Kidz Stay N' Play
Kidz Stay N' Play is a licensed child care center in Nevada, TX, licensed for up to 145 children and serving infants through school-age children. It has held its Texas license since 2014. Since October 2021, state inspectors have visited 28 times and investigated 11 reports. Inspectors recorded 20 citations, 5 of them high-risk, most often for staff ratios (4 of 20). None of them came in the last 12 months. 35% were corrected during the inspection itself. Its last 9 inspections found no violations. Measured by risk-weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #265 of 429 centers in Collin County and better than 45% of licensed centers statewide.
Inspection record
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The operation allowed a caregiver without First Aid certification to be left alone with children.
The operation allowed a caregiver with conditions to be left alone with a group of children. The caregiver's conditions require that they remain in the room with another individual who has no restrictions while supervising children.
The operation did not have six inches of loose filled under the dome equipment.
This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation. A caregiver hit a child on the arm.
The operation did not update and follow the written feeding instruction.
An employee spank her child on the bottom.
A caregiver used tobacco product on the playground.
The opeeration did not ensure that the napping equipment had enough walking space.
A four year old was observed in the infant room with 10 infants in care, including the four year old brought the total number to 11 with 2 caregivers.
Several infants were observed being sent home without infant daily reports. Operation staff in the infant room also stated that the infant daily reports are not used.
The Director was observed positioned in the hallway to monitor two seperate classrooms during naptime.
A 6 month old infant was observed sleeping in a restrictive device during naptime.
There were no planned activites in the toddler room.
One infants bottle was not labeled and only one of the caregivers knew who the bottle belonged to.
Caregivers were observed not knowing which students were in their classrooms and not having an attendance sheet.
The operation is actively enrolling children to the operation without adequate staff to care for the children in care. The infant and Pre-K aged classes are out of ratio with the infant room having 12 infants at a time with 1 caregiver.
Two caregivers in the infant room were observed not washing their hands during diaper changes.
About this center
Common questions
Does Kidz Stay N' Play take infants?
Yes. Texas licenses it to care for infants through school-age children.
What are Kidz Stay N' Play’s hours?
6 AM to 6 PM, Monday through Friday, according to its state licensing record. Confirm holiday and summer hours with the center.
Does Kidz Stay N' Play accept child care subsidies?
Yes, according to its state licensing record.
Has Kidz Stay N' Play had any serious violations?
Inspectors recorded 5 high-risk citations since 2021. The most recent was on Aug 6, 2025: “AP Background ck determination - If provisionally eligible w/conditions or eligible w/conditions you must restrict duties per conditions/restrictions.” Each one is listed in full above.
How does Kidz Stay N' Play compare with other daycares in Collin County?
It is tied for #265 of 429 centers in Collin County by risk-weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 45% of licensed centers statewide (out of 9,147 Texas centers with enough inspection history).
When was Kidz Stay N' Play last inspected?
Jun 4, 2026. No violations were found during that visit.
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Citations are quoted from Texas HHS inspection records. Many are corrected the same day, and a citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall.
To see the official record, search operation 1523557 on Search Texas Child Care. Data refreshed Sep 30, 2026.