Description: TSL ROOTS EARLY LEARNING CENTER is a LICENSED GROUP in Watertown WI, with a maximum capacity of 75 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 6 wks - 12 yrs 11 mo. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
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| Violation Date | Rule Number | Rule Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-07 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2026-04-07 | A time out period exceeded three minutes when a 3 year old child was in a timeout for approximately seven minutes. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(2)(c)3. — Time Out - Time | ||
| 2026-04-07 | Actions may have been dangerous or potentially injurious when staff pulled a child up by both arms and moved them from the bathroom to the adjoining classroom. Additionally, the staff grabbed the child by their right arm and aggressively pulled the child over the top of the handrail and roughly put the child on the floor. Additionally, the same staff moved a child off the floor, lifting the child up by their under arms and carried the child by their right arm and right leg and placed the child on the floor in a time-out. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(2)(e) — Child Guidance - Prohibited Actions | ||
| 2026-04-07 | Actions were aversive and frightening to a child when staff pulled a child close to their face and yelled into the 3 year old child's face, "biting hurts!". | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(2)(e)5. — Prohibited Actions - Cruel, Aversive, Frightening, Humiliating Actions | ||
| 2026-03-09 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2026-03-09 | Actions were potentially injurious when staff pulled on a toddler's arm and another toddler's leg to get them into a laying position in their cribs and pack n plays. Additionally, staff was observed putting a sleep sac on a child roughly and later, approached the same toddler and pulled the sleep sac between their legs, in order to get the child in a laying position on their cot. Additionally, staff was observed picking up a toddler and roughly putting them into a pack n play to sleep. | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(2)(e) — Child Guidance - Prohibited Actions | ||
| 2026-03-09 | On March 3, 2026, staff was forcing 5 toddlers to take naps when the staff person was pulling on one toddler's arm, another toddler's leg, and pulled on another toddler's sleep sac to get them into laying positions on their sleep surfaces. Additionally, a staff person was heard yelling at toddlers to "lay down". | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(2)(e)4. — Prohibited Actions - Withholding / Forcing Food Or Sleep | ||
| 2026-03-09 | Each toddler was not allowed to form and follow their own pattern of sleeping and waking when 5 toddlers were all put down for naptime at the same time and woke up at the same time. Additionally, some toddlers did not show signs of being tired and were forced to lay down on their sleep surfaces. | Violation |
| Description: 251.09(2)(b) — Infant & Toddler - Individual Sleep Patterns | ||
| 2026-02-24 | See Violations below | Licensing |
| 2026-02-24 | Child 3 does not have documentation indicating the child's immunization history. | Violation |
| Description: 251.04(6)(a)6m. — Child Record - Immunization History | ||
| 2026-02-24 | Child 1 does not have a health examination report. | Violation |
| Description: 251.04(6)(a)8.d. — Child Record - Health Exam Report | ||
| 2026-02-24 | Actions may have been psychologically and emotionally painful and potentially injurious when staff reported that they "may have placed a child down more firmly than necessary". Additionally, staff picked a toddler up by one arm and proceeded to bring the toddler level to their face and told the crying toddler in a firm and loud voice "that's enough." | Violation |
| Description: 251.07(2)(e) — Child Guidance - Prohibited Actions | ||
| 2026-02-24 | Child care workers did not document changes in a child's development and routine every three months when Child 1's changes in development were last updated on 11/10/2025, Child 2's were last updated on 11/07/2025, and Child 3's were last updated on 09/04/2025. | Violation |
| Description: 251.09(1)(c) — Infant & Toddler - Documenting Changes In Development | ||
| 2026-02-24 | Staff fed an infant the incorrect break milk when they grabbed the wrong bottle out of the refrigerator and fed the bottle of breast milk to the wrong infant. Additionally, the bottle was labeled and dated but was fed to the wrong infant. | Violation |
| Description: 251.09(3)(a)2m. — Infant & Toddler - Correct Food, Breastmilk, Or Formula | ||
| 2025-10-27 | See Violations below | Licensing |
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