Description: Little Wonder Learning Center LLC is a Regular Child Care Center in Maplewood NJ, with a maximum capacity of 29 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 0 - 13 years. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
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| 2023-07-12 | 3A:52-5.3(b)(7) | |
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Outdoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: the center shall comply with the Playground Safety Subcode of the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code, as specified in N.J.A.C. 5:23-11. Violation Observed: Remove free standing slide structure that does not meet public playground design standards (ASTM F-1487). |
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| 2023-07-12 | 3A:52-5.3(r) | |
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The center shall take any steps required by the Office of Licensing to correct conditions in the building or center that may endanger the health, safety, and well-being of the children served. Violation Observed: Ensure the health, safety, and well-being of the children in room 2 by removing push pins at children's level. |
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| 2023-07-12 | 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 in Room 1. |
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| 2023-07-12 | 3A:52-6.3(a)(12)(ii) | |
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All centers shall comply with the following requirements, the center shall ensure that these safety and sanitation practices are followed: sippy cups shall be labeled with the child’s name. Violation Observed: Ensure that each child's sippy cup is labeled with the child's name. |
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| 2023-07-12 | 3A:52-7.7(a)(3)(iv) | |
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The schedule for disinfecting shall be as follows: tables used by the children for eating shall be washed and disinfected before each meal. Violation Observed: Ensure that the center uses the two step process to wash and disinfect the tables used by the children for eating before each meal. |
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| 2023-07-12 | 3A:52-7.7(e)(1)(iii) | |
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For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: in addition to the items specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.7(a)3, the following equipment items or surfaces shall be washed and disinfected after each use, diapering surfaces. Violation Observed: Ensure that the center uses a two step process to wash and disinfect diapering surfaces after each use. |
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| 2023-07-12 | 3A:52-7.8(a)(1)(ii) | |
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Handwashing requirements are as follows: the center shall ensure that children three months of age and older wash their hands with soap and running water immediately after using the toilet or having diapers changed. Violation Observed: Ensure that children throughout the center wash their hands immediately after using the toilet or having their diaper changed. |
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| 2023-07-12 | 3A:52-7.8(a)(1)(v) | |
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Handwashing requirements are as follows: the center shall ensure that children three months of age and older wash their hands with soap and running water immediately after outdoor play. Violation Observed: Ensure that children throughout the center wash their hands immediately after outdoor play. |
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| 2023-07-12 | 3A:52-6.1(b)(6)(iii) | |
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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 provided with daily structured and unstructured developmentally appropriate indoor and outdoor energetic physical activity as follows whenever feasible, and unless the child is eating, sleeping, needs to complete a seated activity, or is ill, children shall not be inactive for more than 30 minutes. Violation Observed: Ensure that children are not inactive for more than 30 minutes unless they are eating, sleeping or feeling ill. Children ages 3-5 years of age in Room 2 were sitting at the table for over an hour doing multiple activities. |
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| 2023-07-12 | 3A:52-7.8(a)(4)(iii) | |
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Handwashing requirements are as follows: staff members shall wash their hands with soap and running water immediately after assisting a child in toileting. Violation Observed: Ensure that staff wash their hands immediately after assisting a child in toileting/diaper changes throughout the center. Ensure staff remove gloves prior to washing hands. |
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| 2023-06-26 | 2023-07-12 | 3A:52-6.1(g)(2) |
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For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: centers serving children less than 18 months of age shall provide at least four types of children's daily activities including, but not limited to, sensory; language and dramatic play; manipulative; building; large muscle; music; or other comparable activities; and at least four types of supplies and equipment for each activity area chosen by the center. Violation Observed: Ensure that Room 1, that cares for children under 18 months of age, provides at least four different activity areas and that each area contains at least four types of supplies and equipment that are accessible to the children at all times. |
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| 2023-06-26 | 2023-07-12 | 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 cups are removed when children are crawling or walking in Room 1. |
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| 2023-06-26 | 2023-07-12 | 3A:52-7.6(e)(1) |
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The center shall develop and follow a written policy for parental notification if a method other than a telephone call is used at the center for parental notification. The center shall distribute a copy of this policy to the parent of each enrolled child and secure and maintain on file a record of each parent’s signature attesting to receipt of this policy. Violation Observed: Based on complaint # 22231 develop a written policy for parental notification of injuries if the center uses methods other than a telephone call and maintain on file the signatures of staff and parents acknowledging receipt of the policy. The center took and sent pictures of a named child to their parent through a parental notification app without having a current signed policy for a named parent. |
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| 2023-04-26 | 2023-04-26 | 3A:52-5.3(a)(10) |
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Indoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: all corrosive agents, insecticides, bleaches, detergents, polishes, any products under pressure in an aerosol spray can, and any toxic substance shall be stored in a locked cabinet or in an enclosure located in an area not accessible to the children. Violation Observed: Ensure that all toxic substances are inaccessible to the children. Staff took immediate corrective action to lock the cabinet under the sink that was filled with cleaning products in Room 1. |
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| 2023-03-13 | 2023-06-05 | 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. There were 15 children, 18-30 months, 6 children, 2.5- 3 years, and 1 child, 4 years, with 3 staff in Room 2. An additional staff was required to maintain staff/child ratios.4/26/23: There were 8 children, 18-30 months, 20 children, 2.5-3 years, and 1 child, 4 years old, with 3 staff in Room 2. An additional staff was required to maintain minimum staff/child ratios. |
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Our daughter had been out of day care since the start of covid and had limited interactions with other kids over these 2 years. When it was time to send her back to daycare her mother checked out Little Wonder and liked it and Miss Karen. Our daughter had some fears about leaving home and going to "school".
Her fears evaporated in less than a week and we soon had to explain to her that Miss Karen didn't open the school on weekends because she had to spend time with her own family. That's how much she loves this school, she wants to go every day. As her father I couldn't be more relived or happier with how my daughter has flourished with Miss Karen at Little Wonder.
If we had it to do over I would be very happy to send our little one to Little Wonder Learning Center.