Cradles to Crayons and Beyond Early Learning Center
A licensed child care center in Newark, Delaware 19702
1415 Pulaski Highway, Newark, Delaware 19702. (302) 595-3370.
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The short answer
Record last released by Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing on Nov 4, 2026.
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean4
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- Licence status
- Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
2 visits with violations in the last three years, the latest on Jun 13, 2025; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.
5 violations cited in the last three years.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily.
When those violations happened
5 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
Hover or focus a month to read it.
Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
Each violation, in its source’s words
Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily.
Jun 13, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review3 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files contain all required elements. Updated fingerprinting for Staff #1. Teacher trained in day-to-day operations.”
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Equipment
“Enure equipment is in good repair. Remove/replace the torn blocks in the two-year-old classroom and remove/replace climber blocks in the toddler 1 classroom. -Corrected at visit.”
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Diapering and Soiled Clothing
“Ensure diaper changing pads are cleanable and in good repair. Replace the diaper changing mat in the toddler 1 bathroom.”
Jun 6, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review2 violations
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Hazardous Materials
“Ensure hazardous materials are kept secure from children.”
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Indoor Space
“Provide documentation of the water temperature being 120 degrees F or below.”
All 2 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 2025 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 3 violations cited |
| Jun 6, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 2 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Child Care Center.
- Ages served, in Delaware’s words: 6 weeks through 12 years.
- Takes part in: Child Care Food Program (meals reimbursed), Purchase of Care (state-subsidized child care).
- Delaware lists it as: Nonprofit.
- Licence number 1131350.
- Capacity: 132 children.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Delaware acted against it?
- 6 complaint investigations in the last three years. Results, in Delaware’s words: No Evidence to Substantiate (5), Substantiated (1).
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews and Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily.
| Date | What | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2026 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | The Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint on September 9, 2026, regarding concerns of a lack of supervision. An unannounced visit was conducted on September 17, 2026. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint based on interviews conducted. Administrator #1 and three staff members all stated they had no knowledge of a child being left unattended on the playground and explained their transition process. No video footage from September 9, 2026, was available for review at the time of this investigation. Findings: Based on the results of the investigation, this complaint was: No evidence to substantiate |
| Feb 4, 2026 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | The Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint on January 14, 2026, regarding concerns of a lack of supervision, not providing truthful information to parents, and not providing accident/injury reports. An unannounced visit was conducted on January 21, 2026. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for lack of supervision based on the interviews conducted. Administrator #1 and three staff members stated children are supervised at all times. Attendance records reviewed reflected classrooms within the correct staff-to-child ratios. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for not providing truthful information to parents based on interviews conducted and documents reviewed. Administrator #1 and three staff members stated they provide truthful information to all families. Documents reviewed showed communication between Parent #1 and the facility regarding Child #1’s illnesses. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for not providing accident/injury reports based on staff interviews conducted and documents reviewed. Administrator #1 and three staff members stated they complete accident/injury reports for all children. A completed injury report for Child #1 was reviewed from August 2025. Staff #3 reported no additional known classroom injuries occurred to Child #1. Additional concerns noted during this investigation include not having a person trained in day-to-day operations available during center hours. |
| Nov 24, 2025 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | The Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint on October 20, 2025, regarding concerns of not using positive behavior supports, not using respectful communication with families, and lack of supervision. An investigation was conducted on October 29, 2025. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for not using positive behavior supports based on staff interviews. Administrator #1, Owner #1, and five staff members interviewed stated they have only observed positive behavior supports used within the facility. All staff members interviewed stated they use positive behavior supports. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for not using respectful communication with families based on staff interviews. Administrator #1, Owner #1, and five staff members interviewed stated they have only observed respectful communication within the facility. All staff members interviewed denied using disrespectful communication. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for lack of supervision based on staff interviews and observations. Administrator #1 and Owner #1 stated to their knowledge, Staff #2 stays on the bus with the children and Staff #2 denied leaving the children on the bus alone. LS #1 and LS #2 observed Staff #2 on the bus the entire time during the elementary school drop-off the morning of October 29, 2025. |
| Jun 18, 2025 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | On June 5, 2025, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding concerns of not using respectful communication towards children due to name-calling, not using respectful communication with families, and not following termination policies in the parent handbook. An investigation was conducted on June 13, 2025. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for concerns of not using respectful communication towards children based on staff interviews conducted. All staff members interviewed stated they have never observed or heard any staff members using disrespectful communication with children. All staff interviewed denied using disrespectful communication with children. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for not using respectful communication with families based on staff interviews conducted. All staff members interviewed stated they have never observed or heard any staff members using disrespectful communication with families. All staff interviewed denied using disrespectful communication with families. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for not following termination policies in the parent handbook based on staff interviews conducted and a review of the handbook. Owner #1 stated the facility’s policies were followed and Parent #1 was terminated based on Parent #1’s aggressive behaviors within the facility and an outstanding balance. The parent handbook policies were reviewed and noted these as reasons to terminate care for children. |
| May 19, 2025 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | On May 8, 2025, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding concerns of lack of supervision on the playground and after school program, staff using personal cell phones, and unqualified staff working with children. An investigation was conducted on May 14, 2025. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for concerns of lack of supervision on the playground and/or after school based on observations. Attendance records observed showed classrooms were in the correct staff-to-child ratio. Observations of the classrooms showed staff members watching and interacting with the children. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for staff using personal cell phones based on interviews conducted. All staff members interviewed stated staff members do not use their personal cell phones in the classroom or have not observed any staff members on their cell phones while caring for the children. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for unqualified staff working with children based on observation and review of attendance records. Attendance records observed showed qualified staff members present in all classrooms, and observations of the classrooms showed qualified staff members were present with the children. |
| Apr 2, 2024 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Substantiated | The Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint on March 7, 2024, regarding concerns of a failure to notify OCCL of the center closing due to flooding and hazardous materials being accessible to the children. An investigation was conducted on March 12, 2024. This complaint is substantiated for failing to prevent children s access to hazardous materials because a box containing multiple bottles of liquor was seen on the floor of a storage area whose open door was next to a restroom used by children. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for not following notification to OCCL of a closure because the center did not close. An additional concern noted at this visit was the school-age classroom was out of staff-to-child ratio due to 19 children being present with one staff member. Additionally, a second staff member was signed in to the school-age attendance record but was not present. Only eleven of the 19 children present were signed in on the child attendance records. |
Who does the caring?
- Delaware doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers.
Who owns it?
- Delaware’s open data doesn’t list owners.
How is it rated?
- 2025: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
- 2024: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
- 2023: 4 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
- 2022: 4 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Providers aren’t compared: Delaware lists only the visits that found violations, so a count can’t tell a clean record from one never visited.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| The Little Campus, LLC | Not given |
| Cradles to Crayons and Beyond Early Learning Center This child care provider | Not given |
| A. S. Academy of Learning 1 | Not given |
| Sunshine Bright Kids LLC | Not given |
| All Aspire Academy | Not given |
| Lacc Learning Center @ La Academia Antonia Alonso | Not given |
| Tysela Young DBA Young Scholars Childcare LLC | Not given |
| Tarbiyah School | Not given |
| Jade Thompson | Not given |
| Olivette Jackson | Not given |
| Lil’ Einsteins Learning Academy III | Not given |
| Tamikya Whittle | Not given |
What the record doesn’t say
- Delaware doesn’t grade violations by severity, so read what was cited.
- Delaware’s open data lists a visit only when a violation was cited there, so visits that found nothing aren’t shown.
- Delaware publishes five years of reviews and complaints; this page shows the last three.
- Delaware doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual providers.
- Delaware lists only the visits that found violations, so a provider with none listed may not have been visited at all: no count of violations is used to headline, filter or compare its providers.
Sources
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Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities (iuzd-3dbt).
Released Nov 4, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information (wb83-pkcv).
Released Nov 4, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews (pnbd-85r6).
Released Nov 4, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.
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