Little Hearts Childcare, LLC

Staff Qualifications

“Ensure EC Administrator has age-specific specializations for population served. Staff #7 needs Infant/Toddler Specialization on DEEDS Admin Cert. Send OCCL confirmation email of submitted application by 5/8/2026.”

Rule 24U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 8, 2026.

Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision

“Ensure staff-to-child ratios are maintained at all times. During visit, the one-year-old classroom was observed with 9 children and one staff member. During the visit, the preschool staff member was observed standing between tow classrooms leaving classrooms with no direct supervision. Corrected at Visit.”

Rule 27U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Apr 9, 2026.

General Qualifications

“Staff must receive an eligibility determination or a provisional eligibility before the start of employment. Staff #12 was sent home at the visit and cannot return until eligibility has been received. Send eligibility letter to OCCL.”

Rule 28U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 1, 2026.

Personnel Files

Rule 30U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 21, 2026.

Child Files

“Ensure child files are complete. Blood lead screening results needed for Child #4, 12.”

Rule 40U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jun 17, 2026.

Indoor Space

“Ensure indoor space is hazard-free, cleanable and in good repair. Remove extension cord in room 6 or secure and cover if in used. Ensure walls are cleanable. Patch/paint exposed dry wall in Rooms 2, 3, School-Age are. Send photos.”

Rule 49U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jun 17, 2026.

Kitchen and Food Preparation

“Ensure a separate hand-washing sink is used in the kitchen. Move soap dispenser from double-sink to singe handwashing sink. Send photo to OCCL. Ensure there is a working thermometer reading 0 in the kitchen freezer. Ensure there is a working thermometer reading 41 or colder in the refrigerator in room 6. Send photos of thermometers.”

Rule 50U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jun 17, 2026.

Outdoor Area

“Ensure requires protective surface is beneath climbing equipment/slides. Move portable slide from blacktop area to an area with resilient material that absorbs falls. Send photo to OCCL.”

Rule 53U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 8, 2026.

Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments

“Ensure sleep equipment is non-absorbent and cleanable. Replace all torn nap mats in classrooms throughout the center. Send photos of new mats to OCCL.”

Rule 56U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 8, 2026.

Diapering and Soiled Clothing

“Ensure all staff are following diapering procedure including cleaning mats, washing staff and child hands between each change. Review diapering process and have staff sign off.”

Rule 61U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jun 17, 2026.

Transportation

“Ensure there is a full travel first aid kit with emergency numbers in the bus. Send photo to OCCL.”

Rule 67U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jun 17, 2026.

Pets

“Ensure there are no pets that are known to be carriers of illnesses, such as turtles. Remove turtle from room 6. Inform OCCL when removed.”

Rule 69U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 19, 2026.

Staffing

“Provide documentation of the administrator’s presence in the center at least 50% of the hours of operation.”

Rule 26U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 1, 2025.

Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision

“Ensure all staff stay in their assigned classrooms at all times to maintain correct staff-to-child ratios.”

Rule 27U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Apr 7, 2025.

Personnel Files

Rule 30U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 1, 2025.

Staff Attendance

“Submit accurate attendance for all staff and children with each classroom arrival and departure. Send April 7-11 and 14-18 to OCCL .”

Rule 36U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 1, 2025.

Child Files

“Provide updated infant feeding schedules for all infants for the month of April.”

Rule 40U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 1, 2025.

Children’s Attendance

“Submit accurate attendance for all staff and children with each classroom arrival and departure. Send April 7-11 and 14-18 to OCCL .”

Rule 43U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 1, 2025.

Hazardous Materials

“Provide documentation of current radon test readings of 4.0 pCi/I or below.”

Rule 45U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 1, 2025.

Indoor Space

“Submit documentation to OCCL a covered trash can in the infant and dragonflies’ classrooms.”

Rule 49U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 8, 2025.

Kitchen and Food Preparation

“Provide documentation of thermometers in the refrigerators in the infants, bumblebees and butterflies room reading 41 degrees F or below.”

Rule 50U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 8, 2025.

Toilet Facilities

“Provide documentation of accessible paper towels in the infant room, and repair or replacement of the toilet in the butterflies’ bathroom.”

Rule 51U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 8, 2025.

Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments

“Provide documentation of the infant cribs being placed 18 inches apart.”

Rule 56U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 8, 2025.

Equipment

“Provide documentation of removal of the hazardous block basket and broken chair in the school-age room.”

Rule 57U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 1, 2025.

Diapering and Soiled Clothing

“Submit documentation for disposable covering for the changing table in the infant room and a foot-activated trash can for diapering in the bumblebees room.”

Rule 61U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 8, 2025.

Staffing

“Provide accurate documentation of the administrator’s presence and performing administrative duties at least 50% of the hours of operation. (6:00 to 6:00 x 5 M-F and 9:00 to 5:00 x 2 S-S = 76 hours/week--- 50 % = 37.5 hours /week.) The Administrator submitted a revised application with reduced hours of operation on May 14, 2024. Her documented hours are now meet the 50% requirement.”

Rule 26U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 14, 2024.

Personnel Files

“Submit the following to complete staff files: CPR / FA certification for three staff members; prof. dev plans for four staff members; annual review of safe sleep and child abuse /neglect for three staff members; orientation for one staff member; OCCL H&S training for one staff member; job descriptions for two staff members; signed declaration for one staff member; staff HA w/tb for one staff member; TB only for one staff member; HA for one staff member.”

Rule 30U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jun 13, 2024.

Annual Training

“Submit documentation for the completion of annual training hours by April 30, 2024. This will become non-compliant May 1, 2024. Staff #2 needs 18 hours; Staff #3 needs 2 hours; Staff #7 needs 18 hours; Staff #11 needs 12 hours.”

Rule 33U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: May 13, 2024.

Staff Communication

“Provide documentation of administrator’s addressing Staff #6’s need to use respectful tones/words/language with children in her care.”

Rule 37U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Apr 15, 2024.

Child Files

“Ensure child files are complete. Child #4 needs an updated health appraisal with immunizations. Children # 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, & 13 need developmental plans.”

Rule 40U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Apr 15, 2024.

Hazardous Materials

“Remove Borax- hazardous material form the SA room.”

Rule 45U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Apr 15, 2024.

Indoor Space

“Remove/replace the rug, label the cubbies and repair/replace the cracked tiles in the school age room.”

Rule 49U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Apr 15, 2024.

Outdoor Area

“Repair/preplace broken tricycles . Clean trash and remove carpets from play area.”

Rule 53U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Apr 15, 2024.

Feeding of Infants

“Ensure ALL infants have updated infant feeding statements. Send documentation to OCCL for all enrolled infants.”

Rule 72U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Apr 15, 2024.