Little Scholars Early Learning Center

License Renewal

“Ensure an annual renewal application is submitted 60 days prior to the license expiration.”

Rule 8U.

Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision

Rule 27U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 6, 2026.

Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision

“Ensure direct supervision is maintained at all times. During the visit, a child entered the two-year-old classroom. The class and the staff member were in the hallway at the bathrooms around the corner, approximately 35 feet away.”

Rule 27U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 8, 2026.

Personnel Files

“Ensure staff files are complete. Two staff members need CPR/First Aid certification. Three staff members need to complete the orientation. Three staff members need reference letters. Two staff members need the adult abuse registry check results. One staff member needs an adult health appraisal on OCCL’s form. One staff member needs a request-for-service letter completed.”

Rule 30U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Aug 4, 2026.

Child Health Appraisal

“Ensure child files are complete. Two children need immunizations and blood lead screenings on file.”

Rule 41U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Aug 4, 2026.

Indoor Space

“Ensure surfaces are clean, bottles are labeled with contents, and air fresheners are not in use. The tables in the two-year-old and three-year-old classrooms have tape residue with debris, the three-year-old classroom bottles need to be labeled with contents, and all three classrooms had spray air freshener in them.”

Rule 49U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Aug 4, 2026.

Outdoor Area

“Ensure gates are self-closing. Currently, the mechanism is not closing on its own.”

Rule 53U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Aug 4, 2026.

Diapering and Soiled Clothing

“Ensure the dipaer only can be foot-operated. The foot lever for the diaper only can is inoperable.”

Rule 61U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Aug 4, 2026.

Lesson Plans

“Ensure lesson plans have the required social-emotional component. All three classrooms need a social-emotional component for lesson plans.”

Rule 74U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Aug 4, 2026.

Staffing

“Ensure that the day-to-day staff members’ training is documented.”

Rule 26U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Feb 12, 2026.

Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision

“Ensure supervision is provided at all times. A toddler in the classroom left through a hallway door to enter another room.”

Rule 27U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jan 8, 2026.

Personnel Files

“Ensure staff files are complete. One staff member needs documentation of being trained in day-to-day operations, one staff member needs an annual review and initial abuse and neglect signature pages, orientation, OCCL health and safety training for childcare professionals, a job description, 3 references, employee declaration, and drug and alcohol statements signed, adult abuse registry check, release of employment with service letter attempts. One staff member needs OCL health and safety training for childcare professionals and a health appraisal with TB results.”

Rule 30U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Feb 18, 2026.

Child Files

“Ensure child files are complete. Two children require physical examinations, immunizations, and blood lead screening results. All children need developmental plans.”

Rule 40U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Feb 9, 2026.

Outdoor Area

“Ensure fall zones are adequate at the bottom of the slides and extend out six feet from the fall point. Provide mulch to the depth and circumference of the fall area.”

Rule 53U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Mar 20, 2026.

Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments

“Replace torn mats in the pre-school classroom”

Rule 56U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Feb 9, 2026.

Equipment

“Ensure the toddler classroom has science and music equipment for the children.”

Rule 57U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Feb 9, 2026.

Diapering and Soiled Clothing

“Ensure the child’s and staff’s hands are washed after diapering. After diapering A, a one-year-old, it was observed that the child’s hands were not washed before returning to play.”

Rule 61U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jan 8, 2026.

Breast Feeding

“Ensure child files are complete Child #1 needs a child health appraisal, immunizations shot records, and blood lead test results. Child #2 needs a health appraisal ad blood lead test results Child #3 needs blood lead test results Child 34 needs date of enrollment, hours to attend, a health appraisal, immunizations shot records and blood lead test results. Child #5 needs a health appraisal, immunization shot records and blood lead test results. Child #6 needs a health appraisal, immunizations shot records and blood lead test results”

Rule 22U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jan 8, 2026.

Personnel Files

“Ensure staff files are coplete Staff #1 needs a professional development plan, OCCL Health and Safety training, adult abuse registry check, and release of employment Staff #2 needs OCCL Health and safety training, three references, and service letters for Corporate Kids and Bright path”

Rule 30U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jan 8, 2026.

Parents Right to Know

“Ensure to complete the Parents Right to Know form. Provide OCCL a copy”

Rule 38U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jan 8, 2026.