Creative Kids Of Downingtown
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About the Provider
At Creative Kids, we recognize that all children develop at an individual rate. Our focus is on appropriate activities that furnish developmentally appropriate challenges at all age levels.
We also recognize that each child in our care is a special individual, and is always treated as such. We strive to embolden each child to reach their full potential in all physical, emotional and academic activities.
Hours of Operation
- Monday6:30 AM - 6:30 PM
- Tuesday6:30 AM - 6:30 PM
- Wednesday6:30 AM - 6:30 PM
- Thursday6:30 AM - 6:30 PM
- Friday6:30 AM - 6:30 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Inspection Date | Reason | Description | Status |
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| 2026-06-11 | Renewal | 3270.192(3) - Health assessment, TB test | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.192(3) Description: Health assessment, TB test Noncompliance Area: During the renewal inspection on 6/11/26, staff person #1 did not have a health assessment on file that was completed within the last 2 years. Correction Required: A facility person's record shall include a written report of initial and subsequent health assessments, including the results of initial and subsequent tuberculin skin tests, x-rays or other medical documentation necessary to confirm freedom from communicable tuberculosis. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Creative Kids will submit a copy of an updated health assessment for staff person #1. |
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| 2026-06-11 | Renewal | 3270.27(f) - Emergency plan | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.27(f) Description: Emergency plan Noncompliance Area: During the renewal inspection on 6/11/26, the operator did not have verification on file that a copy of the emergency plan was sent to the local municipality and to the county emergency management agency. Correction Required: The operator shall send a copy of the emergency plan and subsequent plan updates to the local municipality and to the county emergency management agency. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Creative Kids will submit a copy of our emergency plan to our local municipality for approval. |
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| 2026-01-09 | Allocated Unannounced Monitoring | Allocated Unannounced Monitoring | Compliant - Finalized |
| 2025-05-22 | Renewal | 3270.32(a)/3270.192(4) - Comply with CPSL/CPSL information | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.32(a)/3270.192(4) Description: Comply with CPSL/CPSL information Noncompliance Area: During the renewal inspection on 5/22/25: 1. Staff person # 1 did not have Child abuse for Maryland. 2. Staff person #2 did not have NSOR. Correction Required: The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services). LACKING REQUIRED HIRING DOCUMENTS: Facility Person # 1 and 2 may not work in a childcare position at the facility. PROVISIONAL HIRE UNSUPERVISED: A provisional employee may not be permitted to work alone with children and must work within the vicinity of a permanent employee. A facility person's record shall include a copy of requests for the criminal history record and child abuse registry clearance information, a copy of the disclosure statement and a copy of the completed clearance information required under the CPSL. Facility Person #1 and 2 may not work in a childcare position at the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) 1.Staff person #1 has applied electronically for Child Abuse Clearance for Maryland on June 5, 2025. We are in receipt of verification of the submission. 2. Staff person #2 has provided us a copy of the NSOR, |
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| 2025-05-22 | Renewal | 3270.76 - Building Surfaces | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.76 Description: Building Surfaces Noncompliance Area: During the renewal inspection on 5/22/25: 1. The fence in the rear off the outside play area was in poor repair. 2. There was green grime accumulated on the play equipment in the outside play area. 3. The door to Younger Toddler 2 (YT2) was in poor repair and would not open/close properly. Correction Required: Floors, walls, ceilings and other surfaces, including the facility's outdoor play space surfaces shall be kept clean, in good repair and free from visible hazards. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) 1. The fence in rear of playground is scheduled for repair week of June 16, 2025. 2. Play equipment will be power washed week of June 9, 2025. 3. Door to YT2 will be repaired week of June 9, 2025. |
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| 2024-12-17 | Allocated Unannounced Monitoring | Allocated Unannounced Monitoring | Compliant - Finalized |
| 2024-10-10 | Complaints- Legal Location | 3270.113(b) - No physical punishment | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.113(b) Description: No physical punishment Noncompliance Area: During the complaint investigation on 10/10/24, there was video footage showing Staff person #1 aggressively grabbed the arm of child #1 and forcibly sat him down and then aggressively pull his hood of off his head. Correction Required: A facility person may not use any form of physical punishment, including spanking a child. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff person #1 is no longer employed at Creative Kids of Downingtown. At a staff meeting on 11-13-24 all staff were reminded of the fact that no facility person may use any form of physical punishment towards any child in our care. |
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| 2024-10-10 | Complaints- Legal Location | 3270.113(c)/3270.113(e) - No ridicule or threaten harm/Restraints prohibited | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.113(c)/3270.113(e) Description: No ridicule or threaten harm/Restraints prohibited Noncompliance Area: During the complaint investigation on 10/10/24, video footage from the facility dated 9/23/24, showed Staff person #1 aggressively rubbing Child #1's face while excessively leaning across child #1's body while the child was sleeping and confining the child to one resting position. When Child #1 attempted to move, Staff person #1 forcefully pulled the child's hand down when he moved. Correction Required: A facility person may not single out the child for ridicule, threaten harm to the child or the child's family and may not specifically aim to degrade the child or the child's family. A facility person may not restrain a child by using bonds, ties or straps to restrict a child's movement or by enclosing the child in a confined space, closet or locked room. The prohibition against restraining a child does not apply to the use of adaptive equipment prescribed for a child with special needs. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff person #1 is no longer employed at Creative Kids of Downingtown. At a staff meeting on 11-13-24, all staff members were instructed that a facility person may not single out a child for ridicule, threaten harm to a child or the child's family and may not specifically aim to degrade the child or child's family. A facility person may not restrain a child by using bonds, ties or straps to restrict a child's movement or by enclosing the child in a confined space, closet or locked room. The prohibition against restraining a child does not apply to the use of adaptive equipment prescribed for a child with special needs. |
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| 2024-08-15 | Complaints- Legal Location | 3270.113(e) - Restraints prohibited | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.113(e) Description: Restraints prohibited Noncompliance Area: During the complaint investigation on 8/15/24, staff person #1 reported that the provider agreed to place a child in a highchair as a resolution for an issue of ongoing biting. Correction Required: A facility person may not restrain a child by using bonds, ties or straps to restrict a child's movement or by enclosing the child in a confined space, closet or locked room. The prohibition against restraining a child does not apply to the use of adaptive equipment prescribed for a child with special needs. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) We will not restrain any child by using bonds, ties or straps thereby restricting a child's movement. We will not enclose a child in a confined space, closet or locked room. Any future incidents where we may have a child that bites, we will carefully monitor the child visually and shadow the child's movements. We have also updated our biting policy. A child may be asked to leave the center if there are more than three bites. |
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| 2024-05-22 | Renewal | 3270.104(a) - Clean, good repair, proper size | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.104(a) Description: Clean, good repair, proper size Noncompliance Area: During the renewal inspection on 5/22/24, the cubby in Room 9 was not secured and posed as a tipping hazard. Correction Required: Furniture must be durable, safe, easily cleaned and appropriate for the child's size, age and special needs. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Cubby in room 9 was secured to the wall to prevent tipping hazard. |
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| 2024-05-22 | Renewal | 3270.111(b) - Posted in group space | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.111(b) Description: Posted in group space Noncompliance Area: During the renewal inspection on 5/22/24, there was no daily activity sheet posted in Room 11 and Room 12. Correction Required: The written plan of daily activities shall be posted in the group space. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Daily activity sheets were posted in Room 11 and Room 12 in addition to the weekly lesson plans. |
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| 2024-05-22 | Renewal | 3270.76 - Building Surfaces | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.76 Description: Building Surfaces Noncompliance Area: During the renewal inspection on 5/22/24, the basketball backboards in the outside play area had excess green growth/residue that could pose a hazard to the children. Correction Required: Floors, walls, ceilings and other surfaces, including the facility's outdoor play space surfaces shall be kept clean, in good repair and free from visible hazards. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Basketball backboards will be power washed and cleaned to remove green growth/residue. |
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| 2023-05-15 | Renewal | 3270.124(b)(7) - Name/address/phone release person | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.124(b)(7) Description: Name/address/phone release person Noncompliance Area: At the time of the inspection, emergency contact information of child #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, and #9 did not include the address of the individual designated by the parent to whom the child may be released. Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the name, address and telephone number of the individual designated by the parent to whom the child may be released. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Parents will provide release person addresses. |
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| 2023-05-15 | Renewal | 3270.14/3270.21 - Pertinent Laws & Regulations/General Health and Safety | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.14/3270.21 Description: Pertinent Laws & Regulations/General Health and Safety Noncompliance Area: At the time of renewal inspection, a policy and procedure to identify the potential signs and symptoms of baby shaken syndrome and abusive head trauma, strategies for coping with a crying, fussing, or distraught child, and the prevention and identification of child maltreatment were not observed. In addition, the emergency plan did not contain a statement regarding volunteers participating in emergency plan training and emergency drills, continuity of operations in the event of an emergency that includes backing up or retrieving health and other key records/files and managing financial issues such as paying employees and bills during the aftermath of the disaster. Correction Required: A facility shall be operated in conformity with applicable Federal and State laws and regulations.State agencies whose regulations may relate to the operation of a facility include the Department of Environmental Resources, the Department of Labor and Industry, the Department of Health, the Department of Education and the Department of Transportation. Conditions at the facility may not pose a threat to the health or safety of the children. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Provider will develop policy and procedures. |
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| 2023-05-15 | Renewal | 3270.166(4) - Bottles labeled | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.166(4) Description: Bottles labeled Noncompliance Area: At the time of renewal inspection observed that bottles were not labeled with the child's name in Room #4, #2 and #6. Correction Required: Disposable nursers and bottles shall be labeled with the child's name. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff will label bottles. |
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| 2023-05-15 | Renewal | 3270.192(5) - Two written references | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.192(5) Description: Two written references Noncompliance Area: At the time of renewal inspection, file of staff person #1 included only one written, nonfamily reference from individuals attesting to the person's suitability to serve as a facility person. Correction Required: A facility person's record shall include two written, nonfamily references from individuals attesting to the person's suitability to serve as a facility person. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff person #1 will provide additional reference. |
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| 2023-05-15 | Renewal | 3270.31(f)(10) - Health and Safety Training - Pediatric First Aid and CPR | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.31(f)(10) Description: Health and Safety Training - Pediatric First Aid and CPR Noncompliance Area: At the time of renewal inspection, staff person #2 did not complete professional development in pediatric first aid and pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation from a PQAS approved trainer and a PQAS approved curriculum. Correction Required: Staff persons shall complete professional development in pediatric first aid and pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation within 90 days of hire. Staff person #2 will have until 05/30/2023 to complete the required training. Until such time as the required training has been completed, staff person #2 must be supervised, when interacting with children, by a primary staff person who has completed the required training related to this citation. If there are no staff available to supervise staff person #2, staff person #2 may not work in a child-care position at the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff person will schedule Pediatric First aid/CPR training with a PQAS approved trainer and a PQAS approved curriculum. Staff person #2 will not work alone until trainings will be provided. |
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| 2023-05-15 | Renewal | 3270.32(a)/3270.192(4) - Comply with CPSL/CPSL information | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.32(a)/3270.192(4) Description: Comply with CPSL/CPSL information Noncompliance Area: At the time of renewal inspection, file of staff person #3 did not include NSOR certificate. Staff person #3 is not a provisional hire. Correction Required: The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services). A facility person's record shall include a copy of requests for the criminal history record and child abuse registry clearance information, a copy of the disclosure statement and a copy of the completed clearance information required under the CPSL. Staff Person #3 may not work in a child care position at the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff person #3 reapplied for NSOR. Staff #3 will not be working in a child care position until NSOR will come back. |
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| 2023-05-15 | Renewal | 3270.37(b)(1)/3270.192(2)(ii) - HS/GED/Exp, educ., training prior to facility | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.37(b)(1)/3270.192(2)(ii) Description: HS/GED/Exp, educ., training prior to facility Noncompliance Area: At the time of renewal inspection, file of staff person #1 did not include verification of education required for the position of an aide prior to service at the facility. Correction Required: An aide shall have a high school diploma or a general educational development certificate. A facility person's record shall include verification of child care experience, education and training prior to service at the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff person #1 will provide verification of education. |
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| 2023-05-15 | Renewal | 3270.76/3270.77(a) - Building Surfaces/No peeling paint or plaster | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.76/3270.77(a) Description: Building Surfaces/No peeling paint or plaster Noncompliance Area: At the time of the inspection, there was peeling paint above the sink in the bathroom in Room 11. Correction Required: Floors, walls, ceilings and other surfaces, including the facility's outdoor play space surfaces shall be kept clean, in good repair and free from visible hazards. Peeled or damaged paint or damaged plaster is not permitted on indoor or outdoor surfaces in the child care facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Provider covered peeling paint. |
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| 2023-05-15 | Renewal | 3270.82(h) - Handwashing signs | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.82(h) Description: Handwashing signs Noncompliance Area: At the time of renewal inspection, a sign on which requirements to wash hands after toileting, diapering and before eating is written was not posted at each sink in the bathrooms in Room 11. Correction Required: A facility person and an able child shall wash his hands after toileting and before eating. A sign on which this requirement is written shall be posted at each toilet, training chair, diapering area and sink in the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Provider posted handwashing signs. |
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| 2022-06-08 | Renewal | 3270.27(a)(1)/3270.27(a)(4) - Emergency plan/Contact when ended | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.27(a)(1)/3270.27(a)(4) Description: Emergency plan/Contact when ended Noncompliance Area: DURING THE RENEWAL INSPECTION THE CERTIFICATION REPRESENTATIVE REVIEWED THE EMERGENCY PLAN AND THERE WERE NO LOCK DOWN PLAN AND NO ACCOMODATIONS FOR INFANTS, TODDLERS, CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES OR CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC MEDICAL CONDITIONS. Correction Required: The facility shall have an emergency plan that provides for accommodations for shelter of children during an emergency including lock-down, shelter in place at the facility and shelter at locations away from the facility premises.The facility shall have an emergency plan that provides for a method for facility persons to inform parents that the emergency has ended and to provide instruction as to how parents can safely be reunited with their children. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The emergency plan has been updated to include lockdown procedures and accommodations for infants and toddlers. |
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| 2022-06-08 | Renewal | 3270.27(a)(6) - Emergency plan | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.27(a)(6) Description: Emergency plan Noncompliance Area: DURING THE RENEWAL INSPECTION THE CERTIFICATION REPRESENTATIVE REVIEWED THE EMERGENCY DRILL FILES, THE FILE DID NOT CONTAIN EMERGENCY DRILLS. Correction Required: Emergency drills shall be conducted annually. Annual emergency drills shall be documented and on file at the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Emergency drills will be conducted annually and documented and on file at Creative Kids. |
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