Description: Our Nursery team is specifically trained to recognize and encourage the developmental stages of the first two years of life. Emphasis is placed upon bonding relationships, trust and nurturing, overall safety and physical well-being, language and developmental milestones. The infant's personal daily schedule will be preserved while in our care. Communication is vigorously maintained between teachers and families. Each day you will receive a report outlining your child's routine of naps, bottles and meals as well as the caregivers comments and curriculum highlights. You will be expected to supply disposable diapers, wipes, bottles and a blanket. We supply Berkley Jensen enriched formula, if you would like your child to have a different brand you will need to supply that to us as well. Beechnut brand baby food will be supplied by the center when your child is able to tolerate solid fruits and food. Curriculum is the daily activity, both planned and unplanned, which happens within the group. The curriculum in the nursery is based upon each child's individual age and developmental level. The activities can then be structured to fit each baby's needs, pleasures and desires. Every child has his or her very own curriculum each month focusing on the developmental stages for his or her particular age and ability. This makes the interactions between the caregiver and the child quite personal and it is obvious to see that each has gained a distinct knowledge of the other. With such responsive interactions a bond quickly forms and a true sense of security in every interaction between the caregiver and child is noticeable.
Where possible, ChildcareCenter provides inspection reports as a service to families. This information is deemed reliable, but is not guaranteed. We encourage families to contact the daycare provider directly with any questions or concerns, as the provider may have already addressed some or all issues. Reports can also be verified with your local daycare licensing office.
| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-15 | Violation | 418-1.8(a) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher's range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child's age emotional, physical, and cognitive development. | |||
| 2022-07-15 | Violation | 418-1.8(l)(9) | Not Corrected |
| Brief Description: When toddlers are cared for with preschool children in a mixed age group at the very beginning or very end of the day, the teacher/child ratio and maximum group size applicable to children aged 18 months to 36 months must be followed. | |||
| 2022-07-01 | Violation | 418-1.8(d) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: No person under 18 years of age may be left alone to supervise a group of children at any time, including in an emergency. | |||
| 2022-07-01 | Violation | 418-1.8(l)(11) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Day care centers that have been approved to operate a school-age children component in their day care center may only mix school age children with pre-school children at the very beginning of the day and the very end of the day. School age children may never be mixed with pre-school children for the entire period of time they are in care at the center. | |||
| 2022-07-01 | Violation | 418-1.9(j) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Corporal punishment is prohibited. For the purposes of this Subpart, the term corporal punishment means punishment inflicted directly on the body including, but not limited to, physical restraint, spanking, biting, shaking, slapping, twisting or squeezing; demanding excessive physical exercise, prolonged lack of movement or motion, or strenuous or bizarre postures; and compelling a child to eat or have in the child's mouth soap, foods, hot spices or irritants or the like. | |||
| 2022-06-21 | Violation | 418-1.11(c)(2)(i) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The health care plan must describe the following: how a daily health check of each child for any indication of illness, injury, abuse or maltreatment will be conducted and documented; | |||
| 2022-06-10 | Violation | 418-1.4(b)(1) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during various hours of operation of the child day care center. | |||
| 2022-06-10 | Violation | 418-1.8(q)(2) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Each day care center shall establish written rules and policies as are necessary to provide for monitoring and control of visitors to protect the health, safety and welfare of children in care. | |||
| 2022-06-10 | Violation | 418-1.10(c) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: In accordance with the provisions of Sections 413 and 415 of the Social Services Law, child care center staff must immediately report any suspected incidents of child abuse or maltreatment concerning a child receiving child care to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment, or cause such a report to be made, when such staff have reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming before them in their capacity as child care center workers is an abused or maltreated child. This must be done in the following manner: | |||
| 2022-06-10 | Violation | 418-1.15(b)(14)(iii) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must immediately notify the parent and Office upon learning of the following events involving a child which occurred while the child was in care at the program or was being transported by the program: serious injury, | |||
| 2022-02-07 | Violation | 418-1.15(c)(33) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must maintain on file at the child day care center, available for inspection by the Office or its designees at any time, the following records in a current and accurate manner: documentation from the local government authority having jurisdiction for determining compliance with the Fire and Building Code of New York State showing that the facility has been inspected and approved once every 12 months during the current license period for compliance with the applicable fire safety provisions of the Fire and Building Code of New York State; | |||
| 2018-10-25 | 413.4(d)(5) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: A licensee or registrant may temporarily approve an applicant to be an employee or volunteer for a child care program while the results of the criminal history record check are pending, but shall not allow such person to have unsupervised contact with children during such time. | |||
| 2018-09-06 | 418-1.7(m) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: Children may not sleep or nap in car seats, baby swings, strollers, infant seats or bouncy seats unless otherwise prescribed by a health care provider. Should a child fall asleep in one of these devices, he or she must be moved to a crib/cot or other approved sleeping surface. | |||
| 2018-07-16 | 418-1.11(a)(2) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: The written medical statement from the health care provider must also state whether the child is a child with special health care needs and, if so, what special provisions, if any, will be necessary in order for the child to participate in child day care. When the written statement from the health care provider advises the day care program that the child being enrolled is a child with special health care needs, the day care program must work together with the parent and the child's health care provider to develop a reasonable health care plan for the child while the child is in the child day care program. The health care plan for the child must also address how the day care program will obtain or develop any additional competencies that the staff will need to have in order to carry out the health care plan for the child. | |||
| 2018-07-16 | 418-1.8(l)(12) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: When school age children are mixed with pre-school children at the beginning and end of the day, toddlers may not be mixed in these groups. School age children may not be mixed with children under age three at any time. | |||
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DO NOT GO HERE. My son was assaulted and they have several violations. The only reason they are open is because the daycare system is failing our children.
I cannot say enough wonderful things about this day care! They have ruined me for all other child care providers - which is bad because we just moved out of state and nothing compares to Care a Lot! They were positively wonderful with our son Matthew. He had a Dairy Soy allergy and they worked with us to ensure that he got the nutrition he needed without exposing him to allergens. They are breast feeding friendly so I could send in breast milk and even stop by on occasion to nurse him. They were willing to use washcloths instead of wipes because he would break out (part of his allergy) otherwise. I didn't have to provide food - they made it themselves to match his dietary needs. They did so many creative art projects with him, and it gave me ideas of what to do with him on the weekends. As a first time parent - this was so helpful. I felt like I had a support system for Matthew and help determining what was normal, not normal, what I should and could do with him. The best part was he loved it there! It was a joy to see how happy he was with Miss Kaylee and all the Care a Lot staff! They cared about him as if he was their own child. He loved going there which made it so much easier to send him to day care and go back to work. They help the babies make birthday cards for the parents and christmas and mothers and fathers day gifts as well - such sweet keepsakes. They make portfolios of your child with pictures of moments you miss while at work and artwork the kids have done - even when they are babies they are finger painting in home made organic safe finger paint. These portfolios are such wonderful keepsakes for the parents. It is wonderful that they take the time for it. I am of an age where it seems all of my friends are having babies so there are several of us with children aprox the same age and I must say that Matthew is more advanced than his peers in several aspects and I attribute it all to Care A Lot and the work they do with the children. He walked at one year, he uses baby sign language, he feeds himself, he uses crayons and many of my friends children do not and they are a month or two older than him - they do not go to Care a Lot. It is not Matthew - and it is not my parenting - it is the work Miss Kaylee and Miss Stacey and Miss Laycee and Miss Jessica and Miss Jackie - the whole Care A Lot Staff do with our children while we are working.
Honestly I cannot stress enough how much I love this Day Care. I recommend it to everyone I worked with ( I am a teacher) that had kids. The teachers loop with the kids so they have the same teacher as they move through the rooms which is great for the children as they get used to one teacher and get to stay with her. The ratios are small so the children get lots of individualized attention and they get to really know the moods and behaviors of your child so they can tell when something is wrong. They welcome you to call and check on your child whenever you like and they call you when they think something is off - just to let you know - even when it turns out to be nothing. It brings such piece of mind knowing that they are so vigilant and watchful. They are flexible too. If you have to change a drop off time or add a day - you can. They also call you if your child doesn't show up on time. If your child is sick and you keep him home, but forget to call, they call you. This is great because it means they are checking on your child. We all read/hear about those horror stories where kids are left in cars... thanks to Care A Lot's policy, that doesn't happen for their children. If you are 30 minutes late, they are calling, and they will keep calling until they find out where your child is.
Stop your searching and choose Care A Lot. You will be glad you did. Your child will be loved. They will love going there. You will be happy to see them growing and learning and playing and it will make it some much easier to send them away from you and go to work each day. Say hi to them for me - Lauren B.