New Song Child Care

Children in the prek classroom did not wash their hands prior to eating their snack/meal.

The emergency plan for the operation does not include how children under 24 months of age will be evacuated.

Poor judgement was demonstrated when food in the form of candy was being used as a reward.

The operations director is not at the operation 75% of the operating hours.

In the absence of the director, there is not a qualified assistant director in place.

The daily playground checklist inspections are not being documented. A large screw was found by a child on the playground. The large screw was given to the teacher, in front of the Licensing Inspector.

One of the caregivers was not aware of the number of children she was responsible for.

In the absence of the director, there is not a qualified assistant director in place.

The operations director is not at the operation 75% of the operating hours.

Bottles were observed in the cribs of two Infants.

Of the three children s files reviewed, one was missing the immunization.

Two out of eight children's records evaluated did not have the required health statement on file.

In the toddler room, there was insufficient number of toys and equipment accessible to children. Toys, books, and puzzles are stored on high shelves out of reach of children.

The outside play area had two pieces of stationary play equipment--one is an apparatus that has bicycle wheels and the other is a stationary bouncy on springs---both pieces of equipment have peeling paint and rust. Also observed overgrown grass underneath the play equipment and along the fence line of outside play area. There were several ant piles observed on the outside play area.

A five year old child was sleeping in the hallway during naptime. The child was separated from the group and the caregiver.

Two out of the five cribs in the infant room did not have tight, snug fitting sheets.

One classroom had a pair of adult scissors, bug spray, tape dispenser, and a bottle of children's Ibuprofen stored in an unsecured cabinet accessible to children. This was corrected at inspection.

A caregiver was observed changing two infant diapers and did not wash the children's hands after diaper change.

Operation did not notify parents in writing that an animal was present during operating hours.

A child's whereabouts were unknown for approximately two minutes when child was found unsupervised in the restroom.