Little Bears Learning Center Llc
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Hours of Operation
- Monday6:00 AM- 9:00 PM
- Tuesday6:00 AM- 9:00 PM
- Wednesday6:00 AM- 9:00 PM
- Thursday6:00 AM- 9:00 PM
- Friday6:00 AM- 9:00 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Report Date | Report Type | Violations |
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| 2026-02-19 | COMPLIANCE MONITORING | No violations cited |
| 2025-08-21 | REINSPECTION | 1 violation cited |
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Findings: 5 CSR 25-500.112 Staff/Child Ratios Violation: More than 50 children were observed in care and the director/individual in charge was included in the staff/child ratios; this occurred outside of naptime and there was no emergency. Rule Reference: 5 CSR 25-500.112 Staff/Child Ratios (2) states: If a center has an attendance of more than fifty (50) children, the center director or individual in charge shall not be included in staff/child ratios except during naptime or on an emergency substitute basis. Correction Required: The director/individual in charge shall not be included in the ratio except as allowed. Correction Verification: Return Inspection Compliance Date: 8/14/2025 |
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| 2025-08-13 | COMPLIANCE MONITORING | 2 violations cited |
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Findings: 5 CSR 25-500.112 Staff/Child Ratios Violation: More than 50 children were observed in care and the director/individual in charge was included in the staff/child ratios; this occurred outside of naptime and there was no emergency. Rule Reference: 5 CSR 25-500.112 Staff/Child Ratios (2) states: If a center has an attendance of more than fifty (50) children, the center director or individual in charge shall not be included in staff/child ratios except during naptime or on an emergency substitute basis. Correction Required: The director/individual in charge shall not be included in the ratio except as allowed. Correction Verification: Return Inspection 5 CSR 25-500.222 Records and Reports Violation: 1 child(ren) records did not include employers' address of parent(s), guardian or legal custodian. Rule Reference: 5 CSR 25-500.222 Records and Reports (2) (B) states: Full name of the parent(s), guardian or legal custodian, home address, employers' name and address, work schedule, and home and work telephone numbers; Correction Required: Child enrollment information shall be completed and on file as required. Correction Verification: Corrected on Site Compliance Date: 8/13/2025 |
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| 2025-01-29 | COMPLIANCE MONITORING | No violations cited |
| 2024-11-21 | COMPLIANCE VERIFICATION | 5 violations cited |
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Findings: 5 CSR 25-500.052 Annual Requirements Violation: The Family Care Safety Registry check was not conducted for Lois Miller within thirty (30) days prior to the anniversary date. Rule Reference: 5 CSR 25-500.052 Annual Requirements (2) (C) states: The child care provider shall conduct a Family Care Safety Registry check for all child care staff members within thirty (30) days prior to the anniversary date as printed on the license. Correction Required: Required Family Care Safety Registry checks shall be conducted for all child care staff member(s) within thirty (30) days prior to the anniversary date. Correction Verification: Submit Documentation Compliance Date: 11/20/2024 5 CSR 25-500.102 Personnel Violation: The requirements for obtaining 12 clock hours each calendar year were not met. For the calendar year of 2023, the staff listed need the following information: Hailey Rector will need 1 hour of training and Samantha Lahm will need 2 hours of training. Rule Reference: 5 CSR 25-500.102 Personnel (3) (A) states: The center director, group child care home provider, all other caregivers, and those volunteers who are counted in staff/child ratios shall obtain at least twelve (12) clock hours of child-care related training during each calendar year. Clock hour training shall be approved by the department. Correction Required: Required training hours shall be documented for each caregiver. Correction Verification: Submit Documentation Compliance Date: 11/20/2024 5 CSR 25-500.102 Personnel Violation: Safe sleep training was not completed within the past 3 years for the following staff Rebecca Iler. Rule Reference: 5 CSR 25-500.102 Personnel (4) (A) . states: Every three (3) years, the child care provider, group child care home provider, child care staff members, and volunteers in a group child care home or child care center licensed to provide care for infants less than one (1) year of age shall successfully complete department-approved training regarding the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) safe sleep recommendations contained in the American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement on sleep-related infant deaths. The Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Updated 2022 Recommendations for Reducing Infant Deaths in the Sleep Environment, July 2022, is incorporated by reference in this rule, as published by the American Academy of Pediatrics and available at https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/150/1/e2022057990/188304/Sleep-Related-Infant-Deaths-Updated-2022 or as published in PEDIATRICS Volume 150, Issue 1, July 2022. A copy can also be obtained from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Childhood, 205 Jefferson Street, PO Box 480, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0480 and at https://dese.mo.gov/governmental-affairs/deseadministrativerules/incorporated-reference-materials. This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions. Correction Required: The director, group home provider, other caregivers, and those volunteers counted in staff/child ratio, shall complete department-approved safe sleep training as required. Correction Verification: Submit Documentation Compliance Date: 11/21/2024 5 CSR 25-500.122 Medical Examination Reports Violation: Medical examination report(s) was/were not on file for Hailey Rector as evidenced by a medical examination was not on file within 30 days of an individual beginning to work with children. Rule Reference: 5 CSR 25-500.122 Medical Examination Reports (1) (A) states: All persons working in a child care facility in any capacity during child care hours, including volunteers counted in staff/child ratios, shall be in good physical and emotional health with no physical or mental conditions which would interfere with child care responsibilities. These persons shall have a medical examination report, signed by a licensed physician or registered nurse who is under the supervision of a licensed physician, on file at the facility at the time of initial licensure or within thirty (30) days following employment. Correction Required: Medical reports shall be on file as required. Correction Verification: Submit Documentation Compliance Date: 11/20/2024 5 CSR 25-600.020 General Requirements Violation: Criminal background check results were not on file for Rebecca Iler. Rule Reference: 5 CSR 25-600.020 General Requirements (1) states: Prior to the employment or presence of a child care staff member in a licensed, regulated, or registered child care facility not exempted by section 210.1080.13, RSMo, the child care provider shall request the results of a criminal background check for such child care staff member from the department. Correction Required: Required results of criminal background checks shall be on file. Correction Verification: Submit Documentation Compliance Date: 9/13/2024 |
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| 2024-08-23 | COMPLIANCE MONITORING | 5 violations cited |
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Findings: 5 CSR 25-500.052 Annual Requirements Violation: The Family Care Safety Registry check was not conducted for Lois Miller within thirty (30) days prior to the anniversary date. Rule Reference: 5 CSR 25-500.052 Annual Requirements (2) (C) states: The child care provider shall conduct a Family Care Safety Registry check for all child care staff members within thirty (30) days prior to the anniversary date as printed on the license. Correction Required: Required Family Care Safety Registry checks shall be conducted for all child care staff member(s) within thirty (30) days prior to the anniversary date. Correction Verification: Submit Documentation 5 CSR 25-500.102 Personnel Violation: The requirements for obtaining 12 clock hours each calendar year were not met. For the calendar year of 2023, the staff listed need the following information: Hailey Rector will need 1 hour of training and Samantha Lahm will need 2 hours of training. Rule Reference: 5 CSR 25-500.102 Personnel (3) (A) states: The center director, group child care home provider, all other caregivers, and those volunteers who are counted in staff/child ratios shall obtain at least twelve (12) clock hours of child-care related training during each calendar year. Clock hour training shall be approved by the department. Correction Required: Required training hours shall be documented for each caregiver. Correction Verification: Submit Documentation 5 CSR 25-500.102 Personnel Violation: Safe sleep training was not completed within the past 3 years for the following staff Rebecca Iler. Rule Reference: 5 CSR 25-500.102 Personnel (4) (A) . states: Every three (3) years, the child care provider, group child care home provider, child care staff members, and volunteers in a group child care home or child care center licensed to provide care for infants less than one (1) year of age shall successfully complete department-approved training regarding the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) safe sleep recommendations contained in the American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement on sleep-related infant deaths. The Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Updated 2022 Recommendations for Reducing Infant Deaths in the Sleep Environment, July 2022, is incorporated by reference in this rule, as published by the American Academy of Pediatrics and available at https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/150/1/e2022057990/188304/Sleep-Related-Infant-Deaths-Updated-2022 or as published in PEDIATRICS Volume 150, Issue 1, July 2022. A copy can also be obtained from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Childhood, 205 Jefferson Street, PO Box 480, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0480 and at https://dese.mo.gov/governmental-affairs/deseadministrativerules/incorporated-reference-materials. This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions. Correction Required: The director, group home provider, other caregivers, and those volunteers counted in staff/child ratio, shall complete department-approved safe sleep training as required. Correction Verification: Submit Documentation 5 CSR 25-500.122 Medical Examination Reports Violation: Medical examination report(s) was/were not on file for Hailey Rector as evidenced by a medical examination was not on file within 30 days of an individual beginning to work with children. Rule Reference: 5 CSR 25-500.122 Medical Examination Reports (1) (A) states: All persons working in a child care facility in any capacity during child care hours, including volunteers counted in staff/child ratios, shall be in good physical and emotional health with no physical or mental conditions which would interfere with child care responsibilities. These persons shall have a medical examination report, signed by a licensed physician or registered nurse who is under the supervision of a licensed physician, on file at the facility at the time of initial licensure or within thirty (30) days following employment. Correction Required: Medical reports shall be on file as required. Correction Verification: Submit Documentation 5 CSR 25-600.020 General Requirements Violation: Criminal background check results were not on file for Rebecca Iler. Rule Reference: 5 CSR 25-600.020 General Requirements (1) states: Prior to the employment or presence of a child care staff member in a licensed, regulated, or registered child care facility not exempted by section 210.1080.13, RSMo, the child care provider shall request the results of a criminal background check for such child care staff member from the department. Correction Required: Required results of criminal background checks shall be on file. Correction Verification: Submit Documentation |
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| 2024-02-13 | COMPLIANCE MONITORING | No violations cited |
| 2023-09-19 | COMPLIANCE VERIFICATION | 3 violations cited |
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Findings: 5 CSR 25-500.052 Annual Requirements Violation: The annual fire safety inspection was not approved. Rule Reference: 5 CSR 25-500.052 Annual Requirements (2) (A) states: Evidence of compliance with a fire and safety inspection as conducted by the State Fire Marshal or his/her designee. Correction Required: The facility shall submit evidence of compliance with annual fire safety requirements. Correction Verification: Submit Documentation Compliance Date: 9/19/2023 5 CSR 25-500.082 Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers Violation: The facility's outdoor space was not safe for children's activities as evidenced by a top of the fence on the main playground is detached from the top bar, creating the gaps, dangerous for entrapment, scratching. There are two different spots: one is on the right side of the main playground by the plastic slide. Another one is on the back side of the fence behind the large play structure . Rule Reference: 5 CSR 25-500.082 Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers (6) (A) 4. states: The play area shall be safe for children's activities, well-maintained, free of hazards such as poisonous plants, broken glass, rocks or other debris and shall have good drainage. Correction Required: The outdoor play area shall be clean, safe and well-maintained as required. Correction Verification: Submit Documentation Compliance Date: 8/17/2023 5 CSR 25-500.132 Admission Policies and Procedures Violation: An individualized plan for specialized care for a child with special physical, developmental or behavioral needs was not on file. Rule Reference: 5 CSR 25-500.132 Admission Policies and Procedures (6) states: A child who has a special physical, developmental or behavioral need shall have on file an individualized plan for specialized care from a professionally qualified source. Correction Required: An individualized plan from a professional source shall be on file as required. Correction Verification: Submit Documentation Compliance Date: 8/17/2023 |
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| 2023-08-15 | COMPLIANCE MONITORING | |
| 2023-07-12 | COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION | |
| 2023-07-12 | COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION | |
| 2023-01-24 | COMPLIANCE MONITORING | |
| 2022-08-23 | COMPLIANCE MONITORING | |
| 2022-02-23 | COMPLIANCE VERIFICATION | |
| 2022-02-22 | COMPLIANCE MONITORING | |
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