Description:
Our experts designed our classrooms - and every activity and lesson - to help prepare your child for success in school and beyond. With designated learning centers such as dramatic play and blocks in every classroom, children have the opportunity for rich social play and child-initiated discovery.
You’ll also find that our classrooms feature a print-rich environment full of carefully selected materials, written charts and labels, and children’s literature. By helping your child connect spoken words and print, we’re helping develop early literacy and writing skills.
Whether your child has first words or first grade on the horizon, we’re excited to show you how everything in our center is designed for learning!
Danielle McCray, Center Director
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.
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| 2020-01-06 | 2020-01-06 | 3A:52-4.9(a) |
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The sponsor, sponsor representative, director, or any staff member shall verbally notify the State Central Registry Hotline (1-877 NJ ABUSE/1-877-652-2873) immediately whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that a child has been subjected to abuse or neglect by a staff member, or any other adult, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 9:6-8.9, 8.10, 8.13 and 8.14. Violation Observed: Based on information, ensure that a safe environment is maintained at all times throughout the center. A named staff only verbally prompted but failed to physically intervene when a named child was climbing to the top of the crib. The named child fell from the crib. |
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| 2020-01-06 | 2020-01-06 | 3A:52-4.8(a)(2) |
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Topics of orientation training shall include understanding center operations, policies and procedures, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.5(b)3. Violation Observed: Based on information, retrain all staff on:1. The center's policies and procedures for tracking children;2. Maintaining adequate staff/child ratios;3. The center's policies and procedures for cooperating with DCF inspections and investigations, including ensuring that staff provide accurate information. |
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| 2020-01-06 | 2020-01-06 | 3A:52-4.3(a)(1) |
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The center shall develop and implement an Office of Licensing-approved method to keep track of the location and ensure the safety of all children at all times when under the center’s supervision, including the transfer of supervision from and to parents during arrival and departure and the utilization of off-site locations, including playgrounds and field trips. Violation Observed: Based on information, ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times throughout the center. A named staff failed to follow center protocol while transitioning the named child into another classroom and the named child was left with the wrong caregiver. |
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| 2020-01-06 | 2020-01-06 | 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: Based on information, ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times throughout the center, including during drop off and pick up times. |
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| 2020-01-06 | 2020-01-06 | 3A:52-3.3(a)(2) |
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Requirements for access to center records are as follows: the center's records shall be open for inspection by authorized representatives of the Department’s Institutional Abuse Investigation Unit (IAIU), provided that they may only secure information about children under the Department’s supervision. Violation Observed: Based on information, ensure that staff cooperate with all DCF inspections and investigations as required, including providing accurate information. |
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| 2020-01-06 | 2020-01-06 | 3A:52-3.3(a)(2) |
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Requirements for access to center records are as follows: the center's records shall be open for inspection by authorized representatives of the Department’s Institutional Abuse Investigation Unit (IAIU), provided that they may only secure information about children under the Department’s supervision. Violation Observed: Based on information, ensure that staff cooperate with all DCF inspections and investigations as required, including providing accurate information. |
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| 2020-01-06 | 2020-01-06 | 3A:52-4.8(a)(2) |
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Topics of orientation training shall include understanding center operations, policies and procedures, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.5(b)3. Violation Observed: Based on information, retrain all staff on: | 1. The center's policies and procedures for tracking children; | 2. Maintaining adequate staff/child ratios; | 3. The center's policies and procedures for cooperating with DCF inspections and investigations, including ensuring that staff provide accurate information. |
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| 2020-01-06 | 2020-01-06 | 3A:52-4.9(a) |
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The sponsor, sponsor representative, director, or any staff member shall verbally notify the State Central Registry Hotline (1-877 NJ ABUSE/1-877-652-2873) immediately whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that a child has been subjected to abuse or neglect by a staff member, or any other adult, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 9:6-8.9, 8.10, 8.13 and 8.14. Violation Observed: Based on information, ensure that a safe environment is maintained at all times throughout the center. A named staff only verbally prompted but failed to physically intervene when a named child was climbing to the top of the crib. The named child fell from the crib. |
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| 2020-01-06 | 2020-01-06 | 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 Ratio | Under 18 months - 1:4 | 18 months up to 2 ½ years - 1:6 | 2 ½ years up to 4 years - 1:10 | 4 years - 1:12 | 5 years and older - 1:15 Violation Observed: Based on information, ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times throughout the center, including during drop off and pick up times. |
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| 2020-01-06 | 2020-01-06 | 3A:52-4.3(a)(1) |
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The center shall develop and implement an Office of Licensing-approved method to keep track of the location and ensure the safety of all children at all times when under the center’s supervision, including the transfer of supervision from and to parents during arrival and departure and the utilization of off-site locations, including playgrounds and field trips. Violation Observed: Based on information, ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times throughout the center. A named staff failed to follow center protocol while transitioning the named child into another classroom and the named child was left with the wrong caregiver. |
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| 2019-11-22 | 2020-01-06 | 3A:52-7.6(a)(2) |
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The center shall take immediate necessary action to protect the child from further harm and shall immediately notify the child's parent(s) when a child sustains a head or facial injury, including when a child bumps his or her head. Violation Observed: Based on complaint # 17865, ensure parents are notified immediately when a child sustains a facial injury. |
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| 2019-11-07 | 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 the children are strapped into the bucket seats at all times in rooms 1 and 6. |
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| 2019-11-07 | 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 the children are strapped into the bucket seats at all times in rooms 1 and 6. |
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| 2019-11-07 | 2020-01-06 | 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 the children are strapped into the bucket seats at all times in rooms 1 and 6. |
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| 2019-11-07 | 2020-01-06 | 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 the children are strapped into the bucket seats at all times in rooms 1 and 6. |
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