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Description:
Little Sunshine’s Playhouse maintains an identity and brand image of unrivaled distinction in early childhood education. Our facilities serve as a castle for a “Once Upon A Time” experience that enables each child to develop their imagination. We use industry-leading technology in our programs to provide exclusive services such as our Kiddie Cams™ and LuvNotes™!
Our distinctive services have been developed to meet specific connection, communication, security, nutrition, and convenience desires of our families while also positioning Little Sunshine’s as an Early Care innovator!
Our master planned and Reggio Emilia inspired curriculum, Creatively Shine™, supports the fact that children are full of curiosity and creativity, ready to explore the world with a sense of wonder and awe. Children have the right to an environment and teachers that will foster and cultivate a lifelong passion for learning and exploration. This philosophy sees the child as a competent and active participant in their own learning.
The success of our curriculum and our program as a whole can also be attributed to parent participation being highly encouraged. Our curriculum and monthly planning fosters strong parent/teacher relationships through verbal communication, LuvNotes™ (electronic daily messaging), posted classroom schedules and lesson plans, newsletters, conferences, events and programs. Parents can even use our Kiddie Cams™ to continue their involvement by watching an activity or event at its planned time when they cannot be there in person.
All efforts with curriculum are focused at ensuring that each of our students leaves our program with all the necessary skills to flourish in Kindergarten and beyond.
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.
| Survey Date | Date Corrected | Rule/Statute | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-20 | 2021-07-26 | Article 1 | ARS 36- 883.02.C.1-3. |
| Findings: Based on Surveyor's observation and a review of staff 3's file, it was determined that the staff answered "yes" to question #2, indicating that she was a parent or guardian of a child adjudicated to be a dependent child as defined in section 8-201. | |||
| 2021-07-20 | 2021-07-26 | article 3 | R9-5-303.A |
| Findings: Based on the Surveyor's observation, the parent posting board did not have the current menu posted. The menu posted was dated for the week of July 12, 2021. | |||
| 2021-07-20 | 2021-07-26 | Article 5 | R9-5-501.A.19.c. |
| Findings: Based on the Surveyor's observation, a toilet brush was stored on the floor of the 2 year old's room's bathroom and it was accessible to enrolled children. | |||
| 2021-07-20 | 2021-07-26 | article 5 | R9-5-501.C.5.a-k. |
| Findings: Based on Surveyor's observation, the lesson plans posted in the 1 yr old room, the 1-2 year old room, the 2 year old room and in the 3-4 year old room were a one day lesson plan, rather than the required weekly lesson plan. In addition, the lesson plans in these rooms were dated for the prior day (July 19, 2021) and were not current. | |||
| 2021-07-20 | 2021-07-26 | article 5 | R9-5-502.C.1.g. |
| Findings: Based on Surveyor's observation, an infant was observed sleeping in a crib with a pacifier that had a stuffed animal attached to it. | |||
| 2021-07-20 | 2021-07-26 | article 5 | R9-5-502.C.1.l. |
| Findings: Based on Surveyor's observation and a discussion with the infant staff and the Director, the staff and Director acknowledged that the infant's written feeding instructions were not posted. Instead, they were kept in a binder and stored in a cabinet. The staff also acknowledged that one of the infant's present was eating food for the last several months but the written feeding instructions indicated the infant was still only on formula. | |||
| 2021-07-20 | 2021-07-26 | article 5 | R9-5-502.C.3.a. |
| Findings: Based on Surveyor's observation, 6 bottles in the infant room were not labeled with the infant's name. | |||
| 2021-07-20 | 2021-07-26 | article 5 | R9-5-503.A.1.a.b. |
| Findings: Based on Surveyor's inspection of the diapering areas, the following was observed: *The varnish had come off in several sections on the wooden guard rails on the diapering counters in the 1 year old room, the infant room, the 1-2 year old room and in the 2 year old room. These areas of the wood were not longer waterproof and sanitizable; and *One year old room- 2 bowls containing finger paint were stored on the diapering counter; *One-two years old room- A clipboard and a pen were stored on the diapering counter; and *Two year old room- A washcloth was hanging from the diapering sink faucet. | |||
| 2021-07-20 | 2021-07-26 | article 5 | R9-5-503.A.2.a-c. |
| Findings: Based on Surveyor's observation, the water temperature for the diaper changing area in the infant room, the 1 year old room and the 2 year old room measured 116 degrees F. | |||
| 2021-07-20 | 2021-07-26 | article 5 | R9-5-503.A.3.4. |
| Findings: Based on Surveyor's and the Director's observations, the middle section of the lids for the soiled diaper container and the soiled clothing container in the infant room had broken off and there was a hole in middle section of the lids. | |||
| 2021-07-20 | 2021-07-26 | Article 5 | R9-5-512.B.1.2. |
| Findings: Based on the Surveyor's observation, a tan, vinyl couch in the 1-2 year old room had five 2-3 inch long tears on the couch and the foam was exposed. | |||
| 2021-07-20 | 2021-07-26 | Article 5 | R9-5-514.A.1-6. |
| Findings: Based on the Surveyor's inspection of the first aid kit, the kit did not include a second roll of gauze. | |||
| 2021-07-20 | 2021-07-26 | Article 6 | R9-5-603.C.2. |
| Findings: Based on the Surveyor's and the Director's observations, 13 pieces of stone pavers were stacked in piles in the toddler playground and were accessible to the children who were outside in the playground area at the time. The Director stated that the pavers had come out of the ground and the maintenance crew had not re-installed them. | |||
| 2020-11-24 | 2020-12-31 | Article 1 | ARS 36- 883.02.C.1-3. |
| Findings: Based on Surveyor's observation and a review of staff #2's file, it was determined that staff #2 had answered "Yes" to question #1 on the Criminal History affidavit form, which indicates that the staff is awaiting trial on or has been convicted of or has admitted in open court or pursuant to a plea agreement committing any of the offenses listed in section 41-1758.07, subsection B in this state or similar offenses in another state or jurisdiction . The Director acknowleded that she was aware of staff #2's "Yes" response to question #1. The Director stated that she had asked staff #2 for clarification and the staff told the Director that she had a pending charge and told the Director what the charge was regarding. | |||
| 2020-11-24 | 2020-12-31 | Article 1 | A.R.S. 36-883.02.A. |
| Findings: Based on Surveyor's review of staff #2's file and on a discussion with the Director, it was determined that the staff #2 did not have a valid fingerprint clearance card upon the staff's starting date of employment of 9/28/2020. The Director acknowledged that the Surveyor had spoken with the Assistant Director via telephone to notify them that the staff had been denied approval of a fingerprint clearance card. Upon a later review of the Surveyor's documentation, it was determined that this phone call was made on 10/21/2020. **Previously cited on 8/13/2020. | |||
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