Child Care Center
✓ Licensed
The Learning Experience
Bloomfield, NJ
· Essex County
1041 Broad St,
Bloomfield, NJ 07003
Quick Facts
Capacity
163 children
Age Range
0 - 13 years
Subsidized Program
Participates
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Contact Information
📞 (973) 338-0374
Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
CCC118021
License Issued
Feb 18, 2025
Active Through
Feb 18, 2028
Issued By
New Jersey Department of Children & Families
District Office
New Jersey Dept of Children and Families - Office of Licensing
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About the Provider
The Learning Experience is a Child Care Center in Bloomfield NJ, with a maximum capacity of 163 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 0 - 13 years. It is open Monday - Friday, 06:30 AM - 06:30 PM. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
Hours of Operation
- Monday06:30 AM - 06:30 PM
- Tuesday06:30 AM - 06:30 PM
- Wednesday06:30 AM - 06:30 PM
- Thursday06:30 AM - 06:30 PM
- Friday06:30 AM - 06:30 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Inspection Date | Type | Reinspection / Rule | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-20 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2026-07-06 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2026-05-22 | Re-Inspection,Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-04-21 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2026-03-20 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2026-02-18 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2026-01-16 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-12-10 | Other,Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-11-12 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-09-24 | Re-Inspection,Other | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-08-18 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2025-07-03 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-06-03 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-05-02 | No Selection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-03-24 | Other,Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-03-10 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-03-07 | Re-Inspection,Other | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-02-24 | Other | No | Center Inspection |
| 2025-01-30 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-01-08 | Other | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-12-27 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-12-17 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-12-16 | Other | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-11-25 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-10-25 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-09-26 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-08-22 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-07-24 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-07-22 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-06-11 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-06-04 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-05-21 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-05-03 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-04-04 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-03-18 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-03-01 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-01-30 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-12-27 | Renewal | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-11-14 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-10-06 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-08-29 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2023-08-15 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-08-10 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-06-27 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-06-27 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-06-09 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2023-06-09 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2023-06-01 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2023-05-04 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-05-03 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-05-01 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-04-28 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-04-17 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-04-13 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-04-12 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-04-11 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-04-10 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2023-04-10 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2023-04-10 | Violation | 3A:52-4.3(c) | Based on information, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. On 12/13/22, there were 7 infants with 1 staff. - 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 |
| 2023-04-10 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(r) | Ensure staff clean children’s faces when they have nasal secretions in Toddlers A classroom. At the time of the inspection there were several children’s faces with nasal secretions in the Toddlers A classroom. - 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. |
| 2023-04-10 | Violation | 3A:52-6.7(a) | Based on information, ensure that staff utilize positive methods of guidance and discipline at all times throughout the center. A named staff reportedly forcefully pushed a named child and the named child hit the back of his head against the wall. - Staff members shall not use hitting, shaking or any other form of corporal punishment of children. |
| 2023-04-10 | Violation | 3A:52-6.7(b) | Ensure that the staff do not utilize any form of emotional punishment at any time in the center. At the time of the inspection a named staff was observed yelling "You have to hold still" at a named child during a diaper change in Toddlers B room. - Staff members shall not use abusive language, ridicule, harsh, humiliating or frightening treatment or any other form of emotional punishment of children. |
| 2023-04-10 | Violation | 3A:52-7.6(a)(2) | Based on information, ensure that parents and administration are notified of incidents occurring at the center, as per center policy. - The center shall take immediate necessary action to protect the child from further harm and shall immediately notify the child's parent(s) when a child sustains a head or facial injury, including when a child bumps his or her head. |
| 2023-04-10 | Violation | 3A:52-7.6(b)(6) | Complete accident / unusual incident reports as required, - The center shall maintain on file a written record of each incident resulting in an injury as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.6(a). These records shall include the following: a written description of |
| 2023-04-10 | Violation | 3A:52-7.8(a)(1)(iii) | Ensure that children wash their hands immediately after coming into contact with nasal secretions in Toddlers A room. At the time of the inspection a named child wiped their nose. - 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 coming into contact with blood, fecal matter, urine, vomit, nasal secretions, or other body fluids or secretions. |
| 2023-04-10 | Violation | 3A:52-7.8(a)(4)(iii) | Ensure that staff wash their hands immediately after assisting a child in toileting in Toddlers B room. At the time of the inspection a named staff was changing a named child diaper and proceeded to wipe a child nose and finish the diaper change in Toddlers B room. - Handwashing requirements are as follows: staff members shall wash their hands with soap and running water immediately after assisting a child in toileting. |
| 2023-04-10 | Violation | 3A:52-7.8(a)(4)(vi) | Ensure that staff wash their hands after coming into contact with nasal excretions in Toddlers B room. At the time of the inspection a named staff was changing a named child diaper and proceeded to wipe the child nose in between the diaper change. - Handwashing requirements are as follows: staff members shall wash their hands with soap and running water immediately after coming into contact with blood, fecal matter, urine, vomit, nasal secretions, or other body fluids or secretions. |
| 2023-04-10 | Violation | 3A:52-4.6(a) | Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL. Update and submit to OOL - The center shall maintain on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by the Office of Licensing, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.1(b), indicating that the center has obtained documentation of the applicable staff education and experience, as specified in 3A:52-4.6(b) through (d). |
| 2023-04-10 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(a)(7) | Based on information, retrain all staff on 1. The center's discipline policy (Abated 4/12/2023) and 2. The center's policies and procedures for incidents occurring at the center. - Topics of orientation training shall include implementing the center's statement of policy on the disciplining of children, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-6.6. |
| 2023-04-10 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(g)(2) | Based on information, retrain from an outside source on 1. Adequate supervision, 2. Maintaining staff/child ratios, and 3. Notifying parents and administration of incidents as required. - The center shall maintain on file documentation of the date, time, topic, presenter, and attendance for all staff development and orientation completed by center staff members. For staff development provided by another source, the center shall maintain on file documentation of the name of the person or organization that provided the staff development. |
| 2023-04-10 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(c) | Ensure that 5 staff complete 12 hours of staff development annually. - The center shall ensure that all staff members who work at the center complete 12 hours of continuing staff development each year. |
| 2023-04-10 | Violation | 3A:52-7.5(b)(10) | Ensure that the epi pen has a completed special care plan for 1 named child in Preschool 1 room. The physician signed special care plan does not list the medication required. - The center shall develop and follow a policy on the administration of medication and health care procedures to children, which shall include the following provisions: the center shall store prescribed epinephrine pens in their original boxes with the child’s name and prescription. A special care plan or other documentation from a health care provider shall accompany the epinephrine pen. If two epinephrine pens are required, both shall be available. Each center under the jurisdiction of N.J.S.A. 18A:40-12.5 shall store back-up epinephrine pens on site consistent with the requirements stated at N.J.S.A. 18A:40-12.5.e(1). |
| 2023-04-10 | Violation | 3A:52-5.2(a)(8) | Provide a current life/hazard use registration certificate applicable to the center's licensed capacity and ages served. - The center shall obtain a Life Hazard Use Registration certificate applicable to the center’s licensed capacity and ages served pursuant to the Uniform Fire Safety Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-192 et seq. The center shall post this document in a prominent location within the center. |
| 2023-04-10 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(l)(4) | Ensure that the center conducts at least two lockdown drills per year during each session provided at the center and maintains records of the drills on file. - Emergency procedure requirements are as follows: the center shall conduct two lockdown drills per year and maintain on file a record of each lockdown drill. The center shall ensure that lockdown drills are conducted during each session provided at the center. |
| 2023-02-23 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-02-08 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-01-23 | Complaint | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-01-23 | Complaint | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-01-23 | Violation | 3A:52-7.9(a)(1)(vi)(2) | Maintain an illness log on file at the center and ensure that it contains all of the required components, including the date the child returned to the center with a note from the child's health care provider. - For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: the center shall maintain on file a log of the initial illnesses, symptoms of illness, or diseases that are exhibited by each child while in the center’s care, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.1(c) and (d). This illness log shall include the date, if applicable, that the child returned to the center with a note from a health care provider attesting to the child's admissibility to the center and recovery from a reportable disease, as specified in N.J.A.C. 8:57. |
| 2023-01-04 | Complaint | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-01-04 | Complaint | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-12-14 | Complaint | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-12-14 | Complaint | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-12-14 | Violation | 3A:52-4.3(a) | Based on report, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at al times throughout the center. - The children shall be supervised directly by a staff member at all times, including during outdoor activities, rest and sleep, and walking through hallways. Toileting procedures shall be supervised by a staff member as appropriate for the ages and developmental needs of the children. |
| 2022-12-14 | Violation | 3A:52-7.9(a)(1)(vi)(1) | Based on Complaint # 21636, Maintain an illness log on file at the center and ensure that it contains all of the required components, including the date the child was excluded from the center. - For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: the center shall maintain on file a log of the initial illnesses, symptoms of illness, or diseases that are exhibited by each child while in the center’s care, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.1(c) and (d). This illness log shall include the date, if applicable, that the child was removed from the center. |
| 2022-12-14 | Violation | 3A:52-7.6(b)(6)(ii) | Ensure that incident reports are completed and completed accurately as required. - The center shall maintain on file a written record of each incident resulting in an injury as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.6(a). These records shall include the following: a written description of the injury to the child. |
| 2022-12-14 | Violation | 3A:52-7.1(c)(3)(i) | Based on Complaint #21636, the center needs to ensure that children who are exhibiting illnesses should not attend the center, including if illnesses occur at the center, the child will be removed from the group, and parents will be called to take the child home. - The following provisions relate to illness or symptoms of illness: if a child who has already been admitted to the center manifests any of the illnesses or symptoms of illness specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.1(c)1, the center shall remove the child from the group of well children to a separate room or area, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.3(q)4, until he or she can be taken from the center. |
| 2022-11-18 | Complaint | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-11-18 | Complaint | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-11-18 | Violation | 3A:52-7.7(a)(3)(iv) | Based on Complaint #21498, the center needs to ensure that staff are notified of possible outbreaks of communicable diseases to provide adequate health and sanitary procedures in Infant A, Infant B, Toddlers B, and Twaddlers rooms. - The schedule for disinfecting shall be as follows: tables used by the children for eating shall be washed and disinfected before each meal. |
| 2022-11-18 | Violation | 3A:52-7.7(e)(1)(iii) | Based on Complaint #21498, the center needs to ensure that staff are notified of possible outbreaks of communicable diseases to provide adequate health and sanitary procedures in Infant A, Infant B, Toddlers B, and Twaddlers rooms. - 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. |
| 2022-11-18 | Violation | 3A:52-7.7(e)(1)(iv) | Based on Complaint #21498, the center needs to ensure that staff are notified of possible outbreaks of communicable diseases to provide adequate health and sanitary procedures in Infant A, Infant B, Toddlers B, and Twaddlers rooms. - 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, toys mouthed by infants and toddlers before being given to another child. |
| 2022-11-18 | Violation | 3A:52-6.2(a)(1) | Based on Complaint #21498, the center needs to ensure a supply of age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate program equipment are in Infant B and Toddler A classrooms. - The center shall provide a supply of age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate program equipment including play equipment, child-size furniture and supplies that are sufficient to meet the daily activity needs of the children and the program. |
| 2022-11-18 | Violation | 3A:52-6.3(b)(3)(vi) | Based on Complaint #21498, the center needs to ensure a supply of age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate program equipment are in Infant B classroom. - For early childhood programs, the following shall apply, feeding requirements for centers serving children less than 18 months of age are as follows: a child who, because of age or developmental readiness, no longer needs to be held for feeding shall be provided with an infant seat, high chair with safety strap, or other age-appropriate seating apparatus, which meets the standards of a recognized safety organization (such as the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association, the American Society for Testing and Materials, or the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission). |
| 2022-11-18 | Violation | 3A:52-7.10(a) | Ensure that the center notifies the local health department of any reportable diseases occurring at the center by the next working day. 1/4/2023 Although the number of cases would typically require health department notification, a representative from the local health department indicated to OOL they did not want the center to notify their office. - The director, sponsor, or sponsor representative, upon learning that an enrolled child or staff member at the center has been diagnosed as having contracted or is suspected of having a reportable disease, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.1(d), shall report this knowledge by the next working day to the local health department. |
| 2022-11-18 | Violation | 3A:52-7.10(b)(1) | Ensure that the center notifies OOL by the next working day of any reportable disease occurring at the center. - The director, sponsor, or sponsor representative shall report the following occurrences to the Office of Licensing by the next working day after the center learns of the occurrence and shall submit documentation to the Office of Licensing within one week of the occurrence of the incident, the occurrence of an injury or illness while under the center’s supervision that results in a child visiting the emergency room. |
| 2022-11-14 | Complaint | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-11-14 | Complaint | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-11-14 | Violation | 3A:52-4.5(b)(2)(ii) | Ensure that the center maintains daily time sheets for the children that indicate the children's arrival and departure times. - The director shall have the authority and responsibility for the implementation of policies and procedures for the day-to-day operation of the center, including maintenance of children's daily attendance records, including the daily time of arrival and departure. |
| 2022-10-14 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
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