Delaware records · Kent County · Smyrna
LITTLE KID'S SWAGG LEARNING CENTER, LLC
Licensed Child Care Center · Smyrna, Delaware
Records presented as of November 5, 2026The operation, as the state lists it
- License number
- 1218402
- Operation type
- Licensed Child Care Center
- Address
- 433 SOUTH DUPONT BOULEVARD, Smyrna, DE 19977
- Licensed capacity
- 46
- Ages served, as listed
- 6 weeks through 12 years.
- Hours, as listed
- 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- State programs listed
- Child Care Food Program;Purchase of Care
The record in numbers
| Compliance visits | 7 |
| Complaint investigations | 7 |
| Citations recorded | 41 |
| Citations with correction completed, per the state | 41 |
| Citations with correction still pending, per the state | 0 |
| Record span | February 3, 2022 – December 4, 2025 |
How to read this record
A compliance visit is a licensing visit by an OCCL specialist. When the specialist finds a regulation has not been met, the visit record carries a citation: the regulation's code and short description, the specialist's corrective-action note describing what was found, and the correction record — the date correction was due, whether the state has marked it completed, the date it was corrected, and how. A complaint investigation begins with a complaint; its record carries the state's result and the investigator's written conclusion. Delaware does not grade citations by risk or severity, so no grade is shown — the specialist's note is the substance of the record. One visit can produce several citations. A citation the state later records as corrected stays in the history; that is what a licensing record is.
Record by year
| Year | Visits & investigations | Citations recorded |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 9 |
| 2024 | 3 | 6 |
| 2023 | 7 | 25 |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 |
Visits and investigations, newest first
9 regulations cited at this visit.
Ensure that at least one staff member is on site at all times who is certified in the Administration of Medication. Ensure that a designated staff member responsible for the center has documented training on emergency procedures, opening and closing procedures, the location and access to child and staff files, and the supervision of children and staff. Upon arrival, no staff were on-site who were certified to administer medications.
Correction status: Completed · corrected December 4, 2025 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due December 4, 2025
Ensure staff files are complete. One staff member needs a professional development plan. Two staff members require annual reviews of safe sleep and of abuse and neglect. One staff member needs Health and Safety for Child Care Professionals training. One staff member needs a job description. One staff member needs four references. One staff member needs a follow-up service letter attempt for a previous child care employer.
Correction status: Completed · correction was due January 9, 2026
Ensure child files are complete. One child needs updated immunizations. Six children need developmant plans.
Correction status: Completed · correction was due January 9, 2026
Remove hazards from the classrooms. The yellow classroom has a shelf and a play mat on the baseboard heater.
Correction status: Completed · correction was due January 9, 2026
Ensure that sprays are not fragranced to alter the air's odor. Each classroom had air fresheners and aerosols that are fragranced and disinfectant.
Correction status: Completed · corrected December 4, 2025 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due December 4, 2025
Ensure baseboard heater elements are not accessible. The toddler classroom baseboard heater elements are accessible because they are not tacked down.
Correction status: Completed · correction was due January 9, 2026
A licensee shall keep all areas, furnishings, and equipment of the center in a clean, hazard-free, and safe condition. Floors, walls, counter surfaces, toilets, and surfaces or finishes must be cleanable and in good repair. The infant classroom ceiling is deteriorating; the trash can contains waste without a liner. The yellow classroom, the wall by the door is moldy under the air conditioner all the way to the floor, the ceiling is peeling, the molding and sills are peeling paint, where the floor strip is, there is a soft spot in the room floor, and there are holes in the closet wall. The blue room remove the accessible extension cord, plugged into the television, cleaned the tape residue from the wall, shelves, and cubbies, and there is paint peeling off the walls. The green room requires repair and repainting to address peeling paint. Every classroom intake and exchange vent in the ceiling needs to be cleaned of excessive dust. Each classroom has water staining on the ceiling. The pink bathroom paint the wall to ensure that the patch repair is cleanable. Make sure trash is emptied daily. Trash cans that are no longer in use for an extended period contain trash. Some of them have trash and no liner.
Correction status: Completed · correction was due January 9, 2026
Ensure the outdoor play area has no hazards; broken equipment must be removed, repaired, or replaced; gates must be self-closing and self-latching; and all equipment where a child's feet intentionally leave the ground must have fall zones with proper depth and circumference, including indoor slides. Remove trash from the area, broken bikes, broken kitchen equipment, broken slides, broken boards with nails, and the bounce house that is not in use. Restrict access to areas where the building exterior is deteriorating. Repair the gate by the infant toddler classroom doors to be self-closing and self-latching.
Correction status: Completed · correction was due January 9, 2026
A licensee shall ensure staff members wash with a soap and water solution and then disinfect the following equipment, items, or surfaces, as recommended in DELACARE. Ensure toilet seats and areas of toileting are cleaned with soap and water then disinfected. It was observed a toilet seat in each bathroom was not cleaned after use, because soap and water and disinfectant labeled bottles are not available. Toys and classroom materials in each classroom need to be cleaned and disinfected it was observed that there were dusty items, dead bugs, and dirt in the bottom of the bin storing the toys, on surfaces, and dirty toys in each classroom.
Correction status: Completed · correction was due January 9, 2026
6 regulations cited at this visit.
Ensure an updated health appraisal and immunization record are on file. A child needs an updated health appraisal and immunization record on file.
Correction status: Completed · corrected December 10, 2024 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 3, 2025
Ensure cabinets and items in the room are not a hazard and chemicals are out of reach. The green classroom had soap and water, disinfectant aerosol, and antibacterial wipes accessible. The yellow classroom sink cabinet doors are falling off the hinges.
Correction status: Completed · corrected December 12, 2024 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 3, 2025
Ensure the walls are in good repair and the heating and air conditioning systems are clean. In the girl's bathroom and the bathroom in the infant classroom, the wall to the right of the door has holes in it. Repair or replace the wall. The air conditioner in the wall of the infant classroom is dusty and has cobwebs remove dust and cobwebs.
Correction status: Completed · corrected December 6, 2024 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 3, 2025
Ensure food is free from spoilage and contamination by applying an expiration date and properly sealing and storing foods. Ensure contents and container are noted. The left shelf has a clear container with a blue lid that is not labeled with contents or expiration date. Milks are opened with no expiration date from the date opened. Pears are in a bowl with a potlid, but there is no name or expiration date. Shredded meat with no name or expiration date. Blueberry muffins should have no expiration date or be covered to prevent spoilage.
Correction status: Completed · corrected December 6, 2024 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 3, 2025
Ensure the outdoor area is free from hazards and unwanted trash, the exits are self-closing and self-latching, and fall zones are adequate depth for material and fall height where a child's feet intentionally leave the ground. Remove the red chair that is inoperable due to excessive distress. The gate near the one and two-year-old exit no longer self-closes self-latches to repair or replace the faulty mechanisms. The gate to the additional fenced space needs a lock or self-closing self-latching mechanism. Add a fall zone to the swing slide combination equipment.
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 17, 2025 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 3, 2025
Ensure that lesson plans cover all required areas. Social-emotional learning is to be applied on lesson plans on all days of the week.
Correction status: Completed · corrected December 6, 2024 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 3, 2025
A complaint investigation. The state's result is shown above, and the investigator's conclusion follows.
The Office of Child Care Licensing received a complaint on September 4, 2024, regarding the facility's termination policy. An investigation was conducted on September 18, 2024. The complaint is substantiated because the past and most recent facility handbook received on September 4, 2024, does not state the facility can terminate a child s care for any reason; however, that statement was included in the application packet for each child upon enrollment. Owner #1 stated the parent handbook would be updated, and parents would be informed of the new handbook.
A complaint investigation. The state's result is shown above, and the investigator's conclusion follows.
The Office of Child Care Licensing received a complaint on August 22, 2024, regarding the facility's health exclusion policy, not posting the menu, food not being prepared on-site, and facility cleanliness. An investigation was conducted on August 28, 2024. The complaint is substantiated for not following the facility's health exclusion policy because two children were excluded from care for coughing and a runny nose with no fever. The exclusion policy states the cough must be persistent and other symptoms, including a fever of 101 degrees Fahrenheit or greater. Furthermore, there are no additional addendums or updates to the parent handbook with a change in facility policy. There is no evidence to substantiate the allegation of food not being prepared on-site because lunch was being prepared during the visit. There is no evidence to substantiate the allegation of a menu not being posted because the current month's menu was posted in the entryway. There is no evidence to substantiate the allegation of the facility not being clean because the floors and flat surfaces were observed to be clean and in good repair. An additional concern noted was the four-year-old classroom needed a labeled disinfecting solution bottle.
A complaint investigation. The state's result is shown above, and the investigator's conclusion follows.
The Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint on December 14, 2023, regarding not enough staff to run the facility and improper staff-to-child ratio. An investigation was conducted on December 15, 2023. There is no evidence to substantiate the complaint because during the visit and according to attendance records from December 14, 2023, the facility was following proper staff-to-child ratio.
11 regulations cited at this visit.
Ensure a positive behavior management policy is posted.
Correction status: Completed · corrected December 1, 2023 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due December 1, 2023
Ensure staff files are complete. Three staff members need professional development plans. One staff member needs annual review of abuse and neglect reporting procedures, and safe sleep. One staff member needs Health and Safety for Child Care Professionals certification. One staff member needs references. One staff member needs a letter of eligibility on file. One staff member needs a health appraisal on OCCL's form with TB results.
Correction status: Completed · corrected December 21, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due December 15, 2023
Ensure child files are complete. Two children need health appraisals. Three children need immunizations updated. Three children need blood lead test results.
Correction status: Completed · corrected December 21, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due December 15, 2023
Ensure torn screens are repaired or replaced.
Correction status: Completed · corrected December 21, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due December 15, 2023
Ensure air vents are cleaned and maintained. Two classrooms need air vents cleaned.
Correction status: Completed · corrected December 15, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due December 15, 2023
Ensure cleanliness and safety is maintained in the indoor care area. The carpets in the blue room need to be cleaned tape needs to be removed from the celling, and the blanket over the door needs to be removed. The green room needs the tape removed form the celling, the walls need to be wiped, the stick needs to be removed from the back door handle, and the outlets need covers. The hallway needs the walls and the baseboards cleaned. The infant/one-year-old room needs outlet covers, remove the insulation from the air vent, plastic bags are removed, and the carpets cleaned. The two-year-old room needs the walls wiped down, the changing table cleaned, and the carpets cleaned.
Correction status: Completed · corrected December 15, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due December 15, 2023
Ensure the small freezer has a therometer that reads 0 degrees Fahrenheit.
Correction status: Completed · corrected December 19, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due December 15, 2023
Ensure the outdoor area are safe and hazard free. The grass needs to be cut in the back corner and around the fence. Remove the broken kid table, add a fall zone to the commination swing slide paly equipment. Repair or replace the gate latch on the gate by the two-year-old classroom. Remove the various pieces of trash in the play area.
Correction status: Completed · corrected December 19, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due December 15, 2023
Ensure sleep equipment is labeled and a fitted sheet is on the crib mattress.
Correction status: Completed · corrected December 15, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due December 15, 2023
Ensure enough age appropriate equipment is available in the front room for children ages 3 year old to school age.
Correction status: Completed · corrected December 15, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due December 15, 2023
Ensure evacuation route are posted in the blue room and emergency water is available.
Correction status: Completed · corrected December 15, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due December 15, 2023
A complaint investigation. The state's result is shown above, and the investigator's conclusion follows.
The Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint on June 30, 2023, regarding lack of supervision and failure to follow accident and injury reporting procedures. An investigation was conducted on July 5, 2023. This complaint is substantiated for a lack of supervision because children had scissors and were able to cut a shirt multiple times and a doll s hair without the staff knowledge or intervention. According to the attendance records for June 29, 2023, children were not left alone in the classroom. There is no evidence to substantiate the allegation of improper accident and injury reporting because the interviewed staff provided information about accident and injury procedures which align with the DELACARE Regulations.
A complaint investigation. The state's result is shown above, and the investigator's conclusion follows.
On May 4, 2023, a complaint was called into the Child Abuse and Neglect Report Line and not accepted for investigation by the Institutional Abuse Unit (IAU). The Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) accepted the complaint for investigation on May 5, 2023, regarding staff not following requirements for positive behavior supports, diapering, and meals and snacks. An investigation was conducted on May 11, 2023. There is no evidence to substantiate the reported allegations. The staff interviewed stated no staff have ever hit or threatened to hit any child in care at the facility. The administrator also denied threatening or hitting her own children while at the facility. A staff member said one child in the three-year-old classroom wears a diaper. The staff member reported the child is potty training and uses the bathroom every two hours or less, so their diaper rarely needs to be changed. Regarding meals and snacks, the licensing specialist observed children eating lunch, and the serving sizes were more than the required minimum for each food item. Concerns noted were not enough staff were physically present to fulfill the minimum daily functions and proper staff-to-child ratios were not maintained. A staff member left another staff member alone in the toddler classroom with seven children, ages one and two, to answer the main door and clean the kitchen.
2 regulations cited at this visit.
A staff member was following proper staff-to-child ratios, when one school-age student left the classroom, entered the hallway and then entered the front classroom where the administrator was present with the licensing specialists. The staff member called for the child to come back into the classroom. The administrator asked the school-age child what she was doing. The school-age child stated she was trying to get something from her book bag. The administrator immediately returned the school-age child to her classroom.
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 23, 2023 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due January 23, 2023
Remove the wood pole from the back door placed between the door and push exit bar.
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 23, 2023 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due January 23, 2023
1 regulation cited at this visit.
Ensure children are supervised at all times. Upon arrival, an early childhood intern was in the main classroom next to the front office. The early childhood intern was signed onto the attendance record and responsible for seven napping one and two-year-old children. This was corrected when the early childhood intern returned to the classroom.
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 18, 2023 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due January 18, 2023
11 regulations cited at this visit.
Ensure the facility has enough staff to operate. Upon arrival, LS Sommer and LS Smith entered the facility unnoticed. LS Sommer observed Staff #5 with five children in the toddler classroom and Staff #6 alone with five children in the school-age classroom. Staff #6 stated Ms.Brown would be returning shortly. This was corrected when Ms. Brown returned to the facility.
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 9, 2023 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due January 9, 2023
Ensure supervision is maintained at all times. Staff #6 walked back to the classroom form the main room with four of the five children in her care, leaving one child alone. Staff #6 then brought the four children back to the main room and stated she forgot her clipboard. LS Smith also reminded Staff #6 she forgot one child. Staff #6 then brought the five children to the school-age classroom. While writing the compliance record in the main room, one three-year-old child exited the school-age classroom, walked down the hallway, and into the main room. LS Sommer asked the child where her class was. An aide, walked the child back to the classroom.
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 9, 2023 · how corrected: Facility Visit · correction was due January 9, 2023
Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs administration of medication, OCCL's health and safety training, and an OCCL adult health appraisal with TB. Staff #2 needs administration of medication, OCCL's health and safety training, fingerprint receipt, eligibility letter, one reference, service letters, and an OCCL adult health appraisal with TB. Staff #3 needs annual safe sleep, and abuse and neglect. Staff #4 needs first aid/ CPR, administration of medication, annual safe sleep, and abuse and neglect, Staff #5 needs OCCL's health and safety training, one reference, service letters, and an OCCL adult health appraisal with TB. Staff #6 needs a full file on site.
Correction status: Completed · corrected March 24, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 23, 2023
Complete and submit the Parents Right to Know log.
Correction status: Completed · corrected January 27, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 23, 2023
Ensure child files are complete. Child #1 and Child #2 need a health appraisal with immunizations, and lead test results. Child #9 and Child #10 need a health appraisal with immunizations. Child #2, Child #4, Child #5, Child #7, and Child #8 need lead test results. Child #5 needs parents right to know permission. Child #4 needs a developmental plan.
Correction status: Completed · corrected March 24, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 23, 2023
Removed the wood with exposed nails form the closed preschool classroom that children use to exit to the playground. LS Sommer observed two bottles of air freshener in the school-age classroom and removed them.
Correction status: Completed · corrected March 24, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 23, 2023
Ensure the facility has security procedures in place. Upon arrival, LS Sommer and LS Smith walked in unnoticed the the two staff present in the facility. LS Sommer discussed ways to be compliant with security and Staff #6 agreed to comply. Ensure the facility is clean and in good repair. Repair the toilet lid in the infant/ one-year-old classroom. Remove the raising vinyl flooring in the main room and one-year-old classroom. Cover the exposed heater pipes on the baseboard heater in the main classroom, one-year-old classroom, preschool classroom, and school-age classroom. Clean the toilets and sinks in all bathrooms. Ensure all sinks supply hot water. Hot water was not available in the sinks other than the kitchen. The kitchen sink had hot water that exceeds 120 degrees Fahrenheit. The one-year-old bathroom trashcan needs a lid. Ensure exits are unobstructed. The exit to the playground in the preschool classroom was obstructed with a pole between the door and the push handle preventing it from opening. Clean the walls and toys in the school-age classroom. Repair the thermostat with exposed wires next to the changing table in the one-year-old classroom.
Correction status: Completed · corrected March 24, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 23, 2023
Clean the walls and surfaces in the kitchen which have spilled food on them.
Correction status: Completed · corrected March 24, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 23, 2023
Repair the fence to ensure it is connected and secure on the right side of the playground. Repair the gates to ensure they are self-closing and self-latching. The gate on the right side of the playground cannot open due to overgrown grass. Remove the wood board by the window with exposed nails. Repair the raised wooden boards to prevent tripping hazards.
Correction status: Completed · corrected March 28, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 23, 2023
Ensure there are sufficient activities are available to the children. Add language/literacy, and science to the one-year-old classroom. Add construction, manipulatives, science, and music to the one and two-year-old classroom. Add manipulatives, art and science to the school-age classroom. Add manipulatives, art, science, music, and dramatic play to the main room.
Correction status: Completed · corrected March 24, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 23, 2023
Ensure lesson plans contain all requirements and have four activities daily. LS Sommer observed the lesson plans do not have a sufficient amount of activities. The one and two-year-old lesson plan stated they would watch a movie. LS Sommer spoke with staff who confirmed they would watch a movie with the children.
Correction status: Completed · corrected March 24, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due January 23, 2023
A complaint investigation. The state's result is shown above, and the investigator's conclusion follows.
OCCL received a complaint on May 13, 2022. On May 23, 2022, IA informed OCCL they would not be investigating the reported allegation. An investigation was conducted by OCCL on May 24, 2022, regarding improper discipline and possibly not providing an accident/ injury report. This complaint is no evidence to substantiate because all staff interviewed denied the allegation of improper discipline and stated Child #1 s injury did not occur while in the facility.
1 regulation cited at this visit.
Ensure children receiving services without an IEP receive parent permission and are signed out of the attendance record while working alone with a contracted therapist from the school district.
Correction status: Completed · corrected February 10, 2022 · how corrected: Document · correction was due February 16, 2022
A complaint investigation. The state's result is shown above, and the investigator's conclusion follows.
OCCL received a complaint on January 24, 2022. An investigation was conducted on January 25, 2022 regarding lack of supervision and improper staff-to-child ratio. This complaint is substantiated because LS Sommer observed Staff #2, an intern without fingerprinting and criminal history eligibility, alone with four preschool-age children. Additionally, according to attendance documentation from January 21, 2022, showed Staff #2 was alone from 3:30 p.m. until 5:36 p.m. with eight school-age children before Staff #1 arrived. Additional concerns noted were an infant was observed asleep on the boppy pillow, and a staff file was not available and was not provided for Staff #2 during the annual full compliance review in December.
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