Licensed Child Care Center
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The Kinder Garden LLC
Stevensville, MD
· Queen Annes County
348 Romancoke Rd.,
Stevensville, MD 21666
Quick Facts
Capacity
93 children
Age Range
6 weeks through 17 months, 18 months through 23 months, 2 years, 3 years, 4 years, 5 years, 5 years to 15 years
Rate Range
83 to 250
Type of Care
Before and After School, Daytime, Full-Time, Part-Time
Transportation
Field Trips
Subsidized Program
Participates
State Rating
2
Contact Information
📞 (410) 604-0200
Licensed Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
160958
Issued By
Maryland State Department of Education
District Office
Region 8 - Upper Shore Office
Reviews
Rebecca E Alexander
2018-03-10 04:34:20
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
I have used this provider for less than 6 months
Providers are very compassionate. My child has a variety of learning experiences at the school and the staff provides a safe and loving enviorment for my daughter!
Loving Parent
2013-10-17 15:15:50
★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Fantastic teachers and owners, but absolutely horrible director. I personally have seen her being rough with a child and treats her staff absolutely horrible.
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About the Provider
New State of the art childcare center. accepting infants through 8 years of age. Full week and part week care.This is our second center, the first is located in Easton, md.
Hours of Operation
- Monday 6:30 AM - 6:30 PM
- Tuesday 6:30 AM - 6:30 PM
- Wednesday 6:30 AM - 6:30 PM
- Thursday 6:30 AM - 6:30 PM
- Friday 6:30 AM - 6:30 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-25 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.05.01A(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: Several rooms need the carpet-to-tile strip repaired. Operator is using duck tape to cover strips that are cracked/broken. | |||
| 2026-02-25 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.06.09C | Corrected |
| Findings: One staff member needs to complete 8 hrs of training and a second staff member needs to complete 7 hrs of training by March 31, 2026. Professional Development Plans were not being maintained for 6 staff members. | |||
| 2026-02-25 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.06.12B(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: Professional Development Plans were not being maintained for 5 staff members. | |||
| 2025-11-06 | Complaint | 13A.16.07.03B(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: When a parent arrived her child was not at the table eating with the other children. The parent was told that her child could not participate in the classroom party because of his behavior. | |||
| 2025-11-06 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.08A(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: LS observed one Aide with six children under the age of two during nap. LS was told that the teacher was not on the premises. During the time that the LS was in the room a second staff member arrived who stated that the room that she was covering met child staff ratio and she was available to cover while the teacher was on break. | |||
| 2025-04-21 | Other | ||
| Findings: No Noncompliances Found | |||
| 2025-03-26 | Full | 13A.16.03.04E | Corrected |
| Findings: Operator needs to obtain updated lead records for seven children. | |||
| 2025-03-26 | Full | 13A.16.03.04G | Corrected |
| Findings: Operator needs to obtain updated immunization records for one child. | |||
| 2025-03-26 | Full | 13A.16.05.01A(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: The window sill in Flower Patch needs to be repaired. LS observed paint missing and dents in the wood. | |||
| 2024-09-23 | Complaint | 13A.16.05.07D | Corrected |
| Findings: A staff person in one room did not use the appropriate water source for the pitcher of water. | |||
| 2024-09-23 | Complaint | 13A.16.07.06A | Corrected |
| Findings: A staff person did not ensure the safety and security of a child when she placed the child over the fence to retrieve a toy. | |||
| 2024-09-23 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.01A(2)(b) | Corrected |
| Findings: A staff person did not ensure adequate supervision and care when she placed a child under 2 over the fence to retrieve a toy. | |||
| 2024-09-23 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.02B | Corrected |
| Findings: The staff person who was present in one room was not a qualified child care teacher. This was corrected during the inspection. | |||
| 2024-09-23 | Complaint | 13A.16.09.04G | Corrected |
| Findings: LS observed an infant sleeping on a graco vibration seat. A staff person removed the child from the seat during the inspection upon request from LS. | |||
| 2024-02-15 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.01A(2)(b) | Corrected |
| Findings: The two staff in the Pea Pod did not provide adequate supervision to prevent an injury to a child. | |||
| 2024-02-15 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.08.03C(2) | Corrected |
| Findings: One room had an attendance of 10 two year old children with one staff member. A second staff arrived during the inspection at 11 am. The room was out of ratio from 9:11 am until 11 am. | |||
| 2024-02-15 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.12.04E | Corrected |
| Findings: Two rooms had food that had been opened but not transferred into a secondary container. The food was opened the previous day. | |||
| 2023-06-29 | Complaint | 13A.16.05.11A | Corrected |
| Findings: The carpets in most of the classrooms were not clean. The kitchen and adult bathroom floors were dirty and sticky. | |||
| 2023-06-29 | Complaint | 13A.16.05.11D(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: There were a few trash containers that were full and evident that they were not emptied from the previous day. | |||
| 2023-06-29 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.02B | Corrected |
| Findings: A qualified teacher was not present in two rooms. | |||
| 2023-06-29 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.03C(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: The ratio in one room upon arrival was not in compliance. The staff stated that the seventh child arrived at 9:30. The director arrived and moved a older child to another room. | |||
| 2023-06-26 | Other | 13A.16.12.05A | Corrected |
| Findings: The floor under the refrigerator and the refrigerator is dirty with spills from food. The equiptment on the bottom shelf is dusty. There is a bowl on the shelf that has food in it. There were dead insects on the floor under the shelf. | |||
| 2023-06-16 | Complaint | 13A.16.03.05B | Corrected |
| Findings: The current staffing patterns do not reflect the staffing that was observed by the LS's. The director needs to submit and post updated staffing patterns. | |||
| 2023-06-16 | Complaint | 13A.16.07.02A(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: Staff who observed another staff person abuse children did not make a report to the local department. | |||
| 2023-06-16 | Complaint | 13A.16.07.02B | Corrected |
| Findings: Staff who observed another staff person subject children to injurious treatment did not report it to this office at the time of it's occurrence. | |||
| 2023-06-16 | Complaint | 13A.16.07.03B(4) | Corrected |
| Findings: One staff person has been observed by other staff using physical discipline on the children in care. | |||
| 2023-06-16 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.02B | Corrected |
| Findings: Two classrooms did not have a qualified child care teacher present. The two staff in Flower Patch are Aides. The one staff person in Clover Patch is an Aide. | |||
| 2022-03-30 | Mandatory Review | ||
| Findings: No Noncompliances Found | |||
| 2022-02-23 | Monitoring | ||
| Findings: No Noncompliances Found | |||
| 2022-02-15 | Complaint | 13A.16.03.05B | Corrected |
| Findings: Director stated that she had taken the staffing patterns down to update them. Director needs to post and submit a copy of the updated staffing patterns to the office. | |||
| 2022-02-15 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.02B | Corrected |
| Findings: Upon arrival LS observed the Little Sprouts (an infant room) with one child and an aide. On a recheck at 8:30 the same staff person had two children. | |||
| 2022-02-15 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.03D(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: LS observed 4 toddlers with a group of 12 children and 3 staff (one teacher and two aides) at 7:55 am in the Pea Pod. At 8:05 am a teacher who was in the Clover Patch came and moved the toddlers from the Pea Pod to the Flower Patch. One of the aides also went with the teacher and children. | |||
| 2021-03-30 | Full | 13A.16.03.04D(1-2) | Corrected |
| Findings: Operator needs to obtain records for three children. | |||
| 2021-03-30 | Full | 13A.16.03.04D(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: Operator needs to obtain records for three children. | |||
| 2021-03-30 | Full | 13A.16.03.04G | Corrected |
| Findings: Operator needs to obtain immunization record for one child. | |||
| 2021-03-30 | Full | 13A.16.05.07A | Corrected |
| Findings: The center does not have hot water. | |||
| 2021-03-30 | Full | 13A.16.08.03C(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: During the inspection LS observed a staff person from an infant classroom walking in the hall leaving the classroom out of ratio. | |||
| 2021-03-30 | Full | 13A.16.09.04G | Corrected |
| Findings: An infant who had fallen asleep in a furnishing other than a crib had not been immediately moved to a crib. | |||
| 2021-03-30 | Full | 13A.16.07.06A | Corrected |
| Findings: Operator needs to ensure that staff are wearing face coverings properly. There were three staff who were not wearing them properly or had trouble keeping them up over the nose and mouth. | |||
| 2021-03-30 | Full | 13A.16.03.04C | Corrected |
| Findings: Operator needs to obtain updates for five children, the physicians name and phone number for seventeen children, the physicians phone number for five children and a parent signature for one child on the emergency card. | |||
| 2020-07-30 | Mandatory Review | ||
| Findings: No Noncompliances Found | |||
| 2019-10-16 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.01A(2)(b) | Corrected |
| Findings: Child went into a different classroom that was empty on the way back from the playground and staff was not aware until she returned to the classroom and counted the children. | |||
| 2019-10-11 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.02B | Corrected |
| Findings: One classroom did not have a qualified staff person in charge of the group between 8:30am to 10am. | |||
| 2019-09-23 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.03D(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: Group included 9 one year old children and 5 two year olds. The classroom contained 14 children when the maximum group should of been 6. Carrot classroom had eight children with seven children 2 years old and one 3 years old with one staff member. | |||
| 2019-09-23 | Complaint | 13A.16.04.01B | Corrected |
| Findings: Peapod classroom had 14 children. Room capacity is 12. | |||
| 2019-09-23 | Complaint | 13A.16.03.05B | Corrected |
| Findings: Staffing patterns did not reflect current staffing. | |||
| 2019-09-23 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.01A(2)(b) | Corrected |
| Findings: Classrooms were not staffed with qualified staff. The PeaPod classroom was staffed with 3 Aides. Children were in classrooms that were over capacity. | |||
| 2019-09-23 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.02B | Corrected |
| Findings: Three aides are assigned to open the Peapod combination Flower Patch room. | |||
| 2019-09-23 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.03D(2)(a) | Corrected |
| Findings: Classroom housing preschool children was over capacity numerous times. This was witnessed by the Licensing Specialist the day of the inspection and verified by staff, Director, attendance records and class roster. The records and interviews show it has been happening for months. | |||
| 2019-03-22 | Full | ||
| Findings: No Noncompliances Found | |||
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