Little Sprouts Learning Academy

Personnel Files

“Ensure staff files are complete. One staff person needs an updated health appraisal indicating if they can care for children. One staff person needs one more more reference.”

Rule 30U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Dec 11, 2025.

Child Files

“Ensure child files are complete. One child needs an updated health appraisal.”

Rule 40U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Dec 11, 2025.

Hazardous Materials

“Ensure routine cleaners are locked-up or inaccessible to children. This was corrected at the visit when a safety lock was added to the cabinet containing cleaning materials in the upstairs bathroom.”

Rule 45U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Dec 4, 2025.

Indoor Space

“Ensure walls are in good repair. Repair wallpaper under window in the Turtles classroom.”

Rule 49U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Dec 11, 2025.

Kitchen and Food Preparation

“Ensure food storage areas are clean. Clean spilled substance inside freezer in kitchen. Ensure freezers maintain a temperature of 0 degrees F or below. Adjust freezer temperature in Young Infant classroom.”

Rule 50U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Dec 11, 2025.

Outdoor Area

“Ensure gates in the outdoor play area are self-latching. This was corrected at the visit when the gate in the infant play area was repaired to ensure it self-latches. Ensure appropriate fall zone depth is maintained. Replenish mulch to nine inches in all fall zones in the grassy playground area.”

Rule 53U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jan 2, 2026.

Activity Schedule

“Ensure each classroom’s activity schedule is posted and visible. This was corrected at the visit when a daily schedule was posted in the the Frogs room and the schedule was moved to a visible location in the Flamingos classroom.”

Rule 76U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Dec 4, 2025.

Personnel Files

“Ensure staff files are complete. One staff person needs to complete CPR training with a hands-on skills demonstration.”

Rule 30U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Dec 25, 2024.

Kitchen and Food Preparation

“Ensure refrigerator in the koala’s classroom maintains a temperature of 41 degrees F or below.”

Rule 50U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jan 2, 2025.

Outdoor Area

“Ensure gates in the fenced outdoor play area are self-closing and self-latching. Repair gate leading into the grassy play area. This was corrected at the visit when the gate was repaired and observed self-closing and self-latching.”

Rule 53U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Dec 11, 2024.

Diapering and Soiled Clothing

“Ensure a diaper changing mat and disposable cover are available for pull-up changes in the children’s bathroom. This was corrected at the visit when a mat and disposable covers were placed in the bathroom.”

Rule 61U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Dec 11, 2024.

Emergency Planning

“Ensure emergency water is available at all times. This was corrected at the visit when water was purchased and placed in storage.”

Rule 66U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Dec 11, 2024.

Personnel Files

“Ensure staff files are complete. One staff person needs a health appraisal on OCCL’s form, a release of employment history, and a service letter attempt with a follow-up if one service letter is not received from any prior employers.”

Rule 30U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jan 18, 2024.

Indoor Space

“Ensure indoor space is in good repair. The baseboard trim in the pink bathroom needs to be repaired. Ensure child cubbies in the Pandas classroom are labeled with the child’s name. Ensure the trash can in the Cheetah’s bathroom has a lid.”

Rule 49U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jan 4, 2024.

Outdoor Area

“Ensure gates in the outdoor playground are self-closing and self-latching. The large gate and the gate leading into the larger play area need to be repaired so they self-close and self-latch.”

Rule 53U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jan 4, 2024.

Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments

“Ensure nap mats are cleanable and non-absorbent. LS Brey observed ripped nap mats in the Giraffe and Frogs classrooms. This was corrected at the visit when the ripped mats were replaced with new ones.”

Rule 56U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Dec 13, 2023.

Lesson Plans

“Ensure lesson plans include physical social-emotional, language/literacy, and cognitive activities daily.”

Rule 74U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jan 4, 2024.

Activity Areas

“Ensure language and literacy materials are available in each classroom. Add these materials to the Flamingo classroom.”

Rule 75U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jan 4, 2024.

Activity Schedule

“Ensure a daily schedule is posted in each classroom. Post a daily schedule in the Giraffe’s classroom. This was corrected at the visit when the scheduled was posted on the wall.”

Rule 76U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Dec 13, 2023.