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Cradles To Crayons And Beyond Early Learning Center

1415 Pulaski Highway, Newark, DE 19702 · New Castle County (302) 595-3370 License #1131350
13
inspections on file
12
recorded violations
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severity not classified by the state
Sep 28, 2026
last inspection

Inspection history

Source: Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

Records held from Sep 27, 2021 onward. Earlier visits may exist in the agency’s own files.

Delaware publishes only visits where a regulation was cited, plus complaint investigations. Visits that found no violations do not appear in the state's data, so a gap between dates here does not mean the program went uninspected. Delaware does not publish a severity weight for its citations.

Inspection history for Cradles To Crayons And Beyond Early Learning Center
DateKindOutcome as recordedViolationsOfficial record
Sep 28, 2026OCCL Standards ComplaintNo Evidence to Substantiate0Agency record
Feb 4, 2026OCCL Standards ComplaintNo Evidence to Substantiate0Agency record
Nov 24, 2025OCCL Standards ComplaintNo Evidence to Substantiate0Agency record
Jun 18, 2025OCCL Standards ComplaintNo Evidence to Substantiate0Agency record
Jun 13, 2025Unannounced Full Compliance Review3 regulations cited3Agency record
May 19, 2025OCCL Standards ComplaintNo Evidence to Substantiate0Agency record
Jun 6, 2024Unannounced Full Compliance Review2 regulations cited2Agency record
Apr 2, 2024OCCL Standards ComplaintSubstantiated1Agency record
Aug 3, 2023OCCL Standards ComplaintNo Evidence to Substantiate0Agency record
Jun 2, 2023Unannounced Full Compliance Review6 regulations cited6Agency record
May 22, 2023OCCL Standards ComplaintNo Evidence to Substantiate0Agency record
Mar 3, 2023OCCL Standards ComplaintNo Evidence to Substantiate0Agency record
Oct 21, 2022OCCL Standards ComplaintNo Evidence to Substantiate with Concern0Agency record

Violations

Text reproduced verbatim · Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
How to read violations

Nearly every licensed provider accumulates some. A missing signature and an unlocked medicine cabinet are both “violations”, and they are not the same thing. Look at the class, the pattern over time and how quickly it was corrected — not the count alone.

Paperwork — records, postings, forms Standard — supervision, ratio, training Health & safety — direct risk to a child

Class is our grouping of the state’s own weights, reviewed per state. The agency’s own label is always shown beside it.

Jun 13, 2025Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 3 deficiencies cited
Not classified
30U — Personnel Files

“Ensure staff files contain all required elements. Updated fingerprinting for Staff #1. Teacher trained in day-to-day operations.”

Corrected Jun 25, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
57U — Equipment

“Enure equipment is in good repair. Remove/replace the torn blocks in the two-year-old classroom and remove/replace climber blocks in the toddler 1 classroom. -Corrected at visit.”

Corrected Jun 13, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
61U — Diapering and Soiled Clothing

“Ensure diaper changing pads are cleanable and in good repair. Replace the diaper changing mat in the toddler 1 bathroom.”

Corrected Jun 17, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Jun 6, 2024Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 2 deficiencies cited
Not classified
45U — Hazardous Materials

“Ensure hazardous materials are kept secure from children.”

Corrected Jun 6, 2024 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
49U — Indoor Space

“Provide documentation of the water temperature being 120 degrees F or below.”

Corrected Jun 21, 2024 · Status as recorded: Completed
Apr 2, 2024OCCL Standards Complaint · 1 deficiency cited
Not classified
Substantiated complaint

“The Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint on March 7, 2024, regarding concerns of a failure to notify OCCL of the center closing due to flooding and hazardous materials being accessible to the children. An investigation was conducted on March 12, 2024. This complaint is substantiated for failing to prevent children s access to hazardous materials because a box containing multiple bottles of liquor was seen on the floor of a storage area whose open door was next to a restroom used by children. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for not following notification to OCCL of a closure because the center did not close. An additional concern noted at this visit was the school-age classroom was out of staff-to-child ratio due to 19 children being present with one staff member. Additionally, a second staff member was signed in to the school-age attendance record but was not present. Only eleven of the 19 children present were signed in on the child attendance records.”

Correction date not recorded
Jun 2, 2023Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 6 deficiencies cited
Not classified
30U — Personnel Files

“Submit the following to complete staff files: OCCL health and safety training and complete professional development plans for 2 staff members; CPR/FA training for one staff member. Not determined: Annual training hours for two staff members (6.5 and 11) This will be non-complaint if not received by June 30, 2023.”

Corrected Jul 13, 2023 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
40U — Child Files

“Submit the following to complete children's files: blood lead test results for 2 children; immunizations for 1 child.”

Corrected Jun 28, 2023 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
45U — Hazardous Materials

“Provide and label disinfectant and soap & water in the PS1 room.”

Corrected Jun 30, 2023 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
49U — Indoor Space

“Repair the baseboard on the back wall in the red room; Clean the floors in the kitchen and PS 1; clean or replace all rugs in classrooms. Remove clutter from hallways.”

Corrected Jun 30, 2023 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
57U — Equipment

“Add age appropriate equipment in the PS 1 room to complete activity areas.”

Corrected Jun 29, 2023 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
66U — Emergency Planning

“Obtain additional emergency water.”

Corrected Jun 30, 2023 · Status as recorded: Completed

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