KIDS COTTAGE

License #564685 · REHOBOTH BEACH, DE · Capacity 162

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
30U 5 Personnel Files — Complete files are needed for three staff members. Staff #1 needs a health appraisal with TB. Staff #2 and Staff #3 needs four reference letters.
63U 1 Administration of Medication — Add the exact name of the sunscreen and diaper cream on the MAR in all classrooms
50U 1 Kitchen and Food Preparation — Purchase thermometers for the refrigerators in the Sandcrabs and Minions classrooms.
28U 1 General Qualifications — Ensure staff members eligibility has been determined before the start of employment. (corrected at visit)
66U 1 Emergency Planning — Purchase emergency water for the total capacity of the center which includes staff members.
27U 1 Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision — Ensure only qualified person are alone with children in care. A Read Aloud staff was alone in the hallway reading to a child. ( This was corrected when a staff joined them)
72U 1 Feeding of Infants — Ensure crockpot temperature does not exceed 120 degrees. ( This was a corrected when the staff remove the crockpot from the classroom and agrees to use water that does not exceed 120 degrees.)
74U 1 Lesson Plans — Ensure lesson plan contains all the core areas in detail. Submit lesson plan from 8-1-2022 to 8-5-2022.
53U 1 Outdoor Area — Purchase a self latch device for the left gate on the outdoor play area.
49U 1 Indoor Space — Repair all paint chips in four classrooms.

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