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Child care center · Wilmington, DE
LJ'S PLAYPEN ACADEMY
A licensed child care center in Wilmington, Delaware, with its state inspection and complaint history from the Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL).
Program details
Program type: Licensed child care center
Address: 2601 CARTER STREET, Wilmington, DE 19802
Phone: (302) 764-5853
Ages served: 6 weeks through 12 years.
Age group: Infant through School-Age
Licensed capacity: 115 children
OCCL license number: 641907
Current enforcement action (as published): none listed in the state's file
Pending enforcement step (as published): Intent to Revoke
Injuries reported to the state (as published): the state's file lists injuries in the last 5 years that needed medical or dental treatment. No facility injuries reported. No facility deaths reported.
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Inspection history
Last 3 years (November 12, 2023 to November 12, 2026, when the state's files were last updated)
- 1 visit where violations were cited (the state's file doesn't list visits where nothing was cited)
- 19 violations cited on these visits
- 1 complaint investigation completed (No Evidence to Substantiate with Concern: 1)
A violation means a licensing specialist found that a Delaware licensing rule wasn't met. The state gives the program a date to correct each one and records when it was corrected. Complaint results use the state's own terms, as published. Read the official record for details.
Visits with violations
All 2 visits with violations in the state's file (which starts November 12, 2021), newest first, with 30 violations in all. The state's file lists only visits where a rule was cited, so visits where nothing was cited are not shown. Each violation shows the state's short title for the rule, its regulation code, the date the state set for the fix and the correction status as published.
February 20, 2024 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 19 violations
Staff Qualifications
Regulation code 24U · Correct by March 1, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, March 6, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
The one's teacher does not have a DEEDS certificate and was alone with 2 children. the two's and three's teachers do not have a DEEDS certificate and had 6 children. Have Staff #1, 2, and 3 apply for their DEEDS certificates and send a picture of application submission to OCCL.
Staffing
Regulation code 26U · Correct by March 20, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, February 29, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure there is one staff member trained in day to day operations and send documentation to OCCL.
Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
Regulation code 27U · Correct by March 1, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, March 6, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure proper ratio's and supervision are maintained. The one's teacher does not have a DEEDS certificate and was alone with 2 children. The two's and three's teachers do not have a DEEDS certificate and had 6 children. Have Staff #1, 2, and 3 apply for their DEEDS certificates and send a picture of application submission to OCCL.
General Qualifications
Regulation code 28U · Correct by March 1, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, February 29, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff are fingerprinted and determined eligible before start of employment. Staff #7 and 8 started employment without being determined eligible by the Criminal History Unit. Review regulation 28 and send a signed acknowledgement of this regulation to OCCL.
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by March 20, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, March 21, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #2 needs annual review of safe sleep and OCCL's Health and Safety Training. Staff #3 needs a professional development plan, orientation form, and 4 references and a returned service letter or 2 documented attempts at sending the service letter. Staff #4 and 5 need a professional development plan. Staff #6 needs a professional development plan, review of safe sleep, OCCL Health and Safety training, job description, release of employment and service letter or 2 documented attempts. Staff #7 needs an attempted service letter or 2 documented attempts.
Staff Attendance
Regulation code 36U · Correct by March 20, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, March 11, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff sign in/out is accurately documented in each classroom. Staff do not sign in/out for each classroom as there is only a building attendance sheet. Submit documentation showing staff signing in and out of each classroom to OCCL.
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by March 20, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, March 20, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child files are complete. Submit date of enrollment/hours and days of attendance for Children #2, 3, 4, 5, and 7. Submit health appraisal for Child #3, along with immunizations and their blood lead screening. Submit blood lead screening for Child #7. Submit infant feeding schedule for Children #2, 4, and 5. Submit developmental plans for Children 1-7.
Children's Attendance
Regulation code 43U · Correct by March 20, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, March 11, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure accurate attendance is being maintained. The infant room did not have a sign-in/out sheet. There were 4 children signed in the ones room, but only 2 children were present. One child was removed and not signed out. The two's room had 7 children signed in and 6 children were present. The fours room had 6 children signed in and 5 children present. Send 2 weeks attendance for all classrooms to OCCL.
Hazardous Materials
Regulation code 45U · Correct by March 20, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, March 11, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure hazardous materials are stored inaccessible to children. The ones/infant classroom had ant/mice poison traps in the cabinet, which was not locked. There was bug spray in the hallway of the ones classroom. Take a picture of hazards stored and locked away to OCCL.
Heating and Cooling
Regulation code 48U · Correct by March 1, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, March 6, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure the heating system is properly installed. The movie room downstairs reads 59 degrees, and the library/fours room reads 62 degrees. Send a picture of thermometer showing appropriate temperature to OCCL. Ensure there are no floor heaters available. There was one floor heater in the fours room. Send a picture of heater removed from the classroom to OCCL.
Indoor Space
Regulation code 49U · Correct by March 20, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, March 11, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Replace ceiling tiles and wooden table in the library and send a picture to OCCL. Place lid on trashcan in the library and send to OCCL.
Kitchen and Food Preparation
Regulation code 50U · Correct by March 20, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, March 21, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure all open foods are labeled. The mixed fruit in the kitchen was open and not labeled. Send a picture of labeled fruit to OCCL. Ensure food/milk is not expired. The kitchen had a couple of expired cans of fruit and milk. Send picture of food/milk with up to date expirations.
Toilet Facilities
Regulation code 51U · Correct by March 20, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, March 11, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Fix faucet in the children's bathroom and send a video of running water to OCCL.
Outdoor Area
Regulation code 53U · Correct by March 20, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, March 15, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure there are no hazards outside. Remove all broken equipment on both sides of the playground, fix cracked slide, and remove all standing water. Send a picture of outdoor area to OCCL with corrections.
Equipment
Regulation code 57U · Correct by March 20, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, March 11, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure there are science and music materials in the infant and ones room. Send a picture of materials to OCCL.
Diapering and Soiled Clothing
Regulation code 61U · Correct by March 20, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, March 15, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure diaper changing mat is not ripped. The mat in the one year old room is ripped. Replace mats and send a picture to OCCL.
Feeding of Infants
Regulation code 72U · Correct by March 1, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, March 6, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure all infant bottles are labeled. Ensure all infants have an infant feeding schedule.
Lesson Plans
Regulation code 74U · Correct by March 20, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, March 11, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure school-age room has a calendar of activities or a lesson plan. Send a picture of calendar to OCCL.
Infant and Toddler Care
Regulation code 77U · Correct by March 1, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, March 6, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure all infants have a daily log documenting sleep checks, feeding, and diapering. Ensure there is adult seating in the infant room.
Older than 3 years (not counted in the summary above)
February 14, 2023 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 11 violations
Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
Regulation code 27U · Correct by February 14, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, February 14, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
The state's notes for this violation may name a person, so we don't show them here. They're in the state's published file (see Sources).
General Qualifications
Regulation code 28U · Correct by February 14, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, February 14, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff have eligibility determination or a provisional eligibility notification on file. This was corrected at the visit when Staff #12's ineligibility letter was placed in the file.
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by March 14, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, March 31, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
The state's notes for this violation may name a person, so we don't show them here. They're in the state's published file (see Sources).
Parents Right to Know
Regulation code 38U · Correct by February 14, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, February 14, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Submit parents right-to-know log. This was corrected at the visit.
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by March 14, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, March 21, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child files are complete. Children #1,3,4,9, and 11 need developmental plans. Children #4, 9, and 11 need blood lead results. Child #3 needs an infant feeding schedule, Child #11 needs transportation and screen time permissions, Children #5 and 9 need an undated immunization record and health appraisal. Child #11 needs emergency card information, days/hours of attendance, and date of enrollment.
Heating and Cooling
Regulation code 48U · Correct by February 14, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, February 14, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure there are no space heaters. One space heater was observed in the infant room. This was corrected at the visit.
Indoor Space
Regulation code 49U · Correct by February 24, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, February 22, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure all ceilings are in good repair in the theater, infant, ones', and twos' rooms. This was corrected at the visit. Ensure the kitchen ceiling is repaired.
Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
Regulation code 56U · Correct by February 14, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, February 14, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure all rest equipment is labeled in the infant, ones, twos, and three's room. This was corrected at the visit.
Diapering and Soiled Clothing
Regulation code 61U · Correct by February 14, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, February 14, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure all diaper changing mats are non-porous. This was corrected at the visit.
Feeding of Infants
Regulation code 72U · Correct by February 14, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, February 14, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure all bottles are labeled. This was corrected at the visit.
Infant and Toddler Care
Regulation code 77U · Correct by February 14, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, February 14, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure the walkers in use do not have wheels. This was corrected at the visit.
Complaint investigations
The 1 complaint investigation in the state's file (which starts November 29, 2021), newest first, with the result and the state's summary as published.
Completed July 15, 2024 · Result: No Evidence to Substantiate with Concern
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary (as published)
The Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint on June 21, 2024, regarding concerns of an ant infestation, improper staff-to-child ratios, and unqualified staff members working alone with children. An investigation began on June 26, 2024, and concluded on July 7, 2024. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for an ant infestation based on observation of the center. There were a few ants observed throughout six areas of the center, but not enough to be considered an infestation. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for improper staff-to-child ratios or unqualified staff members working alone with children based on observation of the classrooms and observation of attendance records for the week of July 1, 2024. All classrooms were within staff-to-child ratio at this visit. An additional concern noted at this visit was inaccurate staff attendance records. At the time of this visit, all attendance records were stapled together and being held in the office, and staff members were not signed into their respective classrooms.
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Sources
- Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities: program details, enforcement action and injuries report.
- Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information: visits, violations, corrections and specialist notes.
- Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews: complaint investigations, results and summaries.
All three are published by the Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing on data.delaware.gov as Public Domain and cover about the last five years. State files updated November 12, 2026. We show the state's text as published. Program details last checked October 21, 2026.