GROWING SPROUTS EARLY LEARNING CENTER LLC.

License #1479150 · DOVER, DE · Capacity 58

Lifetime deficiency profile

16 total deficiencies

Top rules cited at this facility

16 citations across this facility's inspection history. Top 10 below — click any rule to read the plain-English summary, evidence inspectors look for, and how to fix.

RuleTimes citedSample narrative
40U 4 Child Files — Ensure child files are complete. Child #1 needs a health appraisal and lead screening. Child #4, Child #8, Child #9, and Child #10 need lead screening results.
30U 4 Personnel Files — Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs two documented attempts to get a service letter. Staff #2 needs two documented attempts to get a service letter. Staff #3 needs two documented attempts to…
43U 1 Children's Attendance — Ensure exact arrival and departure times of each child is documented. One child was not signed out of the three-year-old attendance record.
53U 1 Outdoor Area — Repair or remove the broken play equipment from the outdoor play area. Rake or replenish the mulch in the fall zone areas to ensure there is 9 inches of mulch in the fall zone areas.
27U 1 Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision — Ensure staff-to-child ratios are maintained through qualified staff, early childhood interns are permitted to supervise children ages toddler through school-age. Two interns were obs…
46U 1 Air Quality and Windows — Ensure windows used for ventilation have screens in good repair. The bathroom window in the one and two-year-old classroom, used for ventilation, does not have a screen.
56U 1 Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments — Ensure cribs are placed at least 18 inches apart. This was discussed and corrected.
45U 1 Hazardous Materials — Ensure hazardous materials are stored out of reach of the children. This was discussed and corrected.
50U 1 Kitchen and Food Preparation — Replenish resilient material on playground in the fall zones.
66U 1 Emergency Planning — Purchase additional bottled water for an emergency supply to shelter-in-place for 24 hours.

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Source data as of May 11, 2026 · Retrieved by AccreditReady May 11, 2026 · Source: Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing