“The environment my children are surrounded by at Lil’ People’s World is wonderful! The teachers and staff are patient and work very well with providing learning opportunities and seem to understand that each child responds to different approaches. Due to moving around, my children have been at other centers, and I have loved this one most! They provide a good balance of organized activity, learning, and playtime. I appreciate that my children are well cared for and would recommend this child care center to any parent.”
“This is our daughter’s first experience with Preschool. She’s excelled with learning her letter, numbers, and colors. The teachers have been wonderful. We would recommend Lil’ People’s World to our friends and family.”
“Our daughter started at Lil’ People’s World in Bellevue only a little over a month ago. Since being here, I have seen her grow so much! The teachers are all fantastic and seem to truly care not only about our daughter, but all the children in the center. I highly recommend them!”
“My son Jayden is 5 years old and has attended Lil’ People’s World since he was 18 months old. As parents, we found Lil’ People’s World to be the center that provides Jayden with the love and care he deserves and provides us, as parents, with peace of mind knowing that he is well cared for. The curriculum keeps Jayden engaged and challenged. The staff is caring, professional, and dedicated to providing all of the children with the best of care possible.”
“Our daughter Kennedy joined Lil’ People’s World a couple of years ago and the progress/growth she made has been tremendous. We have seen rapid improvement in her cognitive and verbal skills. She is excited to go to school every day and thoroughly enjoys everyday she spends at Lil’ People’s World.”
“We’ve been members of the North Seattle Lil’ People’s World for many years. The staff has made attending ‘school’ a rewarding and educational experience for both of our sons. It’s reassuring to know that my sons are not only well taken care of, but they are also learning, growing, making new friends, and experiencing things in a new environment. They truly care for the children and their families in the center.”
