The Learning Experience
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About the Provider
Hours of Operation
- Monday6:30 AM - 6:00 PM
- Tuesday6:30 AM - 6:00 PM
- Wednesday6:30 AM - 6:00 PM
- Thursday6:30 AM - 6:00 PM
- Friday6:30 AM - 6:00 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| 2026-08-06 | Complaints- Legal Location | 3270.113(b) - No physical punishment | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.113(b) Description: No physical punishment Noncompliance Area: During the self-reported noncompliance followup, it was confirmed that staff #1 spanked a child #1 on the rear end while in the outdoor play space. Correction Required: A facility person may not use any form of physical punishment, including spanking a child. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff #1 was terminated on 8/4/26 after an internal investigation was completed. Provider also gave the rest of the staff supervision trainings as a refresher so that they remain updated with the facility no tolerance policies and proper supervision. |
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| 2026-08-06 | Allocated Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.14/3270.21 - Pertinent Laws & Regulations/General Health and Safety | Needs Verification |
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Regulation: 3270.14/3270.21 Description: Pertinent Laws & Regulations/General Health and Safety Noncompliance Area: During the allocated unannounced monitoring, certification representative reviewed 22 staff files and the files for staff #3 did not contain the required health and safety trainings. Correction Required: A facility shall be operated in conformity with applicable Federal and State laws and regulations.State agencies whose regulations may relate to the operation of a facility include the Department of Environmental Resources, the Department of Labor and Industry, the Department of Health, the Department of Education and the Department of Transportation. Conditions at the facility may not pose a threat to the health or safety of the children. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Provider will have staff #3 take the required health and safety trainings. |
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| 2026-08-06 | Allocated Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.192(2)(ii)/3270.192(2)(iv) - Exp, educ., training prior to facility/Transcript, diploma and letters | Needs Verification |
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Regulation: 3270.192(2)(ii)/3270.192(2)(iv) Description: Exp, educ., training prior to facility/Transcript, diploma and letters Noncompliance Area: During the allocated unannounced monitoring, certification representative reviewed 22 staff files and the file for staff #2, staff #4 and staff #5 did not include a verification of child care experience. Correction Required: A facility person's record shall include verification of child care experience, education and training prior to service at the facility. A facility person's record shall include acceptable verification of experience, education or training is a transcript or a diploma or a letter signed by a representative of the experiential, educational or training entity. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Provider will obtain the employment verification for staff#2, staff #4 and staff #5. |
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| 2026-08-06 | Allocated Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.27(c) - Training regarding plan | Needs Verification |
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Regulation: 3270.27(c) Description: Training regarding plan Noncompliance Area: During the allocated unannounced monitoring, certification representative reviewed 22 staff files and the file for staff #1, did not include emergency plan training. Correction Required: The operator shall assure that each facility person receives training regarding the emergency plan at the time of initial employment, on an annual basis and at the time of each plan update. The operator shall document the date of each training and the names of all facility persons who received the training and kept on file at the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Provider will have staff #1 trained in emergency planning for the facility. |
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| 2026-08-06 | Allocated Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.32(a)/3270.192(4) - Comply with CPSL/CPSL information | Needs Verification |
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Regulation: 3270.32(a)/3270.192(4) Description: Comply with CPSL/CPSL information Noncompliance Area: During the allocated unannounced monitoring, certification representative reviewed 22 staff files and the files for staff #1 and staff #2 are missing the NSOR clearance and staff #2 is also missing the FBI clearance. RRECEIVED STAFF #1 Correction Required: The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services). SAFETY PLAN: The operator is required to submit to the Children and Youth Agency a plan of supervision or alternate arrangement as required by the Child Protective Services Law. LACKING REQUIRED HIRING DOCUMENTS: STAFF #1 AND STAFF #2-- may not work in a child care position at the facility. PROVISIONAL HIRE UNSUPERVISED: A provisional employee may not be permitted to work alone with children and must work within the vicinity of a permanent employee. 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. STAFF #1 AND STAFF #2 may not work in a child care position at the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Provider will have staff #1 get the FBI and NSOR clearance and staff #2 get the NSOR clearance. Staff #1 and staff #2 will not be allowed to work until they receive all of the missing clearances. |
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| 2026-01-05 | Renewal | Renewal | Compliant - Finalized |
| 2025-01-23 | Renewal | 3270.14/3270.21 - Pertinent Laws & Regulations/General Health and Safety | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.14/3270.21 Description: Pertinent Laws & Regulations/General Health and Safety Noncompliance Area: During the renewal inspection, certification representative reviewed the facility files, and the emergency plan was not updated to include continuity of operations or specific staff duties per announcement c-22-04, issued 4/19/22. Correction Required: A facility shall be operated in conformity with applicable Federal and State laws and regulations.State agencies whose regulations may relate to the operation of a facility include the Department of Environmental Resources, the Department of Labor and Industry, the Department of Health, the Department of Education and the Department of Transportation. Conditions at the facility may not pose a threat to the health or safety of the children. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Provider will update the emergency plan to include the required updates per announcement c-22-04, issued 4/19/22 to include the continuity of operations and the specific staff and duties assigned. |
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| 2025-01-23 | Renewal | 3270.151(c)(1)/3270.192(3) - Physical examination/Health assessment, TB test | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.151(c)(1)/3270.192(3) Description: Physical examination/Health assessment, TB test Noncompliance Area: During the renewal inspection, certification representative reviewed 7 staff files and the file for staff #5 did not contain a health assessment with TB results. Correction Required: An adult health assessment must include a physical examination. 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. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Provider will obtain a health assessment with TB results for staff #5. |
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| 2025-01-23 | Renewal | 3270.192(2)(ii)/3270.192(2)(iv) - Exp, educ., training prior to facility/Transcript, diploma and letters | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.192(2)(ii)/3270.192(2)(iv) Description: Exp, educ., training prior to facility/Transcript, diploma and letters Noncompliance Area: During the renewal inspection, certification representative reviewed 7 staff files and the file for staff #1 did not include a verification of education and experience, staff #2 and #4 did not include a verification of experience. Correction Required: A facility person's record shall include verification of child care experience, education and training prior to service at the facility. A facility person's record shall include acceptable verification of experience, education or training is a transcript or a diploma or a letter signed by a representative of the experiential, educational or training entity. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Provider will obtain verification of education for staff #1. Provider will also get a verification of employment for staff #1, staff #2 and staff #4. |
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| 2025-01-23 | Renewal | 3270.192(5) - Two written references | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.192(5) Description: Two written references Noncompliance Area: During the renewal inspection, certification representative reviewed 7 staff files and the file for staff #2 and staff #4 did not include two non family references. Correction Required: A facility person's record shall include two written, nonfamily references from individuals attesting to the person's suitability to serve as a facility person. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Provider will obtain two non-family references for staff #2 and staff #4 |
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| 2025-01-23 | Renewal | 3270.27(a)(3)/3270.27(a)(4) - Contact when arises/Contact when ended | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.27(a)(3)/3270.27(a)(4) Description: Contact when arises/Contact when ended Noncompliance Area: During the renewal inspection, certification representative reviewed the facility files, and the emergency plan did not include a method for facility persons to contact parents as soon as reasonably possible when an emergency arises. The emergency plan also did not provide a method for facility persons to inform parents that the emergency has ended and to provide instruction as to how parents can safely be reunited with their children. Correction Required: The facility shall have an emergency plan that provides for a method for facility persons to contact parents as soon as reasonably possible when an emergency situation arises. The facility shall have an emergency plan that provides for a method for facility persons to inform parents that the emergency has ended and to provide instruction as to how parents can safely be reunited with their children. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Provider will update the emergency plan to include a method for staff to inform parents that the emergency has ended and a method to inform parents that an emergency has ended in order to provide instruction as to how parents can safely be reunited with their children. |
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| 2025-01-23 | Renewal | 3270.27(a)(5) - Emergency plan | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.27(a)(5) Description: Emergency plan Noncompliance Area: During the renewal inspection, certification representative reviewed the facility files, and the emergency plan did not include accommodations for infants, toddlers, children with special needs and children with chronic medical conditions. Correction Required: The facility shall have an emergency plan that provides for accommodations for infants, toddlers, children with disabilities, and children with chronic medical conditions. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Provider will revise the emergency plan to include accommodations for infants, toddlers, children with disabilities and children with chronic medical conditions. |
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| 2025-01-23 | Renewal | 3270.31(e)(4)(i)/3270.31(f)(10) - Age and Training/Health and Safety Training - Pediatric First Aid and CPR | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.31(e)(4)(i)/3270.31(f)(10) Description: Age and Training/Health and Safety Training - Pediatric First Aid and CPR Noncompliance Area: During the renewal inspection, certification representative reviewed 7 staff files and the files for staff #3 did not contain a PQAS certified pediatric cpr/first aid certification from an approved provider /approved course. Correction Required: Competence is the completion of training by a professional in the field of first-aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). All staff persons shall renew their certification in pediatric first aid and pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on or before the expiration of the most current certification. Staff persons shall complete professional development in pediatric first aid and pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation within 90 days of hire. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Provider will have staff #3 trained in a PQAS certified pediatric cpr and first aid course given by a PQAS certified instructor. |
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| 2025-01-23 | Renewal | 3270.76/3270.77(a) - Building Surfaces/No peeling paint or plaster | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.76/3270.77(a) Description: Building Surfaces/No peeling paint or plaster Noncompliance Area: During the renewal inspection, certification representative conducted a facility walk through and there was chipped paint throughout in the following areas: .RM106 ON THE GREEN WALL, RM 108 ON THE RED WALL NEAR THE SINK. RM 114 ON THE GREEN WALL.RM121 RED PAINT NEAR THE EXIT DOOR AND RM 123 over the sink and on the wall to the right of sink. 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. Peeled or damaged paint or damaged plaster is not permitted on indoor or outdoor surfaces in the child care facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Provider repair/repaint the affected walls in the following rooms:106,108,114,121 and 123. |
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| 2024-03-08 | Renewal | Renewal | Compliant - Finalized |
| 2023-03-28 | Renewal | 3270.124(b)(5) - Information re: special needs | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.124(b)(5) Description: Information re: special needs Noncompliance Area: During the renewal inspection on 3/28/23, child #1 did not have the child's special needs, allergies, or special conditions indicated. Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include information on the child's special needs, as specified by the child's parent, physician, physician's assistant or CRNP, which is needed in an emergency situation. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Parent has completed the form to indicate there is not special needs, allergies or special conditions. |
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| 2023-03-28 | Renewal | 3270.76 - Building Surfaces | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.76 Description: Building Surfaces Noncompliance Area: During the renewal inspection on 3/28/23: 1. The veneer on the changing station in the Toddler A room was removed exposing the particle board. 2. There was an unwound hose in the outside play area. 3. There were "Squares and Planks" boxes stored in the indoor play area. 4. The carpet edge was exposed and in poor repair in the Infant B 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. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The veneer in Toddler A is being replaced by a contractor, the hose was put away and is no longer unwound on the playground, the boxes in the indoor play area were placed in the storage closet and the carpet edge is being replaced in infant b by a contractor. |
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| 2022-06-07 | Renewal | 3270.113(a)(1) - Staff assigned to specific children | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.113(a)(1) Description: Staff assigned to specific children Noncompliance Area: DURING THE RENEWAL INSPECTION ON 6/7/22, DURING THE RENEWAL INSPECTION ON 6/7/22, STAFF PERSON #1, 2, 3, AND 4 WERE NOT ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY IDENTIFY THE CHILDREN OF THEIR ASSIGNED GROUP. Correction Required: 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. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Each staff member was re-trained on knowing the names and whereabouts of every child in their group. Each staff member will also take a one hour supervision training to be completed by 6/24/2022 on Better Kid Care: Supervision/Counting Children. |
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| 2022-06-07 | Renewal | 3270.171(c) - Safe routes posted | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.171(c) Description: Safe routes posted Noncompliance Area: DURING THE RENEWAL INSPECTION ON 6/7/22, THE OPERATOR DID NOT HAVE PICK-UP AND DROP-OFF SAFE ROUTES POSTED CONSPICUOUSLY. Correction Required: Written notification of safe routes shall be posted by the operator at a conspicuous location in the child care facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Map of the building and diagram has been made to show the drop off and pick up safe routes from drop off and pick up for parents. This is done at the front of the building in the double glass doors. This is the only route for drop off and pick up. |
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| 2022-06-07 | Renewal | 3270.25(a) - Availability of certificate of compliance and applicable regulations | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.25(a) Description: Availability of certificate of compliance and applicable regulations Noncompliance Area: DURING THE RENEWAL INSPECTION ON 6/7/22, THE OPERATOR DID NOT HAVE STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS FOR ACCESSING THE REGULATIONS ELECTRONICALLY. Correction Required: The facility's current certificate of compliance shall be posted in a conspicuous location used by parents. The operator shall provide the parent of each child enrolled with information on how to access the regulations in this chapter electronically and with instructions for contacting the appropriate regional child care office. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) A document to show people how to access PA Child Care Regulations Online step by step has been created and hung in the front lobby. How to Access PA Child Care Regulations Online: The child care facility regulations can be accessed on the internet as follows: 1. Open A Web Browser 2. Type in: 3270 PA Code 3. Select the link 4. Regulations will appear Or use QR code Below: |
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