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Beginner's Choice Day Care Center

Selbyville, DE · Sussex County
38081 COMMUNITY LN, Selbyville, DE 19975
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Quick Facts

Capacity
76 children
Age Range
6 weeks through 12 years.
Subsidized Program
Does not participate

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Contact Information

📞 (302) 436-4460
38081 COMMUNITY LN
Selbyville, DE 19975
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✓ Licensed Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
900294
Issued By
Delaware Department of Services For Children, Youth And Their Families
Licensor
[email protected]
District Office
State of Delaware, Office of Child Care Licensing
District Office: 302-739-5487 Last verified September 29, 2026

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About the Provider

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BEGINNER'S CHOICE DAY CARE CENTER is a Licensed Child Care Center in SELBYVILLE DE, with a maximum capacity of 76 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 6 weeks through 12 years.. It is open Monday - Friday, 6:30 AM - 5:30 PM. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
Additional Information: Financial Arrangements: Purchase of Care;

Hours of Operation

  • Monday6:30 AM - 5:30 PM
  • Tuesday6:30 AM - 5:30 PM
  • Wednesday6:30 AM - 5:30 PM
  • Thursday6:30 AM - 5:30 PM
  • Friday6:30 AM - 5:30 PM
  • Saturday Closed
  • Sunday Closed

Inspection/Report History

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Date Type Regulation Code Status
2026-03-16 Non Compliance 27U - Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure infants are cared for by staff who are Assistant Teacher, Teacher or Administrator qualified. Specialist noted there were two interns alone with the infants at the visit.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2026-03-16 Non Compliance 30U - Personnel Files Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete. One staff needs Administration of Medication training, OCCL's Health and Safety Training, application/ resume, job description, references, adult abuse registry check, health appraisal with TB results, service letters or two documented attempts and 2 additional references.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2026-03-16 Non Compliance 50U - Kitchen and Food Preparation Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure stored food is labeled with date of expiration.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2026-03-16 Non Compliance 53U - Outdoor Area Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure gates exiting the playground are self-closing/ self latching. Ensure fall zones have at least 9 inches of material and expand six feet in all directions around play equipment.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2026-03-16 Non Compliance 74U - Lesson Plans Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure lesson plans are posted. School Age classroom needs a posted lesson plan.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2025-03-10 Non Compliance 40U - Child Files Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. One child needs transportation permission. Seven children need a development plan. Two children need a MAR for diaper cream.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2025-03-10 Non Compliance 45U - Hazardous Materials Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure radon testing is done every five years. Current radon expired on 2/13/2025.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2025-03-10 Non Compliance 50U - Kitchen and Food Preparation Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure refrigerators have a thermometer. The refrigerator in the infant room needs a thermometer.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2025-03-10 Non Compliance 53U - Outdoor Area Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure gates are self closing. Gates leading out of the playground are only self latching, not self closing.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2025-03-10 Non Compliance 8U - License Renewal Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure 60 days before license expiration a notarized renewal application is submitted.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2024-03-14 Non Compliance 40U - Child Files Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. Child #2 and #4 need blood lead screening results.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2024-03-14 Non Compliance 49U - Indoor Space Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure garbage cans are covered. The bathroom for both the boys and girls in the school age room need a covered garbage can.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2024-03-14 Non Compliance 51U - Toilet Facilities Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure liquid soap is accessible in all bathrooms. The school age girls bathroom needs soap.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2024-03-14 Non Compliance 53U - Outdoor Area Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure outdoor space has working exit gates with self closing, self latching locks and fall zones have at least 9 inches of material to absorb falls. Specialist noticed the exit gate on the older kids playground was bent and latches on both playgrounds were broken. Mulch on both playgrounds needs to be replenished.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2024-03-14 Non Compliance 74U - Lesson Plans Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure lesson plans are posted in each classroom and there are opportunities for special activities weekly. The school age classroom needs to have a lesson plan posted and each classroom needs to include a healthy habits/food component.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2023-03-15 Non Compliance 24U - Staff Qualifications Completed
Corrective Action: An administrator needs school-age specialized training added to the DEEDS certificate.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2023-03-15 Non Compliance 27U - Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure staff-to-child ratios are maintained at all times through the assignment of qualified staff present with the children. An aide who has been employed for more than one year was alone with three children, the youngest being an infant, in the infant classroom. This was corrected when another staff was placed into the classroom.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2023-03-15 Non Compliance 30U - Personnel Files Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete. Six staff need updated fingerprinting with eligibility. Four staff need OCCL's health and safety training.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2023-03-15 Non Compliance 40U - Child Files Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. One child needs immunizations and blood lead screening. One child needs immunizations. One child needs blood lead screening.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2023-03-15 Non Compliance 43U - Children's Attendance Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure childrens attendance verifies the location of the child. One child was not signed in correctly.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2023-03-15 Non Compliance 45U - Hazardous Materials Completed
Corrective Action: Raid and other chemicals were observed under the infant classroom sink unlocked. Remove keep out-of-reach items or lock the cabinet.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2023-03-15 Non Compliance 49U - Indoor Space Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure interior space is designed and designated for children's use. One classroom was using shelves to block half of the classroom. This was corrected at the visit. Repair or replace the vinyl flooring in one area.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2023-03-15 Non Compliance 50U - Kitchen and Food Preparation Completed
Corrective Action: Purchase thermometers for all refrigerators and freezers in the classrooms.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2023-03-15 Non Compliance 53U - Outdoor Area Completed
Corrective Action: The playground needs more resilient material in the fall zones. The vinyl siding outside of the Toddler classroom on the playground needs to be repaired or replaced. The self-latching mechanism between the playgrounds needs to be repaired or replaced. Ensure shade is available on the playground.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2023-03-15 Non Compliance 57U - Equipment Completed
Corrective Action: Purchase additional music material for the Toddler One classroom.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2023-03-15 Non Compliance 61U - Diapering and Soiled Clothing Completed
Corrective Action: Replace the diaper changing pad in one classroom. Post the diaper changing procedure in two classrooms. Ensure a foot-activated trashcan is within arm's reach of a diaper changing station and used solely for diapers. This was corrected at the visit.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2023-03-15 Non Compliance 66U - Emergency Planning Completed
Corrective Action: Emergency water needs to be replenished.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2023-03-15 Non Compliance 73U - Program Goals and Planning Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure monthly infant feeding schedules are complete and updated monthly.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2022-03-07 Non Compliance 8U - License Renewal Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure renewal application is submitted at least 60 days prior to the license expiration.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2022-03-02 Non Compliance 30U - Personnel Files Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #2, 3#, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, and #12 need updated professional development plans. staff #8 needs annual review of safe sleep, and review of abuse and neglect. Staff #12 needs annual review of safe sleep, review of abuse and neglect, orientation, employee declaration, drug and alcohol statement, release of employment, updated service letters, and to be re-fingerprinted.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2022-03-02 Non Compliance 36U - Staff Attendance Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure staffs attendance is documented with the correct departure and arrival times. In the preschool classroom staff #11 was not signed in, and staff #9 had sign in and out times pre-filled out for the day.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2022-03-02 Non Compliance 40U - Child Files Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. Child #1 needs documented date of enrollment, and hours/days they attend, emergency card, parents right to know, and screen time permission. Child #2 needs documented date of enrollment. Child #3 needs lead test results. Child #4 needs updated health appraisal, immunization record, lead test results, and developmental plan. Child #5 needs lead test results. Child #8 needs lead test results, and developmental plan. Child #11 and #12 need developmental plans.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2022-03-02 Non Compliance 43U - Children's Attendance Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure children's attendance is documented with the correct arrival and departure times. In the pre-k class, there were 11 children present, but only 10 was signed in.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2022-03-02 Non Compliance 45U - Hazardous Materials Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure children are not exposed to any hazards, and all hazardous materials are stored inaccessible to children. There is a hold in the ceiling in the School-age classroom. There is exposed drywall in the pre-k and pre-school classroom. There was detergent and other cleaning materials on the floor in the school-age classroom., which was moved into a closet.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2022-03-02 Non Compliance 49U - Indoor Space Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure all areas are clean, safe, and in good condition. Floors and carpets throughout the building needs to be cleaned and sanitized.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2022-03-02 Non Compliance 51U - Toilet Facilities Completed
Corrective Action: Clean and sanitize school-age classroom bathrooms.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2022-03-02 Non Compliance 53U - Outdoor Area Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure anywhere will children feet leave the ground is protected by a fall-zone. Playground needs additional fall-zones. LS Smith observed the gates on the fences locked. This was corrected when they were unlocked, and the center agreed to remain compliant.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2022-03-02 Non Compliance 56U - Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure nap equipment is labeled. Ensure nap equipment is in good condition, with no rips or tears. Ensure children who are 12-18 months and not walking sleep in a crib or pack-and-play. Staff disclosed that they had a 11 month old who is not walking sleeping on a mat.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2022-03-02 Non Compliance 58U - Sanitation Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure all classroom have soap and water, and bleach bottle solutions. School-age classroom was missing both solutions.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2022-03-02 Non Compliance 60U - Standard Precautions Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure mops are cleaned and sanitized daily, and hung to dry. LS Smith observed dirty mops, and dirty mop water sitting in all classrooms.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2022-03-02 Non Compliance 65U - First Aid Kits Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure first aid kit is complete. Missing an instant cold pack.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2022-03-02 Non Compliance 69U - Pets Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure pets are kept clean and sanitary. Dirty fish tank in the school-age classroom.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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2022-03-02 Non Compliance 71U - Meals and Snacks Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure lunches brought from home are properly stored. LS Smith observed lunches in students cubbies, with cold items that needed to be refrigerated. This was discussed and corrected when the teachers put all lunched in the fridge.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Facility Visit
2022-03-02 Non Compliance 72U - Feeding of Infants Completed
Corrective Action: Ensure bottles and cups are labeled with the child's name.
Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
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