BEGINNER'S CHOICE DAY CARE CENTER

License #900294 · SELBYVILLE, DE · Capacity 76

Lifetime deficiency profile

56 total deficiencies

Top rules cited at this facility

56 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
53U 6 Outdoor Area — Ensure all fences have self-closing and self latching abilities. Self-closing and sel0latching attachments must be installed to all gates.
40U 5 Child Files — Ensure child files are complete. Child #9 needs date of enrollment and the days/hours they attend care. Child #4 and 9 need an emergency card. Child #1 needs a health appraisal. Child #2 and 3 need health a…
50U 4 Kitchen and Food Preparation — Ensure all food provided is free from spoilage. LS Smith observed opened fruit sitting on the counter, vegetables sitting on the stove, and chicken nuggets in the oven on the warm setting. …
30U 4 Personnel Files — Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs twelve additional training hours, a PD plan, annual review of safe sleep and child abuse and neglect, two references, employee declaration, updated finger…
49U 4 Indoor Space — Ensure all areas are cleaned and in safe condition. Air vents throughout the building, including bathroom ventilations, need to be cleaned. The ceiling tile in the boy's school-age bathroom needs to be…
27U 3 Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision — Ensure proper staff/child ratios are maintained at all times. Staff #1 has not been determined eligible by the criminal history unit, and was left alone supervising the infant classr…
43U 3 Children's Attendance — Ensure children's attendance is documented with the correct arrival and departure times. The pre-school classroom had five children physically present, but only four signed in on the attendance s…
45U 3 Hazardous Materials — Ensure children are not exposed to any hazards, and all hazardous materials are stored inaccessible to children. There is a hold in the ceiling in the School-age classroom. There is exposed drywal…
36U 2 Staff Attendance — Ensure all staff attendance is documented with the correct arrival and departure times. Staff #9 and 10 , in the toddler classroom, had sign in an out times prefilled for the day. Staff #10 and 6 was …
66U 2 Emergency Planning — Ensure evacuation route diagrams are posted in each classroom. The pre-school room and the toddler room needs an evacuation route posted. Ensure there is enough emergency water and food to sustain…

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