Play and Learn Day Care Center
Play and Learn Day Care Center is a licensed child care center in Harlingen, TX, licensed for up to 90 children and serving infants through school-age children. It has held its Texas license since 2006. Since October 2021, state inspectors have visited 6 times. None of those visits produced a citation, which puts it among the 12% of Texas centers with a clean record over that period. Its last 6 inspections found no violations. Measured by risk-weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #1 of 37 centers in Harlingen and better than 92% of licensed centers statewide.
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Common questions
Does Play and Learn Day Care Center take infants?
Yes. Texas licenses it to care for infants through school-age children.
What are Play and Learn Day Care Center’s hours?
7 AM to 6:45 PM, Monday through Friday, according to its state licensing record. Confirm holiday and summer hours with the center.
Does Play and Learn Day Care Center accept child care subsidies?
Yes, according to its state licensing record.
How much does Play and Learn Day Care Center cost?
Texas does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Play and Learn Day Care Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-day price at licensed centers in the Cameron area, which includes Harlingen, is $41.00 a day for infants, $39.80 a day for toddlers and $38.80 a day for 3-year-olds (2025 Texas Child Care Market Rate Survey).
Has Play and Learn Day Care Center had any serious violations?
No high-risk citations since 2021.
How does Play and Learn Day Care Center compare with other daycares in Harlingen?
It is tied for #1 of 37 centers in Harlingen by risk-weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 92% of licensed centers statewide (out of 9,147 Texas centers with enough inspection history).
When was Play and Learn Day Care Center last inspected?
Mar 23, 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 864635 on Search Texas Child Care. Data refreshed Sep 30, 2026.