Ivy Kids Early Learning Center - Silver Ranch

A new director was appointed over a month ago without CCR being notified.

There are 7 cribs in the infant room with mold on the base that holds the mattress up.

A caregiver grabbed a child roughly by the arm.

A piece of equipment in the room that came with anti-tip hardware provided and warnings from the manufacturer about risk of injury due to tip-overs was not anchored as required and a child was injured.

1 child did not have a health department exemption on file at the operation.

Staff files were not available for review during the inspection.

1 child did not have a health department exemption on file at the operation.

Staff files were not available for review during the inspection.

Infant was observed to be sleeping in a restrictive device.

5 out of 5 staff files reviewed did not have a completed personnel affidavit form.

A child was left alone inside their classroom for about 2 minutes.

The caregiver did not know the correct number of children in her care. When asked how many children were present the caregiver stated 13 when there were 14 children in their care.

A caregiver failed to supervise a child appropriately when they left a child alone on the outdoor playground.

8 children were transported to school today, October 3 without required emergency contact, parent contact, and emeregncy treatment authorization. 3 additional children were also transported to school on a differnt small school bus without required emergency contact, parent contact, and emeregncy treatment authorization.

A caregiver was observed grabbing and pulling a child inappropriately.

The operation did not have documentation of fire drills for September, November, and December.

An infant child fell out of a high chair due to the safety straps not being properly fastened.

A caregiver failed to use prudent judgment when allowing a child to sit in urine soaked clothes.

A child was left alone unattended.

A child was left alone inside a classroom for 2-3 minutes.

Operation conducted 1 lockdown and 1 shelter/severe weather drill during 2022.

The operation was unable to verify if medication was disposed of versus returned to the parent upon a child's disenrollment from care.

A three year old child was found unsupervised in the hall of the operation after departing the playground unnoticed by caregivers.

An admin was in a classroom and had direct access to the children with a pending background check on file.

A nine month old infant was observed to be asleep in a restrictive device. **This was corrected when the caregiver removed the child from the restrictive device and placed them in their crib.**

Four classrooms had napping equipment arranged in a way that did not allow for direct access to the walkway.

A child left a classroom, grabbed their items out of an empty classroom, and walked to a sibling's classroom unsupervised. The caregiver responsible was not aware the child was not in their class until the parent came to pick up.

The operation was not properly supervising a child when the child was able to get out and back in the building without staff realizing he was not present.