Five Star Center License
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Tiny Tots
Shallotte, NC
· Brunswick County
270 UNION SCHOOL ROAD,
Shallotte, NC 28470
Quick Facts
Capacity
199 children
Age Range
0 through 12
Transportation
Yes
Subsidized Program
Participates
State Rating
5
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Contact Information
📞 (910) 575-3100
Licensed Five Star Center License
Active License
License Number
10000230
License Holder
SAWDA, LLC
License Issued
Apr 27, 2022
Issued By
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
District Office
North Carolina Dept of Health and Human Services - Division of Child Development
Reviews
SUSAN WHITAKER
2021-07-05 17:43:18
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
I have used this provider for more than 6 months
My 5 grandchildren have been going to tiny toys for 3 years. They all come home happy and with art that makes them proud of them selves.
When there sick they send them home to protect the other kids.
When they get hurt they fill out an accident report of call, depending on how serious.
I go to work each day with no worry or concern. It's a blessing to find people who truly care. My grandkids are loved at Tiny Tots. They are excited each to day to go to school.
The staff and teachers go above and beyond each day.
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About the Provider
The Kids are having a blast and the parents are loving the webcams! Our outdoor learning environments are so unique and filled with lots of fun! Full and Part-time care from ages 6 weeks to 12 years old, including transportation from school!
Additional Information:
Four Star Center License
Hours of Operation
- Days of Operation Monday–Friday
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-06 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0726-368L |
| 2026-04-14 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2026-04-14 | Violation | 856 | 10A NCAC 09 .0604(p) |
| The indoor and/or outdoor premises was not checked once a day, prior to initial use, ensuring debris, and broken equipment was removed and disposed of. Debris, including food wrappers and broken plastic, was present on playground #3. | |||
| 2025-11-03 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-11-03 | Violation | 847 | 10A NCAC 09 .0803(4)(6-9) |
| Parent's medication authorization did not include required information. In space 2, one (1) written authorization for diaper cream was not dated. In space 7, two (2) written authorizations for diaper cream were not dated. | |||
| 2025-11-03 | Violation | 849 | .0803(12) |
| Leftover medicines were not returned to the parent after the course of treatment was completed, after authorization was withdrawn or after authorization had expired and/or medication was not discarded within 72 hours of completion of treatment or withdrawal of authorization. In space 7, one (1) diaper cream was expired and one written authorization for diaper cream was expired. | |||
| 2024-11-14 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2024-11-05 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-11-05 | Violation | 106 | 10A NCAC 09 .0304(a) |
| Operator has not scheduled and obtained a fire inspection within 12 months of the previous inspection. Operator did not submit the original approved report to DCDEE within one week of the inspection visit on a form provided by the Division. The facility's previous approved fire inspection was obtained August 10, 2023, and a new approved inspection was not obtained until August 29, 2024. | |||
| 2024-11-05 | Violation | 303 | .1801(a)(1-5) |
| Children were not adequately supervised at all times. A child four years of age was left unaccompanied in Space #9 for several minutes after the staff member assigned to this space took the rest of the children to the playground. | |||
| 2024-11-05 | Violation | 319 | .0713(a)(10), (c) & (f)(3); .2818(e) |
| Staff/child ratios applicable to a classroom, were not posted in each classroom. The ratio chart in Space #5 did not accurately reflect the age and ratio for the youngest child enrolled. | |||
| 2024-11-05 | Violation | 856 | 10A NCAC 09 .0604(p) |
| The indoor and/or outdoor premises was not checked once a day, prior to initial use, ensuring debris, and broken equipment was removed and disposed of. Two broken benches and several pieces of trash were observed on the playground used by preschool children. A broken see saw was also observed on the playground used by children two and three years of age. | |||
| 2024-11-05 | Violation | 1033 | .0701(a) |
| On or before the first day of work, all staff, including the director and individuals who volunteer more than once per week did not provide results indicating that they were free of active TB and/or TB test or screening was older than 12 months. A substitute staff member who began employment May 28, 2024 did not have TB test results until June 14, 2024. | |||
| 2024-11-05 | Violation | 1041 | G.S. 110-90.2(b) |
| Prior to employment a Criminal Background Check was not completed. A staff member who began employment May 28, 2024 has not yet completed a Criminal Background Check. | |||
| 2024-11-05 | Violation | 1044 | G.S. 110-90.2(b) & .2703(n)&(o) |
| Prior to the expiration date of the qualification letter, the child care provider did not complete and submit required forms to complete a criminal background check (a qualification letter is valid for a maximum of five years for the date of issuance). A staff member's qualification letter expired August 2, 2024, and she did not submit required forms for a new background check until October 10, 2024. | |||
| 2024-11-05 | Violation | 1124 | 10A NCAC 09 .1003(d) |
| Emergency and identifying information, including the child's name, photograph, emergency contact information and/or a copy of the emergency medical care information form was not in the vehicle for each child being transported. Emergency and identifying information was not in the vehicle for four children who are routinely transported from local schools to the center. | |||
| 2024-11-05 | Violation | 1757 | G.S. 110-90.2(b) & (d) & .2703(e) |
| A valid qualification letter was not on file and available to review at the facility. A valid qualification letter was not on file for a substitute staff member working today. In addition, another staff member worked between August 2, 2024 and October 16, 2024 without a valid qualification letter. A third staff member was also allowed to work without a valid letter from September 25, 2023 to September 27, 2023. | |||
| 2024-11-05 | Violation | 1897 | .1102(g) |
| The child care administrator and all staff did not complete the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of employment. Two substitute staff members who began employment more than 90 days ago have not yet completed this training. | |||
| 2024-11-05 | Violation | 1898 | .1102(a) |
| Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. A substitute staff member who works more than 10 days in a 12-month period did not complete health and safety training within the first year of employment. | |||
| 2024-05-29 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-05-29 | Violation | 840 | .2820(b) |
| All corrosive agents, pesticides, bleaches, detergents, cleansers, polishes, any product which is under pressure in an aerosol dispenser, and any substance which may be hazardous to a child if ingested, inhaled, or handled were not stored in a locked room or cabinet. Two cans of aerosol sunscreen were observed in an unlocked cabinet in Space #2. The storage room containing hazardous cleaning supplies was also observed unlocked today. | |||
| 2024-05-29 | Violation | 871 | 10A NCAC 09 .0606(a) |
| Center staff did not comply with the safe sleep policy. An infant was observed with a pacifier attached to her clothing while asleep in a crib in Space #3. The facility's safe sleep policy states a pacifier is allowed in the sleep space but only with nothing attached. | |||
| 2024-03-22 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0324-194A |
| 2024-03-18 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0324-194A |
| 2023-11-08 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-11-08 | Violation | 840 | .2820(b) |
| All corrosive agents, pesticides, bleaches, detergents, cleansers, polishes, any product which is under pressure in an aerosol dispenser, and any substance which may be hazardous to a child if ingested, inhaled, or handled were not stored in a locked room or cabinet. Any other product that is labeled "keep out of reach of children" and does not have any other warnings on the label shall be kept inaccessible to children when not in use, but is not required to be kept in locked storage. A container of disinfectant wipes labeled "keep out of reach of children" were in a low, unlocked cabinet and not kept inaccessible to children. | |||
| 2023-11-08 | Violation | 1314 | .0802(c)(2) |
| Emergency information did not name childs health care professional. A health care professional or hospital preference was not listed on one of the eighteen children's applications monitored today. | |||
| 2023-11-08 | Violation | 1897 | .1102(g) |
| The child care administrator and all staff did not complete the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of employment. Two staff members did not complete this training within 90 days of hire. | |||
| 2023-11-08 | Violation | 1898 | .1102(a) |
| Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. Two staff members employed more than one year have not yet completed all health and safety training topics. | |||
| 2023-11-08 | Violation | 1899 | .1103(b) |
| Health and safety training topics were not included as part of on-going training within five years of completing the previous health and safety training topics. One staff member who has been employed more than five years has not yet repeated all health and safety training topics. | |||
| 2023-09-21 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0923-132L |
| 2023-09-18 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 0923-132L |
| 2023-09-18 | Violation | 1756 | 10A NCAC 09 .2818 |
| Enhanced staff/child ratios and group sizes were not met. At 8:10am, fourteen children one year of age were observed in Space #6 with two staff members. In addition, from 8:15-8:25am, one staff member was present with eight children one year of age in Space #2. | |||
| 2022-12-01 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-12-01 | Violation | 106 | 10A NCAC 09 .0304(a) |
| Operator has not scheduled and obtained a fire inspection within 12 months of the previous inspection. Operator did not submit the original approved report to DCDEE within one week of the inspection visit on a form provided by the Division. The previous approved fire inspection was conducted September 15, 2022 and another approved fire inspection was not obtained until October 25, 2022. | |||
| 2022-12-01 | Violation | 488 | .0510(e)(3) |
| For children under three years of age, materials were not offered in sufficient quantity to allow all children to use them at some time during the day and to allow for a range of choices. Four usable books were observed accessible in Space #6, which has eleven children one and two years of age currently enrolled. | |||
| 2022-12-01 | Violation | 840 | .2820(b) |
| All corrosive agents, pesticides, bleaches, detergents, cleansers, polishes, any product which is under pressure in an aerosol dispenser, and any substance which may be hazardous to a child if ingested, inhaled, or handled were not stored in a locked room or cabinet. An aerosol can of disinfectant was observed unlocked and accessible to children on the bus used to transport children. | |||
| 2022-12-01 | Violation | 849 | .0803(12) |
| Leftover medicines were not returned to the parent after the course of treatment was completed, after authorization was withdrawn or after authorization had expired and/or medication was not discarded within 72 hours of completion of treatment or withdrawal of authorization. Two tubes of ointment with expired authorizations were observed in Space #4. | |||
| 2022-12-01 | Violation | 1314 | .0802(c)(2) |
| Emergency information did not name childs health care professional. Name of health care professional was missing from two of the twenty children's records reviewed. | |||
| 2022-12-01 | Violation | 1317 | .0802(d) |
| Authorization for emergency medical care information was not signed by child's parent. Authorization for emergency medical care was not signed for one of the twenty children's records reviewed. | |||
| 2022-12-01 | Violation | 1320 | GS 110-91(1);.0302(d)(2); .0304(g) |
| Children's records that include an application for enrollment, medical and immunization records, and permission to seek emergency medical care was not on file for each child. Health assessments were not on file for two of the twenty children's records reviewed. | |||
| 2022-12-01 | Violation | 1901 | .1104(1-5) |
| All administrators and staff did not complete a professional development plan within one year of employment, that included all the required information. Professional development plans were not on file for two staff members who have been employed at least one year. | |||
| 2022-07-26 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-04-27 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
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