Cradles To Crayons Early Learning Center
Inspection history
Source: Delaware Office of Child Care LicensingRecords held from Sep 27, 2021 onward. Earlier visits may exist in the agency’s own files.
Delaware publishes only visits where a regulation was cited, plus complaint investigations. Visits that found no violations do not appear in the state's data, so a gap between dates here does not mean the program went uninspected. Delaware does not publish a severity weight for its citations.
| Date | Kind | Outcome as recorded | Violations | Official record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2026 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 1 regulation cited | 1 | Agency record |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 1 regulation cited | 1 | Agency record |
| Jun 10, 2024 | OCCL Standards Complaint | No Evidence to Substantiate | 0 | Agency record |
| Jun 10, 2024 | OCCL Standards Complaint | No Evidence to Substantiate | 0 | Agency record |
| Jun 4, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 1 regulation cited | 1 | Agency record |
| Sep 28, 2023 | OCCL Standards Complaint | No Evidence to Substantiate | 0 | Agency record |
| Jun 7, 2023 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 8 regulations cited | 8 | Agency record |
| May 16, 2023 | OCCL Standards Complaint | Substantiated | 1 | Agency record |
Violations
Text reproduced verbatim · Delaware Office of Child Care LicensingNearly every licensed provider accumulates some. A missing signature and an unlocked medicine cabinet are both “violations”, and they are not the same thing. Look at the class, the pattern over time and how quickly it was corrected — not the count alone.
Class is our grouping of the state’s own weights, reviewed per state. The agency’s own label is always shown beside it.
“Ensure water temp at children sinks is below 120 degrees. Send picture of water temp reading.”
“Ensure the Administrator has specialized training for school age.”
“Submit the following documentation to complete staff files: OCCL Health and Safety training for 4 staff members.”
“All staff must sign in and out with each arrival and departure.”
“Submit the following to complete children's files: PRTK & screen time for one child; mat permission for one child.”
“All children must signed in and out with each arrival and departure.”
“Discard and replace all tor sleeping mats.”
“Add more equipment to the PK room for art, science and fine motor(Puzzles)”
“Add soap and water to the infant room.”
“Enhance the lesson plans including weekly activities for the PK lesson plan. (Science and music)”
“Add a science activity area to the PK room.”
“On March 27, 2023, two complaints were made to the Child Abuse and Neglect Report Line and not accepted for investigation by the Institutional Abuse Unit (IAU). The Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received the complaints on March 27, 2023, regarding staff not following notification requirements for a serious or potentially serious injury and staff providing false information to a child s parent about the child s injury. An investigation began on March 29, 2023, and ended on April 3, 2023. The complaint is substantiated for staff not following notification requirements for a serious or potentially serious injury because there is no evidence verifying a staff member notified the child s parent of the injury to the child s eye immediately after assisting the child. Although one staff member reported someone called the child s parent right after the accident, another staff member stated no staff had time to call the parent because they were still assessing the child s injury when a relative arrived to pick up the child. The parent told a reporter that no staff said anything to her about the child s injury. Additionally, the administrator documented on the accident or injury report that the injury happened at 10:30 a.m., and notification was provided when a relative picked up the child at 3:00 p.m. The administrator did not document the parent was notified or that staff attempted to contact the parent. A concern noted is that staff s attendance was not accurately documented on March 23, 2023, because no staff were signed into the three-year-old classroom for an hour during naptime. Another concern noted is staff s accounts of the incident were inconsistent.”
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