Center Based Child Care and Preschool Program - Licensed Provider
✓ Licensed
Sports & Fitness Edge Kids & Fitness
Essex, VT
· Chittenden County
4 Morse Dr,
Essex, VT 05452
Quick Facts
Capacity
112 children
Age Range
Infant, Toddler, Preschool
Type of Care
Daytime, Full-Time, Part-Time
Languages
English, American Sign Language, Bosnian, French
Subsidized Program
Participates
State Rating
4
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Licensed Center Based Child Care and Preschool Program - Licensed Provider
Active License
License Number
75596
Issued By
Vermont Agency of Human Services
District Office
Vermont Child Care Consumer Line
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About the Provider
Provide a warm and nurturing environment that allows us to develop a trusting and respectful relationship with your family. We aim to foster social, emotional, physical, and intellectual growth to promote wellness and healthy living....Our Mission....Create close and responsive relationships with every family and child. Offer each child an enriching experience that will challenge and engage their specific interests and development. ...Our Diversity Statement .....Create an open space that welcomes children and families from all walks of life, abilities, and cultures. Secondly, we will foster, grow, and support a team of teachers to provide an anti-biased, developmentally guided curriculum based on background knowledge and unique student and family experiences....What makes our programs unique? Kids & Fitness practices a child-centered approach that responds to the changing interests of each child. Our educators modify curriculum and explore current developments in educational theory to ensure quality childcare. We provide the children with additional instruction from certified swim, tennis and other fitness professionals employed by The Edge as well as outside music and activity professionals.Each location has been awarded 4 STARS in the Step Ahead Recognition System (STARS) awarded by the Vermont Dept. of Children and Families. Programs that participate in STARS are stepping ahead ¿ going above and beyond state regulations to provide professional services that meet the needs of children and families....Each location participates in the Early Learning Partnership Program through approved area school districts and in line with ACT 166 Pre-Kindergarten, meaning our curriculum is consistent with the VT Early Learning Standards, and we use Teaching Strategies Gold to assess children¿s development....Kids & Fitness integrates music and movement, cardiovascular exercise (running and aerobic) and introductory organized sports into our daily routine. Swim lessons are offered at different times throughout the year based on location and availability. ...Flexible schedules. Kids & Fitness offers partial or full-week schedules. A partial week is Monday/Wednesday/Friday or Tuesday/Thursday. The full week is Monday through Friday. The program's planned hours of operation are 8:00 am-5:00 pm.
Additional Information:
Initial License Date: 10/27/2007; Sibling Discount Available; 3 Star Early Childhood Program - Licensed Provider; Area Description: Fenced Yard; Program Meals: Allergy Awareness;
Hours of Operation
- Days of Operation Monday - Friday
- Open Hours08:00:00 to 17:00:00
Inspection/Report History
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| Type | Create Date | Due Date | Corrected Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violation | 2025-10-09 | 2025-10-30 | 2025-11-24 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 5.6.5: All prescription medication administered by staff shall be in its original container, properly labeled for the child, and administered prior to the expiration date on the container. | ||||
| Violation | 2024-01-30 | 2024-04-09 | 2024-04-01 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 6.2.6.1: Staff shall be able to hear all children of pre-kindergarten age and younger at all times, shall be able to see the children with a quick glance, and shall be able to physically respond immediately. | ||||
| Violation | 2023-01-30 | 2023-02-22 | 2023-03-24 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 6.2.7.2: Staff's expectations of children's behavior and responses to children's behavior shall be appropriate to each child's level of development and understanding. Guidance shall be designed to meet the individual needs of each child. | ||||
| Violation | 2022-12-22 | 2023-01-13 | 2023-01-09 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 3.7.2.2: The licensee shall ensure that evacuation drills are conducted at least once a month, and children and staff are evacuated in under three (3) minutes. Licensees of a CBCCPP located within a public or independent school building may count a lock-down drill performed while the CBCCPP is in operation in place of a monthly evacuation drill with the CBCCPP children and staff and at least three (3) of the monthly drills conducted within 365 days shall be evacuation drills. | ||||
| Violation | 2022-01-19 | 2022-02-20 | 2022-02-18 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 3.4.7.3: Within six (6) months of the initial date of employment; staff and auxiliary staff left alone with children and/or counted in staff/child ratio as specified in the rule 6.2.1.8 of these regulations, and the program director shall maintain an up-to-date BFIS Quality and Credential Account. Documentation, verification of qualifications, and all annual professional development activities as specified in the rules in sections 7.3 and 7.4 of these regulations shall be submitted to Northern Lights at CCV to be verified and maintained in BFIS. | ||||
| Violation | 2022-01-19 | 2022-02-20 | 2022-02-18 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 7.1.3: The licensee, in consultation with the program director, shall establish written program policies and procedures and provide these to staff and to auxiliary staff left alone with children and/or counted in staff/child ratio as specified in the rule 6.2.1.8 of these regulations during an orientation training session approved by the Division prior to being left alone with children. Trainees under eighteen (18) years of age and other staff not left alone with children shall complete the orientation training within at least one (1) month of their first date of working with children. Complete written information and the orientation training session shall include: Basic knowledge of child growth and development; Routine and emergency health protection of children including health related exclusions; Safety and sanitation requirements including handling and storage of hazardous materials and disposal of bio contaminants; Positive behavior management; Supervision of children; Child accident and injury procedures including building and physical premises safety; Safe sleep practices; Administration of medication requirements; Emergency and evacuation requirements; Nutrition and food safety including prevention of and response to emergencies due to food and allergic reactions; Recordkeeping; Transportation and child passenger safety; Release of children; Respectful engagement of families; Preventing, recognizing, and reporting child abuse and neglect; including information about the signs and symptoms of sexual abuse, sexual violence, grooming processes, recognizing the dangers of child sexual abuse, and other predatory behaviors of sex offenders; Recognition of and response to the symptoms of common childhood illnesses; Preventing the spread of infectious disease; Providing developmentally appropriate activities and experiences for children; Inclusion of children with special needs; Guidelines for volunteers, partner staff, auxiliary staff, and business managers; Responsibility to comply with current applicable licensing regulations; Staffing requirements to include opening and closing; and Ensuring children have extra clothes and diapers available. | ||||
| Violation | 2022-01-19 | 2022-02-20 | 2022-02-18 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 7.2.2: The licensee shall ensure that all new staff and auxiliary staff, prior to working with children in the CBCCPP; and any new individual designated as the representative of the licensee shall submit a Records Check Authorization form to the Division and shall submit to fingerprinting at a location designated by the Division after having received the Fingerprinting Authorization Certificate by the Division. | ||||
| Violation | 2020-02-13 | 2020-03-25 | 2020-03-17 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 5.4.2.3: Staff shall ensure that infants sleep in cribs or port-a-cribs. Infants shall not be placed to sleep on soft surfaces, such as a couch or sofa, pillow, quilts, sheepskins or blankets. Infants shall not be placed in car seats, swings, high chairs, jumping chairs or similar equipment for sleep. A child that falls asleep in this type of equipment shall be gently transferred to a crib or port-a-crib as soon as feasible. | ||||
| Violation | 2020-02-13 | 2020-03-25 | 2020-03-17 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 6.2.6.1: Staff shall be able to hear all children of pre-kindergarten age and younger at all times, shall be able to see the children with a quick glance, and shall be able to physically respond immediately. | ||||
| Violation | 2019-08-14 | 2019-09-10 | 2019-09-06 | Appeal Period |
| Regulation/Restriction: 5.10.5.4.7: The program director shall develop a written aquatic plan that addresses supervision and safety of swimming activities. This plan shall have a table of contents and plot plan for any swimming facility in use by the program indicating where first aid is to be practiced and where emergency equipment is to be placed. The plan shall be: * Reviewed once every 365 days; * Updated as needed; * Known by all staff present at the swimming facility; * Kept on file at the facility with a copy available while swimming occurs; * In the case of off-site swimming locations, the plan is formulated in conjunction with off-site aquatics personnel; and * Available for review. | ||||
| Violation | 2018-10-17 | 2018-11-07 | 2018-11-01 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 6.2.6.1: Staff shall be able to hear all children of pre-kindergarten age and younger at all times, shall be able to see the children with a quick glance, and shall be able to physically respond immediately. | ||||
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