Description: Kids at Play Lakewood LLC is a Regular Child Care Center in Lakewood NJ, with a maximum capacity of 106 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 0 - 6 years. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
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| 2023-02-23 | 2023-06-06 | 3A:52-5.3(p) |
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Play equipment, materials, and furniture for indoor and outdoor use shall be of sturdy and safe construction, non-toxic, free of hazards, and used in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. The center may not use play equipment intended for outdoor use indoors. Violation Observed: Ensure toys in all classrooms are used in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions and for the ages they are intended to be used by. In room 105B, children ages 6-12 months were playing with magnetic tiles. |
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| 2023-02-23 | 2023-04-21 | 3A:52-5.3(a)(2) |
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Indoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: floors, carpeting, walls, window coverings, ceilings, and other surfaces shall be kept clean and in good repair. Violation Observed: Ensure that all surfaces are kept clean and in good repair. Ensure that the bathroom in room 204 is cleaned. There is heavy smell of urine in the bathroom. |
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| 2023-01-10 | 2023-02-23 | 3A:52-6.3(b)(3)(viii) |
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For early childhood programs, the following shall apply, feeding requirements for centers serving children less than 18 months of age are as follows: when a child is bottle-feeding while resting, the bottle shall be removed when the child falls asleep. Violation Observed: Ensure that bottles are removed when a child falls asleep in room 105. |
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| 2023-01-10 | 2023-01-10 | 3A:52-5.3(m)(2) |
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Supplemental evacuation requirements are as follows: cribs, beds, playpens, and cots used for rest or sleep shall be arranged so as to provide access to a three-foot-wide aisle that leads to an unobstructed exit. Violation Observed: Ensure that all cribs, cots and sleeping equipment are arranged to provide access to a three foot wide aisle that leads to an exit. In room 105C there was a pack and play in the corner behind other pack and plays with no 3ft exit isle. |
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| 2023-01-10 | 2023-01-10 | 3A:52-6.4(a)(2) |
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For early childhood programs, the center shall provide opportunities for daily rest and sleep as follows: for children from 13 to 18 months of age, the center shall provide daily rest and sleep according to the child's physical needs and ensure that blankets or pillows do not cover the child's face. Violation Observed: Ensure that blankets or pillows do not cover the child's face. In room 105C a blanket was covering a child's face while sleeping. Abated at the time of inspection. |
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| 2022-12-12 | 2023-01-10 | 3A:52-4.3(c) |
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The following staff/child ratios shall apply, except as specified in 3A:52-4.3(d) through (f):Age Staff/Child RatioUnder 18 months - 1:418 months up to 2 ½ years - 1:62 ½ years up to 4 years - 1:104 years - 1:125 years and older - 1:15 Violation Observed: Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times throughout the center. In room 102, there were 9 children ages 8 weeks to 6 months with 2 staff when 3 staff were needed. In room 105A, there were 10 children ages 0-18 months with 2 staff when 3 staff were needed. |
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| 2022-12-12 | 2023-01-10 | 3A:52-5.3(q)(2) |
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Space and room requirements are as follows: at no time shall a center Violation Observed: Ensure that the center operates within its licensed room capacities at all times. Room 105A had 10 children present when the room capacity is 9. Room 102 had 10 children present when the room capacity is 9. |
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| 2022-12-12 | 2023-06-06 | 3A:52-6.1(b)(2) |
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The staff member(s) specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.5 who are responsible for developing and overseeing the implementation of the center's daily activities shall ensure that children have opportunities to choose materials freely and materials are accessible at all times except during lunch and nap time. Violation Observed: Ensure that materials are accessible to the children at all times, except during lunch and nap time throughout the center. 6-6-2023: This violation was transferred to the 6-6-23 renewal inspection report. |
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| 2022-12-12 | 2023-06-06 | 3A:52-6.1(g)(3) |
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For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: centers serving children 18 months of age and older shall provide at least five types of children's daily activities including, but not limited to, language; science and mathematics; manipulative; large muscle; building; art; music; drama; or other comparable activities; and at least five types of supplies and equipment for each daily activity chosen by the center. Violation Observed: Ensure that classrooms that care for children over 18 months of age provide at least five different activity areas and that each area contains at least five different types of supplies and equipment.2-23-23: Ensure all classrooms have different types of supplies and not all the same kind of fine motor supplies. 6-6-2023: This violation was transferred to the 6-6-23 renewal inspection report. |
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| 2022-12-12 | 2023-02-23 | 3A:52-6.3(b)(3)(iv)(1) |
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For early childhood programs, the following shall apply, feeding requirements for centers serving children less than 18 months of age are as follows: for bottles, each child's bottle(s) shall be labeled with the child's name and dated. Violation Observed: Ensure that each child's bottle is labeled with the child's name and date. |
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| 2022-12-12 | 2023-01-10 | 3A:52-6.3(b)(3)(vii) |
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For early childhood programs, the following shall apply, feeding requirements for centers serving children less than 18 months of age are as follows: when a child is feeding, the bottle shall not be propped at any time. Violation Observed: Ensure that bottles are not propped at any time. In room 102, a child's bottle was being propped with a blanket. |
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| 2022-12-12 | 2023-01-10 | 3A:52-6.1(e) |
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The center shall ensure that pacifiers are removed when the children are crawling or walking. Violation Observed: Ensure that pacifiers are removed when children are crawling or walking. In room 105, children were crawling with pacifiers in their mouths. |
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| 2022-12-12 | 2023-01-10 | 3A:52-6.4(i) |
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Children shall not use pacifiers with straps or other types of attachment devices. Violation Observed: Cease the use of pacifier straps or other types of attachment devices. In room 102 and 105 children had pacifier strap attachments. |
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| 2022-12-12 | 2023-04-21 | 3A:52-6.4(b)(1)(ii) |
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The center shall provide sleeping equipment for children 12 months of age and younger, the center shall provide for each child a crib, that complies with the Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC) Federal Safety Standards for Full- Size and Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs; 16 CFR 1219 and 1220, which is incorporated herein by reference, and can be obtained through the CPSC's website at https://www.cpsc.gov/Safety-Education/Safety- Education-Centers/cribs , playpen, or other Office of Licensing-approved sleeping equipment that meets the following requirement that sleeping equipment shall be free of pillows and soft bedding, including, but not limited to bumper pads, when occupied by a sleeping child. Violation Observed: Ensure that sleeping equipment is free of pillows, soft bedding, bumpers and other hazards when occupied by a sleeping child.2-23-23: Ensure cribs sheets are snuggly fitting. |
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| 2022-12-12 | 2023-06-06 | 3A:52-6.4(b)(1) |
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The center shall provide sleeping equipment for children 12 months of age and younger, the center shall provide for each child a crib, that complies with the Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC) Federal Safety Standards for Full- Size and Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs; 16 CFR 1219 and 1220, which is incorporated herein by reference, and can be obtained through the CPSC's website at https://www.cpsc.gov/Safety-Education/Safety- Education-Centers/cribs , playpen, or other Office of Licensing-approved sleeping equipment that meets the following requirement that Violation Observed: Provide 1 evacuation crib for every 4 non-ambulatory children. Ensure all classrooms have the proper amount of evacuation cribs for the number of children in the room. |
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