LOTUS BLOSSOM LEARNING CENTER I

License #982376 · LEWES, DE · Capacity 54

Lifetime deficiency profile

38 total deficiencies

Top rules cited at this facility

38 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
49U 4 Indoor Space — Ensure children's belongings are stored separately and not touching. Re-organize children's belongings in the two-year-old classroom. Ensure air fresheners are not used. An air freshener was observed in th…
50U 4 Kitchen and Food Preparation — Ensure thermometers are in each refrigerator and freezer and the freezer temperature does not exceed zero degrees. Add a thermometer to the two-year-old classroom's refrigerator and freezer…
30U 4 Personnel Files — Ensure staff files are complete. One staff needs four references. One staff needs an accurate job description, three more references, eligibility letter, adult abuse check, and an adult health appraisal…
40U 4 Child Files — Ensure child files are complete. One child needs a blood lead level test result. Three children need a blood lead level test result and completed MAR for sunscreen. Two children need a completed MAR for sun…
53U 3 Outdoor Area — Ensure fall zone requirements are met. Replenish mulch in the one and two-year-old play area. Ensure newly installed gate self-closes and self-latches. Repair gate.
43U 2 Children's Attendance — Ensure each child's exact arrival and departure is documented. One child was not signed into the pre-k classroom. This was corrected at the visit when the child was signed in.
28U 2 General Qualifications — Ensure individuals who may come into contact with children are fingerprinted and determined eligible. Two adults reside in the apartment above the center and have not been fingerprinted.
61U 2 Diapering and Soiled Clothing — Ensure the mat used for pull-up changes in the three-year-old classroom is non-absorbent, free from rips or tears. Replace mat.
56U 2 Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments — Ensure bedding is stored not touching. The fitted sheets were observed on stacked nap mats in the one-year-old classroom. This was discussed with staff and staff agre…
74U 2 Lesson Plans — Ensure lesson plans contain weekly opportunities for a food/healthy habit, music, sensory, and science and daily activities in physical, cognitive, social-emotional, and language/literacy. The four and fiv…

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