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Little Einsteins Academy

A family child care home in Indian Trail, North Carolina 28079

5013 Lazy Day Ln, Indian Trail, North Carolina 28079. (704) 882-6594.

North Carolina’s own record, on ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov

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The short answer

The last 24 months 8 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean5
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.
Quality rating
Many states rate child care in a quality rating system that goes past the licensing rules, such as Texas Rising Star or Kentucky All STARS. Taking part is often voluntary, so a program with no rating hasn’t been rated low. Source: Each state’s quality rating system.
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?

6 DCDEE visits in the last three years, the latest on Jun 25, 2026.

8 violations cited in the last three years, 8 of them marked corrected.

Source:

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.

When those violations happened

8 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 3, 2026.

8 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

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.

Source:

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.

Jun 25, 2026: unannounced4 violations

  • Equipment and toys were not in good repair and developmentally appropriate.

    “I observed two (2) outdoor chairs that were in need of repair/replacement. I observed a plastic bin in the learning area that was broken.”

    Rule Equipment and toys were not in good repair and developmentally appropriate.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Jul 3, 2026. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

  • Monthly check for hazards on the outdoor play area was not completed using a form supplied by the Division.

    “Monthly inspections were not completed and on file, 5/2026 was missing.”

    Rule Monthly check for hazards on the outdoor play area was not completed using a form supplied by the Division.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Jul 3, 2026. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

  • Operator did not maintain accurate daily attendance records including documentation of arrival and departure for all children in care, including the operator’s own preschool children.

    “Daily sign-in was not completed for this week.”

    Rule Operator did not maintain accurate daily attendance records including documentation of arrival and departure for all children in care, including the operator's own preschool children.. Corrected during the inspection.

  • The operator did not conduct a quarterly lockdown or shelter-in-place drill and or the drill record was incomplete.

    “Emergency drills were not practiced every three (3) months. The last emergency drill was conducted on 10/16/25”

    Rule The operator did not conduct a quarterly lockdown or shelter-in-place drill and or the drill record was incomplete.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Jul 3, 2026. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

Jun 27, 2025: unannounced1 violation

  • Rule violated (DCDEE’s description below)

    “A supply of clean linens were not on hand, and/or were not changed weekly or whenever they are soiled or wet. I observed a child’s cot with a soiled linen.”

    Rule Rule violated (DCDEE’s description below). Corrected during the inspection.

Jan 29, 2025: unannounced1 violation

  • Prescription or over-the-counter medication and topical, non-medical ointment, repellant, lotion, cream, fluoridated toothpaste, or powder was administered to any child without the required information.

    “Three (3) topical ointments were expired, I observed one (1) topical ointment with no permission form for administration.”

    Rule Prescription or over-the-counter medication and topical, non-medical ointment, repellant, lotion, cream, fluoridated toothpaste, or powder was administered to any child without the required information.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Jan 31, 2025. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

Jan 31, 2024: unannounced2 violations

  • Application did not include health care needs or concerns, symptoms of and the type of response required for the health care needs or concerns.

    “One (1) child’s file did not have the section for health care needs or concerns completed.”

    Rule Application did not include health care needs or concerns, symptoms of and the type of response required for the health care needs or concerns.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Feb 13, 2024. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

  • Copy of each child’s health assessment, including the operator’s own preschool child(ren), was not on file within 30 days of enrollment.

    “One (1) child did not have a medical report was not file within thirty (30) days of enrollment.”

    Rule Copy of each child's health assessment, including the operator's own preschool child(ren), was not on file within 30 days of enrollment.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Feb 13, 2024. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

All 6 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jun 25, 2026Unannounced visit4 violations cited
Jan 27, 2026Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Jun 27, 2025Unannounced visit1 violation cited
Jan 29, 2025Unannounced visit1 violation cited
May 23, 2024Unannounced visitNo violations cited
Jan 31, 2024Unannounced visit2 violations cited

Is it licensed?

  • Family Child Care Home, holding a Five Star Family CC Home License since Jul 6, 2022.
  • Licensed for 8 children, ages 0 through 12.
  • Not enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
  • North Carolina’s licence number: 90000528.
Source:

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.

Has North Carolina acted against it?

  • DCDEE says it has taken no action against this facility, for its current licence and location, in the last three years.
Source:

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.

Who does the caring?

  • North Carolina’s page gives a staff-to-child ratio policy as the provider reports it, unverified by DCDEE, so it isn’t shown.

Who owns it?

  • Owner, as North Carolina lists it: Tryon, Christopher P.
Source:

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.

How is it rated?

  • Star Rated License: 5 stars of five.
Source:

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 74 child care providers in Union County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 10; this one had 8.
Source:

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 74 in Union County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
Porter Ridge Elementary After School6
Poplin Elementary After School10
Childtime 201447
S.t.e.p.’s Developmental Academy, Inc.10
Indian Trail Elementary18
Big Blue Marble-Wesley Chapel30
Wonder Academy35
Little Einsteins Academy This child care provider8
Storybrook Kids Daycare1
The Goddard School of Indian Trail3
Metrolina Christian Academy Preschool17
Shiloh Valley Elementary After School1

What the record doesn’t say

  • North Carolina doesn’t show a visit summary tied to an open child maltreatment investigation while the case is active, and shows an administrative action only after its 30-day appeal period, without saying what it was.
  • DCDEE’s descriptions of violations are shown in its own words; a description that names or may name a person isn’t shown. Visit summaries, the consultants’ full reports, aren’t read.
  • North Carolina’s page lists the provider’s own features (transport, ratios) as furnished by the provider and unverified by DCDEE, so they aren’t shown.

Sources

If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE). North Carolina’s own record is on ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.

Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 3, 2026.

From the provider

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How to read a record

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An example nursing home

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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