Riddles and Rhymes Child Care Center
A licensed child care center in Horizon City, Texas 79928
108 Biglon, Horizon City, Texas 79928. (915) 852-9244.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 8 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in El Paso County: 2
- 5 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 15 inspections on record
- 3-Star Texas Rising Star rating
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.
- Texas’s risk levels
- Texas gives each child care deficiency a risk level, by how likely it is to harm a child: Low, Medium Low, Medium, Medium High or High. High is its most serious. Source: Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation.
- 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?
8 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 371 child care providers in El Paso County had 2.
15 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 4, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Requirements for Feeding Infants - Never Prop Bottles, at the report to the state on Mar 10, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children responsible for, at the report to the state on Aug 13, 2025
Rated High by Texas: Safety Precautions for Loading and Unloading Children - Account for All Children, at the report to the state on May 22, 2025
2 more rated High; all are listed below.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
8 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
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Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
Each deficiency, in Texas’s words
Grouped by visit, newest first, with the risk level Texas gave it, from Low to High.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Jul 1, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Child/Caregiver Ratio - Splashing/Wading Activities
“A group of 11 children were outside playing in a inflatable wading pool with water with only two caregivers. There were two 18 month old children, eight 2 year olds and a 3 year old putting the operation out of ratio for wading pool activities. This was corrected when the children stopped the wading pool activity during the inspection and prepared to go back inside of the operation.”
Mar 10, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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Requirements for Feeding Infants - Never Prop Bottles
“Two infant’s bottles were propped on blankets by a caregiver.”
Aug 13, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children responsible for
“During a DFPS investigation, it was determined that a child in care was not accounted for and left alone unsupervised in the playground for a period of approximately 15 minutes.”
May 22, 2025: report to the state3 deficiencies
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Safety Precautions for Loading and Unloading Children - Account for All Children
“During a DFPS investigation it was determined that a caregiver failed to account for all children exiting the vehicle before leaving the vehicle unattended. This resulted in a child in care being left in a transportation vehicle.”
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AP Safety Precautions for Loading and Unloading Children - No Child Unattended
“During a DFPS investigation, it was determined that a child in care was left unattended in a vehicle.”
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Electronic Child Safety Alarm - Driver or designated employee conduct walk-through and visual check of vehicle
“During a DFPS investigation, a caregiver conducing transportation admitted to not conducting a physical walk-through and visual check of the vehicle, including the seats, seat rows, and interior, to ensure no children remain in the vehicle. This resulted in a child in care being left unattended in a transportation vehicle.”
Jan 30, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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Required Admission Information-Child’s allergies and Completed Food Allergy Plan
“Information indicating if a child had allergies or not was missing from a file.”
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Documented Annual Training- Required Content
“Four caregivers were missing some of the required annual trainings.”
3 deficiencies older than three years
Mar 23, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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Safety - Televisions Anchored to Prevent Tip Over
“TV monitors in the pre-k classrooms were not anchored. This was corrected at inspection when the monitors were removed from the classrooms.”
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Requirement of Gas Leak Inspection
“The operation’s last gas inspection was on 11/12/20.”
Apr 8, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicle
“A 12 seat passenger van purchased after 2013 did not have a safety alarm installed.”
All 18 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 8, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 8, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 10, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 10, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jan 26, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 9, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 13, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 3, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 22, 2025 | Report to the state | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Jan 30, 2025 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Feb 27, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 23, 2023 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| May 9, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Aug 20, 2012.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 102 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Texas acted against it?
- No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
- 3 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency..
Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Who does the caring?
- Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.
Who owns it?
- Texas’s open data doesn’t list owners.
How is it rated?
- Texas Rising Star: 3-Star (the middle of three levels).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 371 child care providers in El Paso County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 8.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Riddles and Rhymes Child Care Center This child care provider | 8 |
| YMCA After School Childcare at Desert Hills Elementary Schoo | 1 |
| Los Angelitos Home Daycare | 8 |
| YWCA Dr. Sue Shook A/S Program | 3 |
| YWCA Horizon Heights After School | 1 |
| Options Head Start | 0 |
| YWCA Mission Ridge A/S Program | 1 |
| Aladdin Day Care V | 1 |
| Willow Tree Child Care and Learning Center | 2 |
| Just for You Learning Center, LLC | 2 |
| Dora Maria Bolivar Arteaga | Not given |
| Ice Castles Daycare Too, Inc. | 0 |
What the record doesn’t say
- Texas doesn’t publish whether a complaint was substantiated.
- Texas rates some paperwork slips as High risk, so read what was actually cited.
- Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual providers.
Sources
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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