Nosotros - El Rio Day Care Center - Tucson AZ Child Care Center

1390 WEST SPEEDWAY , TUCSON AZ 85745
(520) 623-5912
1 Review

About the Provider

Description: Children learn through play. Teachers, parents, and community need to form a partnership to encourage positive growth in children. Children develop at different rates and learn in a variety of different ways. We are here to facilitate that learning.

We are a Quality First Center offering a safe place to leave your children at reasonable rates. We are DES Certified and offer scholarships for low-income families through First Things First. We serve two hot meals and a snack daily. Our preschool program prepares your child for kindergarten with an accredited pre-K program. We offer a blance of teacher directed and child initiated activities, with two outside playtimes everyday. We accept children beginning at six-weeks old through 10 years of age.

We are open from 6:00am until 6:00pm, Monday through Friday. Parents can pay the weekly rate for five full days, or choose a daily rate for two or three days a per week.

We have a before and afterschool program for children attending public school. We pick up at Brichta Manzo, Davis, and Tully Elementary schools. During the summer, we offer a summer camp program with both educational and fun activities here at the center. This includes enrichment activities with the public library located at the neighborhood center.

Classrooms are set up with specific focuses: Library, Dramatic, Play, Blocks, Art, Music, Science, Math, and Writing centers. Teachers in toddler classrooms do one teacher directed activity per day, emphasizing colors, shapes, beginning writing activities, beginning numbers, and vocabulary. Teachers in the pre-school focus on numbers, letters, shapes, colors, and writing activities.

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: CDC-0636
  • Capacity: 59
  • Age Range: Ones; Twos; Three to Five; School-Age
  • Achievement and/or Accreditations CACFP
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: No
  • Type of Care: {3/4/5-year-old Care, Full-Day Care, One-year-old Care, Part Day Care, School-Age Child Care, Two-year-old Care}
  • Initial License Issue Date: 1999-11-01
  • Current License Issue Date: 2025-11-01
  • Current License Expiration Date: 2026-10-31
  • District Office: ADHS Division of Licensing Services
  • District Office Phone: (602) 364-2539 (Note: This is not the facility phone number.)

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Inspection/Report History

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Inspection # Inspection Date Inspection Type Status
INSP-0136425 2025-07-22 Compliance (Annual) Complete
Initial Comments: The following deficiencies were observed at the time of the Compliance Inspection conducted on 7/22/25, and are subject to changes pending programmatic review. A full inspection was conducted at this time. 2 of 2 fingerprint clearance cards were verified to be valid through the DPS website during the time of the inspection. Please complete the Plan of Corrections via the LMS Portal within 10 days of receipt of this Statement of Deficiencies. The Compliance Officer provided the facility with a paper copy of the Notice of Inspection Rights at the start of the inspection. The Emergency Disaster Contact Form was completed at the time of the inspection. The Empower Survey was emailed to the facility. The DES group size was evaluated at the time of the inspection, and observed to be compliant.
INSP-0048853 2024-10-24 Compliance (Annual) Complete
Initial Comments: The following deficiencies were found at the time of the Compliance inspection conducted on 10/24/2024, and are subject to changes pending programmatic review. Senior Compliance Officer- Cara Leyme, MC 2 of 2 fingerprint clearance cards were verified to be valid through the DPS website during the inspection. Please complete the Plan of Corrections via the online portal within 10 days of receipt of this report. The Empower survey link was sent. The DES group size was observed to be compliant. Fire-10/31/22 (3 year cycle) Gas-7/18/24 Insurance-8/1/2025 Sanitation-8/31/25
INSP-0034295 2023-11-06 Compliance (Annual) Complete
Initial Comments: A Compliance inspection was conducted on 11/6/2023 and the following deficiencies were cited and are subject to changes pending programmatic review. Senior Compliance Officer 1 - Cara Leyme Senior Compliance Officer 2- Brenda Alubowicz 2 of 2 fingerprint cards were verified to be valid. The Empower survey was requested. DES group size was observed to be compliant. Insurance - 8/1/2024 Fire - 10/31/2022 Gas - 9/14/2023 Sanitation - 8/31/2024 Please submit the Plan of Corrections on the online portal within 10 days of receiving this report. Please submit work orders for the outdoor play area deficiencies documenting a time frame on when the repairs will be completed.

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Reviews

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Susana Alday 2017-12-29 15:45:12
I have used this provider for more than 6 months

Teachers, Staff and children here are always helpful. We are grateful for the trusted service of these hard working individuals. We would recommend this location to anyone seeking quality child care.

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