Needville's Little Angels Learning Center

A caregiver used inappropriate verbal discipline by yelling at children.

Nine out of ten staff were missing proof of education.

The operational policies were lacking of the parent's rights information.

Four classrrom did not have activity plans posted.

The three year old playground does not have popper 6 inches of the pea gravel installed.

The annual fire marshal inspection report was not available during the inspection.

A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2024 data revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2024 by January 15, 2025, as required.

The sharp metal edge of a round metal gutter pipe is exposed on the infant playground. The end of the sharp pipe is approximately 3 inches off the ground. The sharp edge could injure a child.

5 infants, 7 to 17 months were not strapped into high chairs during inspection.

A prescribed medication was provided to a 4-month-old infant, but the time and amount given was not completed by the caregiver. A prescribed medication was given was given to a 7-month-old infant but the amount, time, date and caregiver giving the medication was not documented.

There were 19 children with 1 caregiver on the prek playground. The ratio was 18 children to 1 caregiver.

A child was left in a classroom alone for 20 minutes and a report was not made to Child Care Regulation.

A 3 year old child was left alone in a classroom for 20 minutes and an incident report was not completed.

On October 19, a 3-year-old child was left alone in the school age classroom for 20 minutes.

The menu posted in front does not document substitutions made in each classroom for today's lunch served.

The soft mat in infant room was dirty and grimy looking. The infants sit and play on this area and probably drool often.

Children in 2 year old classroom were not served vegetables for lunch. Children in 3 year old classroom were not served a protein and vegetable for lunch. Children in 4 year old class were not served a dairy for lunch. The 2-4 year olds served vegetables and fruit were not served the required amount per the CACFP guidelines.

There were 12 infants between the ages of 5 months to 13 months with two caregivers. The caregivers were over 2 infants.

A caregiver present does not have an active background check.

An infant was observed to have a small plush toy inside their crib. ** The plush toy was removed during the inspection. **

One infant did not have their hands washed after having a diaper changed.

One caregiver did not wash hands after diapering a child.

2 caregivers did not have CPR/first aid prior to being alone with children or before being employed within 90 days.

The infant room had a specified age of 0-11 months and had 11 infants present, exceeding the maximum group size by 1. This was corrected when 3 infants were moved to another room.