Riddles and Rhymes Child Care Center

A group of 11 children were outside playing in a inflatable wading pool with water with only two caregivers. There were two 18 month old children, eight 2 year olds and a 3 year old putting the operation out of ratio for wading pool activities. This was corrected when the children stopped the wading pool activity during the inspection and prepared to go back inside of the operation.

Two infant's bottles were propped on blankets by a caregiver.

During a DFPS investigation, it was determined that a child in care was not accounted for and left alone unsupervised in the playground for a period of approximately 15 minutes.

During a DFPS investigation, it was determined that a child in care was left unattended in a vehicle.

During a DFPS investigation, a caregiver conducing transportation admitted to not conducting a physical walk-through and visual check of the vehicle, including the seats, seat rows, and interior, to ensure no children remain in the vehicle. This resulted in a child in care being left unattended in a transportation vehicle.

During a DFPS investigation it was determined that a caregiver failed to account for all children exiting the vehicle before leaving the vehicle unattended. This resulted in a child in care being left in a transportation vehicle.

Information indicating if a child had allergies or not was missing from a file.

Four caregivers were missing some of the required annual trainings.

The operation's last gas inspection was on 11/12/20.

TV monitors in the pre-k classrooms were not anchored. This was corrected at inspection when the monitors were removed from the classrooms.

A 12 seat passenger van purchased after 2013 did not have a safety alarm installed.