Center Based Child Care and Preschool Program - Licensed Provider
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Tee Little Stars Childcare and Preschool
Hartford, VT
· Windsor County
544 Syks Mountain Ave White River Junction,
Hartford, VT 05001
Quick Facts
Age Range
Infant, Toddler, Preschool, School Age
Type of Care
Drop-in Care
Transportation
School Bus Route
Subsidized Program
Participates
Food Program
Does not participate
State Rating
3
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Contact Information
📞 (603) 727-8503
Licensed Center Based Child Care and Preschool Program - Licensed Provider
Active License
License Number
460660
Licensed Since
2023
Issued By
Vermont Agency of Human Services
District Office
Vermont Child Care Consumer Line
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About the Provider
We provide children the comfort and experience of belonging to an extended family. Our goal is to provide a safe, quality and happy place for children where they can learn and grow physically.
Additional Information:
Initial License Date: 05/21/2023; Area Description: Fenced Yard, Smoke Free; 3 Star Center Based Child Care and Preschool Program - Licensed Provider;
Hours of Operation
- Monday7:00 AM - 4:30 PM
- Tuesday7:00 AM - 4:30 PM
- Wednesday7:00 AM - 4:30 PM
- Thursday7:00 AM - 4:30 PM
- Friday7:00 AM - 4:30 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Type | Create Date | Due Date | Corrected Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violation | 2026-02-18 | 2026-03-13 | 2026-03-11 | 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 | 2026-02-04 | 2026-02-27 | 2026-03-11 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 5.2.1.5: Sinks used for hand washing shall have hot and cold running water that comes from a single spigot. The hot water shall not exceed 120*F. | ||||
| Violation | 2026-02-04 | 2026-02-27 | 2026-03-11 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 5.10.4.5.3: The licensee shall ensure that the CBCCPP is kept free from rodent and insect infestation. | ||||
| Violation | 2026-02-04 | 2026-02-27 | 2026-03-11 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 6.2.5.10: Staff's voices shall not dominate the overall sound of the group. | ||||
| Violation | 2026-02-04 | 2026-02-27 | 2026-03-11 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 5.2.1.8: Staff shall wash the hands of children who are unable to wash their own hands and provide developmentally appropriate guidance and supervision to help children learn and practice healthy hand washing. | ||||
| Violation | 2026-02-04 | 2026-02-27 | 2026-03-11 | 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 | 2026-02-04 | 2026-02-27 | 2026-03-11 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 5.2.1.6: Soap and paper towels or individual single use cloth towels shall be available and accessible to the children at each hand washing sink. | ||||
| Violation | 2025-10-20 | 2025-11-03 | 2025-10-31 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 5.2.3.11: Each diaper changing procedure shall include: * Preparation: assemble supplies, staff member washes hands, prepares changing surface with either a disposable covering or ensure that the surface was recently cleaned and disinfected and bring the child to the diaper changing area. * Dirty Phase: remove soiled diaper, dispose of diaper, and cleanse diaper area of the child. * Clean Phase: put on clean diaper, dress child, and wash the child's hands. * Clean up: clean and disinfect the diaper changing surface, and staff member washes their own hands. * Record diaper change. | ||||
| Violation | 2025-10-20 | 2025-11-07 | 2025-10-31 | 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 | 2025-10-20 | 2025-11-03 | 2025-10-31 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 5.10.1.2.1: The licensee shall ensure that the CBCCPP is in compliance with Vermont Division of Fire Safety rules at all times. This includes but is not limited to: * Complying with Vermont Division of Fire Safety inspection reports; * Having regular fire systems inspected with violations identified during the inspection noted as corrected; and * Having fire extinguishers tagged with valid inspection tags. | ||||
| Violation | 2025-10-20 | 2025-11-03 | 2025-10-31 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 5.2.3.12: The licensee shall post the diaper changing procedure at each diaper changing area. | ||||
| Violation | 2025-10-20 | 2025-11-03 | 2025-10-31 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 5.4.1.4: Cots, mats, and mattresses shall be nonporous or have nonporous coverings. Each child shall be provided clean, individual bed linens either by the licensee providing them directly or requiring parents to provide them. No child shall nap directly on nonporous coverings. | ||||
| Violation | 2025-10-20 | 2025-11-03 | 2025-10-31 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 3.4.6.1: The licensee shall maintain a record of the date of each evacuation drill as required in the rules in section 3.7.2 of these regulations that includes the number of children and staff evacuated, time taken to evacuate, and notation of the drill conducted while children were sleeping or resting. Evacuation records shall be kept for two (2) years. When the CBCCPP counts lock-down drills as allowed in the rules in section 3.7.2 of these regulations, the licensee shall maintain a record of the date of each lock-down drill, the number of CBCCPP children and staff who participated, and note that the drill performed was a lock-down drill. | ||||
| Violation | 2025-10-20 | 2025-11-07 | 2025-11-04 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 5.10.3.2.1: All outdoor play equipment shall be sturdy, safe, clean and free from rough edges, sharp corners, pinch and crush points, splinters, and exposed bolts. To prevent entrapment, no openings in equipment shall be between 3.5 and nine (9) inches. Chains on swings shall have protective coverings and swing seats shall be made of soft materials with no sharp edges. | ||||
| Violation | 2025-10-20 | 2025-11-03 | 2025-10-31 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 5.10.3.1.4: If fencing is used, it shall be sturdy, safe, and reinforced to give support, constructed to discourage climbing, and shall not prevent visual supervision of children by staff. | ||||
| Violation | 2025-10-20 | 2025-10-31 | 2025-10-31 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 5.10.1.1.1: The licensee shall ensure that children are protected from electrical outlets, such as by using protective covers, tamper-proof outlets, or other devices manufactured for this purpose. | ||||
| Violation | 2025-10-20 | 2025-11-03 | 2025-10-31 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 5.4.2.5: Soft objects, toys or loose bedding shall not be used in infants' sleep areas. Soft or loose bedding includes: bumper pads, pillows, quilts, comforters, sheepskins, blankets, flat sheets, cloth diapers, and bibs. Infants shall not be swaddled for sleep. | ||||
| Violation | 2025-10-20 | 2025-11-30 | 2025-11-04 | 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 | 2025-10-20 | 2025-11-03 | 2025-11-05 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 5.2.1.5: Sinks used for hand washing shall have hot and cold running water that comes from a single spigot. The hot water shall not exceed 120*F. | ||||
| Violation | 2025-10-20 | 2025-10-31 | 2025-11-06 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 5.2.3.7: The container for diapers shall be within arm's reach of the diaper changing area. | ||||
| Violation | 2025-10-20 | 2025-11-07 | 2025-10-31 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 7.1.2.2: Staff who are counted in the staff/child ratios 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 shall obtain training in pediatric first aid and in infant and child CPR within three (3) months of beginning work in the CBCCPP and remain currently certified. | ||||
| Violation | 2024-10-23 | 2024-11-18 | 2024-11-18 | 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 | 2024-10-23 | 2024-11-18 | 2025-04-10 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 5.6.7: A record of the administration of all medications shall be made including medication dosage, time of administration, name of staff administering, and any adverse effects observed. These records shall be maintained for 365 days from the start date of medication administration and may be kept in the child's file or in a medication administration log. | ||||
| Violation | 2024-10-23 | 2024-11-18 | 2025-03-05 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 5.6.4: Written permission from parents to administer medication must include all of the following information for each prescription and non-prescription medication administered to children: * Name of the child; * Child's date of birth; * Any medication allergies; * Name of medication; * Dosage to be given; * Time when medication is to be given; * Route of administration (mouth, ear, nose, topical, inhalation); * Reason for the medication; * Start and end dates for administration of the medication; and * Any special instructions. | ||||
| Violation | 2024-10-23 | 2024-11-18 | 2025-04-11 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 7.1.2.2: Staff who are counted in the staff/child ratios 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 shall obtain training in pediatric first aid and in infant and child CPR within three (3) months of beginning work in the CBCCPP and remain currently certified. | ||||
| Violation | 2024-10-23 | 2024-11-18 | 2025-04-10 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 5.2.3.2: Staff shall have an established procedure for checking diapers regularly including visually inspecting children's diapers at least every two (2) hours. | ||||
| Violation | 2024-10-23 | 2024-11-18 | 2024-11-18 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 5.2.3.11: Each diaper changing procedure shall include: * Preparation: assemble supplies, staff member washes hands, prepares changing surface with either a disposable covering or ensure that the surface was recently cleaned and disinfected and bring the child to the diaper changing area. * Dirty Phase: remove soiled diaper, dispose of diaper, and cleanse diaper area of the child. * Clean Phase: put on clean diaper, dress child, and wash the child's hands. * Clean up: clean and disinfect the diaper changing surface, and staff member washes their own hands. * Record diaper change. | ||||
| Violation | 2024-10-23 | 2024-11-18 | 2024-11-18 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 3.4.7.5: The licensee shall maintain a current list of the licensee or designee, staff, auxiliary staff, and volunteers as in the rules in section 7.7.5 of these regulations, as applicable in BFIS. Any changes shall be reported through BFIS within five (5) working days of the change. | ||||
| Violation | 2024-10-23 | 2024-11-18 | 2025-04-21 | 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 | 2024-10-23 | 2024-11-18 | 2024-11-18 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 3.4.5.1: A licensee shall maintain a complete and up-to-date personnel file for staff working at the CBCCPP. A complete file shall contain, at minimum, the following information: Name, date of birth, home address and telephone number; Copies of current first aid and CPR certification; Signed statement verifying understanding of legal requirement to report suspected child abuse and neglect; Documentation of a current Records Check Authorization form; Documentation of having read and having ready access to a current copy of applicable child care licensing regulations; Administration of Medication training certification (if applicable); Signed statement verifying current job title and supervisor's name; Application for employment including references or reference checks; Employment start date; Documentation of completed orientation Training; Employment end date; IPDP (Substitutes filling a staff position for less than thirty (30) consecutive days within a 365 day period shall be exempt); and Written annual performance reviews (Substitutes filling a staff position for less than thirty (30) consecutive days within a 365 day period shall be exempt). | ||||
| Violation | 2024-10-23 | 2024-11-18 | 2024-11-18 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 4.4.1: Staff shall regularly communicate with parents about their child's daily activities and behavior. For children under twenty-four (24) months of age this shall include feedings, diapering, resting, and developmental progress as specified in the rule 6.1.5.1.2 of these regulations. | ||||
| Violation | 2024-10-23 | 2024-11-18 | 2025-04-11 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 6.2.4.3: The program director shall ensure that each group of children is led by a staff member who is at least qualified as a teacher associate for at least 75% of the hours of operation. | ||||
| Violation | 2024-02-26 | 2024-03-29 | 2024-02-27 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 3.4.6.2: The licensee shall maintain records pertaining to accidents and injuries involving children as required in the rule 5.8.3 of these regulations. These may be kept in children's files or in a separate injury log book. Incident reports related to accidents and injuries shall be kept for a minimum of twenty-four (24) months from the date the incident occurred. | ||||
| Violation | 2024-02-26 | 2024-03-29 | 2024-03-15 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 6.2.1.3: The program director shall ensure that the number of staff present meets requirements described in the chart below for ages of children, maximum group size, and staff/child ratios at any time of day. | ||||
| Violation | 2024-02-26 | 2024-03-29 | 2024-02-27 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 5.2.3.11: Each diaper changing procedure shall include: * Preparation: assemble supplies, staff member washes hands, prepares changing surface with either a disposable covering or ensure that the surface was recently cleaned and disinfected and bring the child to the diaper changing area. * Dirty Phase: remove soiled diaper, dispose of diaper, and cleanse diaper area of the child. * Clean Phase: put on clean diaper, dress child, and wash the child's hands. * Clean up: clean and disinfect the diaper changing surface, and staff member washes their own hands. * Record diaper change. | ||||
| Violation | 2024-02-05 | 2024-03-27 | 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 | 2023-10-04 | 2023-12-18 | 2023-12-08 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 5.11.6.4: Infants shall be held for bottle-feeding until they are able to hold an unsupported bottle. At no time shall a bottle be propped for feeding an infant. | ||||
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