My Little World - Bethlehem PA Child Care Center

2210 EATON AVE , BETHLEHEM PA 18018
(610) 867-2213
1 Review

About the Provider

Description:

Beautiful infants room .Teacher with many years experience working with babies who understand they needs.

Excellent Pre-K program(full time,part time)

Offering flexible hours(mornings 9-12 PLAY AND LEARN you may choose 2  or 3 days,affordable price for stay home moms.

Fun summer program up to 12 years.Loving carrying teachers,well educated,First aid and CPR trained.

 

Visit us today,we are waiting for you...lets learn and have lots a fun

Easy to remember our phone #610-867-2213

Additional Information:

Nice and very clean,safe centar.

Big ,bright rooms.

Separet classrooms by age(infants,toddlers,preschoolers.school age kids)

Nice and very clean Centar.

Big ,bright rooms.

Separate classrooms by age(infants,toddlers,preschoolers.school age kids)

Curriculum for each group, stimulating growth/learning/problem solving/nice manirs/social skills /exploring and many more...........

Join our family,call us today at 610-867-2213

 

Curiculum for each group, stimulating growth/learning-prepering kids for Kindergarten/problem solving/nice manirs/social skills /exploring and many more...........

Join our family,call us today at 610-867-2213

 


Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: CER-00185812
  • Capacity: 79
  • Age Range: 6 weeks up to 12 years
  • Achievement and/or Accreditations STAR Centar
  • Rate Range affordable
  • State Rating: 1
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: Yes
  • Languages Supported: English, Other, Spanish
  • Type of Care: After School, Before School, Before and After School, Daytime, Drop-in Care, Emergency Care, Full-Time, Part-Time
  • Schools Served: Bethlehem Area - Serviced by school bus
  • District Office: Early Learning Resource Center for Region 14
  • District Office Phone: (610) 437-6000 ext 2 (Note: This is not the facility phone number.)

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Inspection/Report History

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Inspection Date Reason Description Status
2019-10-23 Renewal 3270.151(a) - 12 months prior to service and every 24 months thereafter Compliant - Finalized

Noncompliance Area: Staff person #1 started at the facility on 5/3/19 and did not have a health assessment, including a TB screening, until 9/7/19

Correction Required: A facility person providing direct care who comes into contact with the children or who works with food preparation shall have a health assessment conducted within 12 months prior to providing initial service in a child care setting and every 24 months thereafter. A health assessment is valid for 24 months following the date of signature, if the person does not contract a communicable disease or develop a medical problem.

Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
In the future, all staff will have a health assessment, including a TB screening, prior to starting at the facility.
2019-10-23 Renewal 3270.27(f) - Plan to County EMA Compliant - Finalized

Noncompliance Area: The updated emergency plan has not been sent to the county emergency management agency

Correction Required: The operator shall send a copy of the emergency plan and subsequent plan updates to the county emergency management agency.

Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
The updated facility emergency plan will be submitted to the Lehigh County emergency management agency. In the future, all emergency plan updates will be sent to the Lehigh County emergency management aagency
2019-04-08 Allocated Unannounced Monitoring 3270.151(a)/3270.192(3) - 12 months prior to service and every 24 months thereafter/Health assessment, TB test Compliant - Finalized

Noncompliance Area: Staff person #1 started at the facility on 4/8/19 and did not have a health assessment prior to starting at the facility

Correction Required: A facility person providing direct care who comes into contact with the children or who works with food preparation shall have a health assessment conducted within 12 months prior to providing initial service in a child care setting and every 24 months thereafter. A health assessment is valid for 24 months following the date of signature, if the person does not contract a communicable disease or develop a medical problem.A facility person's record shall include a written report of initial and subsequent health assessments, including the results of initial and subsequent tuberculin skin tests, x-rays or other medical documentation necessary to confirm freedom from communicable tuberculosis.

Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Staff person #1 will obtain a health assessment. In the future, all staff will have a health assessment, including a TB screening, prior to starting at the facility.
2019-04-08 Allocated Unannounced Monitoring 3270.192(2)(ii) - Exp, educ., training prior to facility Compliant - Finalized

Noncompliance Area: Staff person #1 started at the facility on 4/8/19 and does not have two written, non-family references.

Correction Required: A facility person's record shall include verification of child care experience, education and training prior to service at the facility.

Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Staff person #1 will obtain & submit two written, non-family references. In the future, all staff will have two written, non-family references prior to starting at the facility.
2019-04-08 Allocated Unannounced Monitoring 3270.76 - Building Surfaces Compliant - Finalized

Noncompliance Area: There are four water stained ceiling tiles in the school age room.

Correction Required: Floors, walls, ceilings and other surfaces, including the facility's outdoor play space surfaces shall be kept clean, in good repair and free from visible hazards.

Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
The stained ceiling tiles will be replaced. In the future, weekly checks will be completed to make sure that all facility surfaces, indoor & outdoor will are clean, in good repair & free from safety hazards.
2019-01-04 Renewal 3270.107 - Refrigerator Compliant - Finalized

Noncompliance Area: There is no thermometer in the refrigerator in the toddler room

Correction Required: A facility shall have an operable, clean refrigerator used to store potentially hazardous foods. The refrigerator shall be capable of maintaining food at 45 F or below. An operating thermometer shall be placed in the refrigerator.

Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
A thermometer will be purchased and placed in the toddler room refrigerator. In the future all refrigerators in the facility will have thermometers.
2019-01-04 Renewal 3270.32(a)/3270.192(4) - Comply with CPSL/CPSL information Compliant - Finalized

Noncompliance Area: Staff person #1 started at the facility on 6/5/18 and has not completed Mandated Reporter training. Staff person #2 started at the facility on 11/5/18 and was not fingerprinted for her FBI clearance until 12/13/18.

Correction Required: The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services).PROVISIONAL HIRE . A facility person's record shall include a copy of requests for the criminal history record and child abuse registry clearance information, a copy of the disclosure statement and a copy of the completed clearance information required under the CPSL.

Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Staff person #1 will complete Mandated Reporter Training. All staff will complete Mandated Reporter training within 90 days of starting at the facility In the future all staff will be provide verification that they have applied for their child abuse and state police background checks as well as verification that they have been fingerprinted for their FBI clearances prior to starting at the facility. The facility will comply with all parts of the CPSL.
2019-01-04 Renewal 3270.76 - Building Surfaces Compliant - Finalized

Noncompliance Area: There is a hole near the toilet paper dispenser in the preschool bathroom. There is a water stained ceiling tile in the hallway going into the infant/younger toddler room. There are missing ceiling tiles in the school age room. There is exposed rust on a pipe on the outdoor play space.

Correction Required: Floors, walls, ceilings and other surfaces, including the facility's outdoor play space surfaces shall be kept clean, in good repair and free from visible hazards.

Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
The hole in the preschool bathroom was covered. The stained and missing ceiling tiles will be replaced. The rust on the pipe will be covered. In the future, weekly checks will be done to make sure that all facility surfaces, indoor and outdoor, are clean, in good repair & free from any visible hazards.
2019-01-04 Renewal 3270.77(a) - No peeling paint or plaster Compliant - Finalized

Noncompliance Area: There is peeling paint on the wall to the right of the entrance of the older toddler room and across from the mirror in the school age bathroom.

Correction Required: Peeled or damaged paint or damaged plaster is not permitted on indoor or outdoor surfaces in the child care facility.

Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
The peeling paint in the preschool room and school age rooms will be covered. In the future, weekly checks will be completed to make sure there s peeling paint or damaged plaster on facility surfaces,
2018-08-07 Complaints- Legal Location 3270.113(a)/3270.113(a)(1) - Supervised at all times /Staff assigned to specific children Compliant - Finalized

Noncompliance Area: A complaint investigation was conducted on 8/7/8 and Staff #1 admitted that Child #1 ran out the door of the School Age Room into the facility parking lot on 8/3/18. Cert rep was able to observe Child #1 exiting the facility on the video recording from 8/3/18. During the complaint investigation on 8/7/18, cert rep also observed 6 school age children playing in the parking lot from 11AM - 11:07AM with no supervision. Staff #5 & Staff #6 were unable to see the children from their positions on the outdoor play space; both Staff #5 & Staff #6 acknowledged that they were not able to see all of the children in their primary supervision groups from where they were positioned . During the complaint investigation at approximately 11:20AM on 8/7/18, cert rep also observed Child #2 exiting one outdoor play space through the gate & entering another play space through a gate without Staff #3 or Staff #4 noticing. .

Correction Required: Children on the facility premises and on facility excursions off the premises shall be supervised by a staff person at all times. Outdoor play space used by the facility is considered part of the facility premises. Children must be supervised at all times. The legal entity must submit documentation in a format approved by DHS proving that the facility procedure for counting children is followed at all times e.g., a checklist. The legal entity will confirm continuing compliance by sending copies of the documentation to the Regional Office of Child Development and Early Learning on a weekly basis for a period of three months after DHS approves the documentation format. Each staff person shall be assigned the responsibility for supervision of specific children. The staff person shall know the names and whereabouts of the children in his assigned group. The staff person shall be physically present with the children in his group on the facility premises and on facility excursions off the facility premises.

Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
Staff in all classrooms are completing a ratio/supervision checklist every half hour. We will keep the checklists on file at the facility for at least 3 months. All staff have their assigned groups written on a white board in each classroom. We have reviewed the staff supervision policy with all staff. All children will be supervised at all times. All staff will be assigned the responsibility of specific children. All staff will know the names & whereabouts of the children in her group at all times. The staff person will always be physically present with her group, both inside & outside the facility.
2018-08-07 Complaints- Legal Location 3270.113(e) - Restraints prohibited Compliant - Finalized

Noncompliance Area: During a complaint investigation conducted on 8/7/18, the Cert Rep reviewed a video recording from 8/3/18. Staff #1 was observed on the video pushing Child #1 into a closet and leaning against the door of the closet to prevent Child #1 from getting out. On 8/7/18, Staff #1 admitted that she & Staff #2 confined Child #1 to the kitchen area on 8/3/18 due to his acting out behaviors. The video from 8/3/18, showed Staff #1 pushing against the gate to the kitchen area to keep Child #1 from getting out.

Correction Required: A facility person may not restrain a child by using bonds, ties or straps to restrict a child's movement or by enclosing the child in a confined space, closet or locked room. The prohibition against restraining a child does not apply to the use of adaptive equipment prescribed for a child with special needs.

Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
No staff will restrain a child by using bonds, ties or straps to restrict a child's movement or by enclosing the child in a confined space, closet or locked room. All staff will be attending training through Northampton Community College.
2018-06-08 Allocated Unannounced Monitoring 3270.65 - Protective Outlet Covers 5 yrs. or less Compliant - Finalized

Noncompliance Area: There is a missing protective receptacle cover on the wall to the right of the entrance in the infant room.

Correction Required: Protective receptacle covers shall be placed in electrical outlets accessible to children 5 years of age or younger.

Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
A protective receptacle cover was placed in the outlet. In the future, daily checks will be conducted to make sure that all electrical outlets accessible to children 5 years of age or younger have protective receptacle covers.
2018-06-08 Allocated Unannounced Monitoring 3270.77(a) - No peeling paint or plaster Compliant - Finalized

Noncompliance Area: There is peeling paint and damaged plaster on the wall to the left of the entrance in the infant room and on the wall to the right of the entrance in the preschool room.

Correction Required: Peeled or damaged paint or damaged plaster is not permitted on indoor or outdoor surfaces in the child care facility.

Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
The peeling paint and damaged plaster in the infant and toddler rooms was covered. In the future, weekly checks will be completed to make sure there is no peeling paint or damaged plaster on indoor and outdoor facility surfaces.
2018-04-03 Unannounced Monitoring 3270.51 - Similar Age Level Compliant - Finalized

Noncompliance Area: AN UNANNOUNCED MONITORING VISIT WAS CONDUCTED ON 4/3/18 & CERT REP OBSERVED STAFF #1 WITH NINE 2 YEAR OLDS. STAFF # 1 SAID THAT SHE SENT STAFF #2 ON BREAK SINCE IT WAS NAP TIME, AND MOST OF THE CHILDREN WERE ON NAP MATS RESTING OR SLEEPING. CERT REP OBSERVED SEVEN CHILDREN RESTING OR SLEEPING ON NAP MATS AND TWO CHILDREN PLAYING IN THE ROOM WHO WERE NOT ON NAP MATS.

Correction Required: When children are grouped in similar age levels, the following maximum child group sizes and ratios of staff persons apply: Infants 1:4 with a maximum group size of 8; Young toddlers 1:5 with a maximum group size of 10; Older toddlers 1:6 with a maximum group size of 12; Preschool children 1:10 with a maximum group size of 20; Young school-age children 1:12 with a maximum group size of 24; Older school-age children 1:15 with a maximum group size of 30.

Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
WE WILL ONLY UTILIZE NAP TIME RATIOS WHEN ALL CHILDREN ARE ON THEIR NAP MATS RESTING OR SLEEPING. FACILITY WILL FOLLOW PROPER RATIOS AT ALL TIMES.
2017-11-17 Renewal 3270.105 - High Chairs Compliant - Finalized

Noncompliance Area: HIGH CHAIRS IN THE INFANT ROOM DO NOT HAVE SAFETY STRAPS.

Correction Required: High chairs shall have a wide base and a T-shaped safety strap.

Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.)
ALL MISSING SAFETY STRAPS WILL BE REPLACED. IN THE FUTURE, NO HIGH CHAIRS WILL BE USED WITHOUT SAFETY STRAPS. DAILY CHECKS WILL BE CONDUCTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL HIGH CHAIRS HAVE SAFETY STRAPS.

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Reviews

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mommy Oct 20, 2014

Very nice teachers. My daughter been going there since she was 6 months old and she is now 3 and a half and they have taught her so much. The owner is a very loving person!

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