Tiny Tots - Hillsborough NC Four Star Center License

323 CRAWFORD RD , HILLSBOROUGH NC 27278
(919) 732-3102

About the Provider

Description: The first several years of a child's life are very important and every child should have the opportunity to develop to their fullest potential. A child consists of the following parts: physical, emotional, social, and academic needs.

A lot of love, encouragement, and patience provided by educators and families are essential in producing quality lives and learning for our children. Parents and educators working together towards positive goals for children are extremely helpful for their maximum development in all areas of their life.

Family involvement and support of a child especially in their earlier stages are of utmost pertinence. Parents who recognize the needs of their children and develop time and energy in nurturing those needs produces children who are usually independent, happy, and feel good about themselves. Such children are self-assured with high self-esteem and ready to grow around their environment.

Quality family time is positively correlated with family bonding. It is very imperative for parents and educators to work together in the care and support of a child, identify their needs and concerns and communicate that appropriately. Whether a parent or educator, one should report a problem as soon as it is identified so that it can be addressed at an early age.

Our children needs to be nurtured with love, patience, tenderness, compassion, consistency, smiles, attention, and encouragement, and the result of these will produce a healthy and happy children feeling good about themselves and ready to move on to the next stage of their life with love and confidence.

Additional Information: Four Star Center License

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: 68000427
  • Capacity: 100
  • Age Range: 0 through 12
  • State Rating: 4
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: Yes
  • District Office: North Carolina Dept of Health and Human Services - Division of Child Development
  • District Office Phone: (919) 662-4499 (Note: This is not the facility phone number.)

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Inspection/Report History

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Date Type Violations Rule
2023-08-08 Unannounced Inspection Yes
2023-08-08 Violation 859 .0605(q)
Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements. "There has been no playground inspection completed in the last few months."
2023-08-08 Violation 1811 .0604(u);.0302(d)(8)
Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete. "No shelter-in or lockdown drills were practiced every three months since February 2023."
2023-02-02 Unannounced Inspection Yes
2023-02-02 Violation 716 .0605(j)
All stationary equipment, more than 18 inches high, was not installed over protective surfacing. 'The mulch around the stationary eqipment taller than 18 inches were less than three to four inches in most areas.'
2023-02-02 Violation 802 .1003(b)
Safe pick-up and delivery procedures were not communicated to parents and/or were not posted where they can be seen by the parents. "Safe picck up and delivery procedures were not posted."
2023-02-02 Violation 843 10A NCAC 09 .0803(1)(d)
A drug or medicine was administered after its expiration date. "The authorization to admminister a diaper cream for one infant child had expiired on 1/30/2023."
2023-02-02 Violation 892 .0606(b)
The center's safe sleep policy was not posted in a prominent place in the infant room where parents and caregivers were able to view daily. "There was no safe sleep policy posted in the infant room."
2022-11-08 Unannounced Inspection No
2022-07-15 Unannounced Inspection No
2022-07-12 Unannounced Inspection Yes
2022-07-12 Violation 1756 10A NCAC 09 .2818
Enhanced staff/child ratios and group sizes were not met. 'Two caregivers were supervising 20 children, youngest child 4 yrs old, in the playgorund. I observed one teacher leave the playgounnd to retrieve a can of spray from her car. The car was paked in front of the child care building, away from the children. Later in the same playground, I observed the director's assistant supervising 20 chilldren while the two classroom teachers were inside the child care building. The youngest child present was 4 yrs old. This program is meeting enhanced ratios.'
2022-07-12 Violation 303 .1801(a)(1-5)
Children were not adequately supervised at all times. 'I observed two groups of children with two caregivers in the playgournd for 20 minutes. Both caregivers sat in the chair up on the balcony away from the children the entire 20 minutes, not moving about and interacting with the children. They were not able to hear or see the children coming down the slide which faces away from the child care building. I observed one school age child leave the playground and enter the child care builing alone. He came out 2-3 minutes later. The side door remained closed during the time he was gone The director told me neither teachers called for assistance to supervise the child.'
2022-02-14 Unannounced Inspection Yes
2022-02-14 Violation 859 .0605(q)
Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements. It was determined based upon the consultant's observation of playground inspections that an inspection had not been completed since September 2021.

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