Little Discoveries Preschool - Infants
Little Discoveries Preschool - Infants is a licensed child care center in Chico, CA, licensed for up to 8 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2016. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 2 complaints, 1 of them substantiated. The state issued 7 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). 4 citations came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #38 of 47 centers in Chico and has more citations per inspection than 83% of California licensed centers.
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101430 Infant Care Activities(A) Staff shall place infants up to 12 month of age on their backs for sleeping. This requirement was not met as evidence by: 1 Licensee to conduct a meeting with all infant staff on safe sleep requirements. Meeting shall go over requirment to place all infants under 12 mo. down on their backs for nap. Meeting agenda and attendance sheet shall be submitted to CCL by 4/30/26. erica.laird@dss.ca.gov Based on interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above, which poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to children in care. 8
101439.1 Infant Care Center Sleeping Equipment (f) Cribs shall be free from all loose articles and objects, including blankets and pillows. This requirement was not met as evidence by: Licensee to conduct a meeting with all infant staff on safe sleep requirements. Meeting shall go over the requirement to keep all articles out of cribs for all infants 0-24 months. Meeting agenda and attendance sheet shall be submitted to CCL by 4/30/26. Based on interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above, which poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to children in care. 8
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1 out 4 staff files which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
(a) Certified external water samplers shall be used to conduct the Child Care Center water collection 1 Licensee conducted lead testing which came back with no exceedances. Based on record review,LPA reviewed that lead testing was completed 1/5/23 but facility did not use a certified external water sampler. 8
Based on interviews and record review, C1 was unsupervised for 30-60 seconds in the bathroom while class had transitioned outside. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on LPA observations S1 was observed to handle infants roughly. This poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. Completed training will include all staff signatures and dates of training and will be submitted to CCL by 5/23/22.
Complaint investigations
Licensee is not following infant safe sleep requirements
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Common questions
Does Little Discoveries Preschool - Infants take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Little Discoveries Preschool - Infants had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on May 20, 2022, for personal rights 102423(a)(3). Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Little Discoveries Preschool - Infants?
California investigated 2 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Little Discoveries Preschool - Infants compare with other daycares in Chico?
It is tied for #38 of 47 centers in Chico by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 83% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Little Discoveries Preschool - Infants last inspected?
Dec 12, 2025. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does Little Discoveries Preschool - Infants cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Little Discoveries Preschool - Infants for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Butte County, which includes Chico, was $1,105 a month for infants (about $1,390 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Little Discoveries Preschool - Infants?
The licensee is Ronda Gambone, and the administrator listed with the state is Miranda Calhoun.
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Citations are quoted from California Department of Social Services inspection and complaint reports. Type A citations are the state’s most serious category (an immediate risk to children’s health, safety or personal rights); Type B citations are a potential risk. A citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall. Complaint allegations appear here only when the state substantiated them.
To read the full state reports, search facility number 045407013 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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