Lotus Blossom Learning Center I
Daycare center in Lewes, DE. 19305 Beaver Dam Road, Lewes, DE 19958
About the program
Lotus Blossom Learning Center I is a licensed daycare center in Lewes, Delaware. It is licensed for 54 children and serves infant, toddler, preschool and school age ages.
It accepts child care subsidy.
Tuition and capacity
Tuition: not listed. Lotus Blossom Learning Center I does not publish a fee schedule.
Licensing and safety
Open the state record →Most violations are record-keeping, training or maintenance items, and nearly every program has some. Read what each one was and how fast it was fixed. Delaware records each regulation found out of compliance at a review, with the corrective action required and the date it was corrected. The state does not assign a risk level.
Personnel Files (regulation 30U)
Ensure staff files are complete. One staff needs a signed employee declaration. One staff needs two references. One staff needs a health appraisal with TB screening. One staff needs OCCL's Health and Safety Training, four references, adult abuse registry check, health appraisal with TB screening, and Release of Employment history.
Child Files (regulation 40U)
Ensure child files are complete. One child needs a child information card with emergency information and transportation permission, a blood lead level test result and health appraisal. Two children need a blood lead level test result. Four children need development plans.
Heating and Cooling (regulation 48U)
Ensure heating equipment is properly shielded. Repair baseboard heater in the two-year-old classroom.
Kitchen and Food Preparation (regulation 50U)
Ensure refrigerators maintain a temperature of 41 degrees F or below. Adjust temperature in the mini refrigerator in the Lemon classroom.
Toilet Facilities (regulation 51U)
Ensure children's toilet rooms have working ventilation. Repair ventilation fan in the pink bathroom in the pre-k classroom.
Show all 48 violations on file
Diapering and Soiled Clothing (regulation 61U)
Ensure diaper pails have a liner. Add liner to the diaper pail in the two-year-old classroom.
Administration of Medication (regulation 63U)
Ensure medications, including sunscreen, are properly labeled with the child's name. Review sunscreens in the two-year-old classroom and re-label as needed.
Infant and Toddler Care (regulation 77U)
Ensure balloons are not used with infants and toddlers. Children in the one-year-old classroom were observed playing with balloons. This was corrected at the visit when it was immediately addressed with the staff and the balloons were removed.
Personnel Files (regulation 30U)
Ensure staff files are complete. One staff needs orientation, references, adult abuse registry check, and one more attempt to obtain service letters. One staff needs safe sleep review and one more attempt to obtain service letters.
Personnel Files (regulation 30U)
Ensure staff files are complete. One staff needs OCCL's Health and Safety Training, four references, employee declaration & drug/alcohol statement, and adult abuse registry check. One staff needs orientation and two additional references. One staff needs a health appraisal with TB. One staff needs a review of safe sleep and a health appraisal with TB. One staff needs OCCL's Health and Safety Training, adult health appraisal with TB, and one more attempt to obtain service letters.
General Qualifications (regulation 28U)
Ensure staff are fingerprinted for a comprehensive background check and receive an eligibility determination prior to being present at the center. Upon arrival to the center, a staff person, who has not been fingerprinted, was observed alone with children. Send staff person to be fingerprinted and prohibit them from center until comprehensive background check is complete and eligibility determination is made.
Heating and Cooling (regulation 48U)
Ensure space heaters are not used. This was corrected at the visit when it was addressed with the Owner and the heater was removed from the two-year-old classroom immediately.
General Qualifications (regulation 28U)
Ensure individuals who may come into contact with children are fingerprinted and determined eligible. Two adults reside in the apartment above the center and have not been fingerprinted.
Personnel Files (regulation 30U)
Ensure staff files are complete. One staff needs four references. One staff needs an accurate job description, three more references, eligibility letter, adult abuse check, and an adult health appraisal with TB screening. One staff needs two more references. One staff needs a PD plan. One staff needs to submit an application to DEEDS Early Learning, needs an adult health appraisal with TB screening, two documented attempts to obtain service letters and two more references if service letter is not returned. One staff needs to complete OCCL's Health and Safety Training for Child Care Professionals, needs one more attempts to obtain service letters, two more references if the service letter is
Child Files (regulation 40U)
Ensure child files are complete. One child needs a blood lead level test result. Three children need a blood lead level test result and completed MAR for sunscreen. Two children need a completed MAR for sunscreen. One child needs a blood lead level test result and emergency transportation permission. All younger one-year-old's need e developmental plan.
Children's Attendance (regulation 43U)
Ensure each child's exact arrival and departure is documented. One child was not signed into the pre-k classroom. This was corrected at the visit when the child was signed in.
Indoor Space (regulation 49U)
Ensure children's belongings are stored separately and not touching. Re-organize children's belongings in the two-year-old classroom. Ensure air fresheners are not used. An air freshener was observed in the ventilation fan in the pre-k girl's bathroom. Remove air freshener.
Kitchen and Food Preparation (regulation 50U)
Ensure thermometers are in each refrigerator and freezer and the freezer temperature does not exceed zero degrees. Add a thermometer to the two-year-old classroom's refrigerator and freezer. Adjust temperature in the large freezer in the kitchen so it is 0 degrees or below.
Toilet Facilities (regulation 51U)
Ensure ventilation fan is working properly. Repair fan in the pre-k boy's bathroom.
Outdoor Area (regulation 53U)
Ensure fall zone requirements are met. Replenish mulch in the one and two-year-old play area. Ensure newly installed gate self-closes and self-latches. Repair gate.
Diapering and Soiled Clothing (regulation 61U)
Ensure the mat used for pull-up changes in the three-year-old classroom is non-absorbent, free from rips or tears. Replace mat.
Activity Schedule (regulation 76U)
Ensure activity schedules list the times of each activity. Add times to the two-year-old schedule.
Personnel Files (regulation 30U)
Ensure staff files are complete. One staff person needs CPR/first aid training, orientation, adult health appraisal with TB screening/results, and letter of eligibility. One staff person needs a Professional Development Plan and adult health appraisal with TB screening/results. One staff person needs an annual review of safe sleep and child abuse and neglect.
Parents Right to Know (regulation 38U)
Ensure Parent's Right to Know log is completed for enrolled families and anyone touring the center.
Child Files (regulation 40U)
Ensure child files are complete. One child needs days of enrollment, days of attending, and blood lead level test result. One child needs a blood lead level test result. One child needs date of enrollment, updated health appraisal, and blood lead level test result. One child needs hours and days of attending. One child needs date of enrollment and days of attending. One child needs date of enrollment. Ensure children have correct Medication Administration Record (MAR) completed for sunscreen. Two children need a corrected MAR.
Children's Attendance (regulation 43U)
Ensure attendance includes the exact arrival and departure of each child daily. One child was not signed into the three-year-old classroom. This was corrected at the visit when the child was signed in.
Indoor Space (regulation 49U)
Ensure indoor space is in good repair. An exit sign in the four-year-old classroom was dangling from the wall, unsecured. Repair exit sign and secure above door. Ensure exposed outlets are covered. Add outlet covers to the one and two-year-old classrooms.
Kitchen and Food Preparation (regulation 50U)
Maintain accurate temperatures in the refrigerators and freezers. LS Brey observed the large freezer in the kitchen to be at 20 degrees and the refrigerator in the infant room to be at 45 degrees.
Outdoor Area (regulation 53U)
Ensure fall zone requirements in the outdoor play area are met. Replenish mulch to nine inches.
Lesson Plans (regulation 74U)
Ensure lesson plans contain weekly opportunities for a food/healthy habit, music, sensory, and science and daily activities in physical, cognitive, social-emotional, and language/literacy. The four and five-year-old lesson plan did not include a weekly opportunity for a food/healthy habit or music. The two-year-old classroom had the same activities for cognitive and social-emotional for several weeks. The three-year-old classroom did not have a weekly opportunity for a food/healthy habit.
Activity Areas (regulation 75U)
Ensure art supplies are accessible in the two-year-old classroom.
Insurance Coverage (regulation 16U)
Purchase general liability insurance.
Personnel Files (regulation 30U)
Ensure staff files are complete. One staff member needs CPR and first aid certification. Two staff members need administration of medication certification. Two staff members need complete orientation. Nine staff members need OCCL's health and safety training. One staff member needs an application or resume. One staff member needs a job description. Three staff members need two references. One staff member needs one reference. Two staff members need an adult health appraisal with TB results. Two staff members need release of employment history. Three staff members need service letters.
Child Files (regulation 40U)
Ensure child files are complete. Five children need health appraisals. Three children need blood lead screening results.
Hazardous Materials (regulation 45U)
Ensure hazardous materials are locked or stored out of children reach. The cabinet under the sink in the pre-k classroom had paint, soil, and cleaner stored under an unlocked cabinet.
Indoor Space (regulation 49U)
Ensure floors, walls, and surfaces are in good repair. Repair the ceiling vent in the pre-k classroom. Repair the floor vent in the one-year-old classroom. Repair the baseboard in the two-year-old classroom under the window. Replace the outlet plate cover in the hall by the three-year-old classroom. Ensure 35 square feet per child is available in each classroom. The capacity for the one-year-old classroom is four; however, six children were observed in the classroom. Submit a plan to OCCL to ensure no more than four children are present in the classroom at one time. Discontinue the use of air fresheners. Air fresheners were observed in the three-year-old classroom, pre-k classroom, and hallw
Kitchen and Food Preparation (regulation 50U)
Ensure freezers are 0 degrees F or colder. The large freezer was not at 0 degrees F.
Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments (regulation 56U)
Ensure each child under 18 months old who does not walk sleeps in a crib, playpen, or pack-and-play. Five bassinets were observed in the infant classroom. Owner Robin Wright stated they are portable cribs. Submit the manufacturer, model, and documentation of the CPSC approval. If unable to submit documentation, replace the bassinets with cribs, playpens, or pack-and-plays. Ensure crib mattresses are set at its lowest setting. A bassinet was observed not on its lowest setting.
Equipment (regulation 57U)
Purchase additional science equipment/materials for the three-year-old classroom.
Feeding of Infants (regulation 72U)
Ensure infants are held for bottle feeding or in a feeding chair. An infant was observed with a bottle in a bouncer. This was discussed and corrected when the staff agreed to comply in the future.
Lesson Plans (regulation 74U)
Ensure lesson plans contain daily opportunities for physical, social-emotional, language/literacy, and cognitive development. The infant classroom, two-year-old classroom, and pre-k classroom lesson plans need daily opportunities for cognitive development. The three-year-old classroom lesson plan needs daily opportunities for physical and social-emotional development. Ensure weekly opportunities for each special activity for 24 months and older. The pre-k and two-year-old classroom need food/health habits.
Personnel Files (regulation 30U)
Ensure staff files are complete. One staff member needs CPR and first aid certification. Two staff members need administration of medication training/certification. One staff member needs one reference. Three staff members need eligibility letters. One staff member needs to be fingerprinted. One staff member needs release of employment history and corresponding service letters.
Child Files (regulation 40U)
Ensure child files are complete. Two children need blood lead screening results.
Indoor Space (regulation 49U)
Remove the exposed wire in the two-year-old bathroom. Ensure carpets are in good repair. The foam carpet in the infant classroom was ripped and the foam was exposed. This was corrected when the carpet was removed.
Kitchen and Food Preparation (regulation 50U)
Ensure all refrigerators are at 41 degrees F or colder. The refrigerator in the two-year-old classroom read 50 degrees F.
Outdoor Area (regulation 53U)
Replenish the mulch under all fall zones with nine inches of mulch. Move all slides and climbing equipment to the fall zone area.
Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments (regulation 56U)
Ensure bedding is stored not touching. The fitted sheets were observed on stacked nap mats in the one-year-old classroom. This was discussed with staff and staff agreed to comply.
Diapering and Soiled Clothing (regulation 61U)
Ensure foot-activated diaper pails are used for diapers. The infant classroom, one-year-old classroom, two-year-old classroom, and three-year-old classroom did not have a foot-activated diaper pail. A foot-activated diaper pail was placed in the infant, one-year-old, and three-year-old classrooms. Purchase one for the two-year-old classroom.
Getting there
19305 Beaver Dam Road, Lewes, DE 19958
Questions about Lotus Blossom Learning Center I
Is Lotus Blossom Learning Center I licensed?
Yes, with a note. Lotus Blossom Learning Center I holds a Child Care Center licence (state status: enforcement action) from Delaware Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing (licence 982376), with a licensed capacity of 54 children. The state record was synced in September 2026.
Has Lotus Blossom Learning Center I had any inspection violations?
Delaware records 31 violations for Lotus Blossom Learning Center I in the last three years, across 8 inspections on file. The median daycare center in the area has 8. Each one is listed above with the date it was corrected.
What ages does Lotus Blossom Learning Center I take?
Lotus Blossom Learning Center I is licensed to serve infant, toddler, preschool and school age ages, and is open 6:30 am to 5:30 pm, Mon to Fri.
How much does Lotus Blossom Learning Center I cost?
Lotus Blossom Learning Center I does not publish tuition. Ask for the full fee schedule on a tour, including registration, supply and late pick-up fees. The program accepts child care subsidy.
