Beginners Choice II
Daycare center in Selbyville, DE. 38081 Community Ln, Selbyville, DE 19975
About the program
Beginners Choice II is a licensed daycare center in Selbyville, Delaware. It is licensed for 76 children and serves infant, toddler, preschool and school age ages.
It accepts child care subsidy.
Tuition and capacity
Tuition: not listed. Beginners Choice II 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.
Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision (regulation 27U)
Ensure infants are cared for by staff who are Assistant Teacher, Teacher or Administrator qualified. Specialist noted there were two interns alone with the infants at the visit.
Personnel Files (regulation 30U)
Ensure staff files are complete. One staff needs Administration of Medication training, OCCL's Health and Safety Training, application/ resume, job description, references, adult abuse registry check, health appraisal with TB results, service letters or two documented attempts and 2 additional references.
Kitchen and Food Preparation (regulation 50U)
Ensure stored food is labeled with date of expiration.
Outdoor Area (regulation 53U)
Ensure gates exiting the playground are self-closing/ self latching. Ensure fall zones have at least 9 inches of material and expand six feet in all directions around play equipment.
Lesson Plans (regulation 74U)
Ensure lesson plans are posted. School Age classroom needs a posted lesson plan.
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Child Files (regulation 40U)
Ensure child files are complete. One child needs transportation permission. Seven children need a development plan. Two children need a MAR for diaper cream.
Hazardous Materials (regulation 45U)
Ensure radon testing is done every five years. Current radon expired on 2/13/2025.
Kitchen and Food Preparation (regulation 50U)
Ensure refrigerators have a thermometer. The refrigerator in the infant room needs a thermometer.
Outdoor Area (regulation 53U)
Ensure gates are self closing. Gates leading out of the playground are only self latching, not self closing.
License Renewal (regulation 8U)
Ensure 60 days before license expiration a notarized renewal application is submitted.
Child Files (regulation 40U)
Ensure child files are complete. Child #2 and #4 need blood lead screening results.
Indoor Space (regulation 49U)
Ensure garbage cans are covered. The bathroom for both the boys and girls in the school age room need a covered garbage can.
Toilet Facilities (regulation 51U)
Ensure liquid soap is accessible in all bathrooms. The school age girls bathroom needs soap.
Outdoor Area (regulation 53U)
Ensure outdoor space has working exit gates with self closing, self latching locks and fall zones have at least 9 inches of material to absorb falls. Specialist noticed the exit gate on the older kids playground was bent and latches on both playgrounds were broken. Mulch on both playgrounds needs to be replenished.
Lesson Plans (regulation 74U)
Ensure lesson plans are posted in each classroom and there are opportunities for special activities weekly. The school age classroom needs to have a lesson plan posted and each classroom needs to include a healthy habits/food component.
Staff Qualifications (regulation 24U)
An administrator needs school-age specialized training added to the DEEDS certificate.
Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision (regulation 27U)
Ensure staff-to-child ratios are maintained at all times through the assignment of qualified staff present with the children. An aide who has been employed for more than one year was alone with three children, the youngest being an infant, in the infant classroom. This was corrected when another staff was placed into the classroom.
Personnel Files (regulation 30U)
Ensure staff files are complete. Six staff need updated fingerprinting with eligibility. Four staff need OCCL's health and safety training.
Child Files (regulation 40U)
Ensure child files are complete. One child needs immunizations and blood lead screening. One child needs immunizations. One child needs blood lead screening.
Children's Attendance (regulation 43U)
Ensure childrens attendance verifies the location of the child. One child was not signed in correctly.
Hazardous Materials (regulation 45U)
Raid and other chemicals were observed under the infant classroom sink unlocked. Remove keep out-of-reach items or lock the cabinet.
Indoor Space (regulation 49U)
Ensure interior space is designed and designated for children's use. One classroom was using shelves to block half of the classroom. This was corrected at the visit. Repair or replace the vinyl flooring in one area.
Kitchen and Food Preparation (regulation 50U)
Purchase thermometers for all refrigerators and freezers in the classrooms.
Outdoor Area (regulation 53U)
The playground needs more resilient material in the fall zones. The vinyl siding outside of the Toddler classroom on the playground needs to be repaired or replaced. The self-latching mechanism between the playgrounds needs to be repaired or replaced. Ensure shade is available on the playground.
Equipment (regulation 57U)
Purchase additional music material for the Toddler One classroom.
Diapering and Soiled Clothing (regulation 61U)
Replace the diaper changing pad in one classroom. Post the diaper changing procedure in two classrooms. Ensure a foot-activated trashcan is within arm's reach of a diaper changing station and used solely for diapers. This was corrected at the visit.
Emergency Planning (regulation 66U)
Emergency water needs to be replenished.
Program Goals and Planning (regulation 73U)
Ensure monthly infant feeding schedules are complete and updated monthly.
License Renewal (regulation 8U)
Ensure renewal application is submitted at least 60 days prior to the license expiration.
Personnel Files (regulation 30U)
Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #2, 3#, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, and #12 need updated professional development plans. staff #8 needs annual review of safe sleep, and review of abuse and neglect. Staff #12 needs annual review of safe sleep, review of abuse and neglect, orientation, employee declaration, drug and alcohol statement, release of employment, updated service letters, and to be re-fingerprinted.
Staff Attendance (regulation 36U)
Ensure staffs attendance is documented with the correct departure and arrival times. In the preschool classroom staff #11 was not signed in, and staff #9 had sign in and out times pre-filled out for the day.
Child Files (regulation 40U)
Ensure child files are complete. Child #1 needs documented date of enrollment, and hours/days they attend, emergency card, parents right to know, and screen time permission. Child #2 needs documented date of enrollment. Child #3 needs lead test results. Child #4 needs updated health appraisal, immunization record, lead test results, and developmental plan. Child #5 needs lead test results. Child #8 needs lead test results, and developmental plan. Child #11 and #12 need developmental plans.
Children's Attendance (regulation 43U)
Ensure children's attendance is documented with the correct arrival and departure times. In the pre-k class, there were 11 children present, but only 10 was signed in.
Hazardous Materials (regulation 45U)
Ensure children are not exposed to any hazards, and all hazardous materials are stored inaccessible to children. There is a hold in the ceiling in the School-age classroom. There is exposed drywall in the pre-k and pre-school classroom. There was detergent and other cleaning materials on the floor in the school-age classroom., which was moved into a closet.
Indoor Space (regulation 49U)
Ensure all areas are clean, safe, and in good condition. Floors and carpets throughout the building needs to be cleaned and sanitized.
Toilet Facilities (regulation 51U)
Clean and sanitize school-age classroom bathrooms.
Outdoor Area (regulation 53U)
Ensure anywhere will children feet leave the ground is protected by a fall-zone. Playground needs additional fall-zones. LS Smith observed the gates on the fences locked. This was corrected when they were unlocked, and the center agreed to remain compliant.
Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments (regulation 56U)
Ensure nap equipment is labeled. Ensure nap equipment is in good condition, with no rips or tears. Ensure children who are 12-18 months and not walking sleep in a crib or pack-and-play. Staff disclosed that they had a 11 month old who is not walking sleeping on a mat.
Sanitation (regulation 58U)
Ensure all classroom have soap and water, and bleach bottle solutions. School-age classroom was missing both solutions.
Standard Precautions (regulation 60U)
Ensure mops are cleaned and sanitized daily, and hung to dry. LS Smith observed dirty mops, and dirty mop water sitting in all classrooms.
First Aid Kits (regulation 65U)
Ensure first aid kit is complete. Missing an instant cold pack.
Pets (regulation 69U)
Ensure pets are kept clean and sanitary. Dirty fish tank in the school-age classroom.
Meals and Snacks (regulation 71U)
Ensure lunches brought from home are properly stored. LS Smith observed lunches in students cubbies, with cold items that needed to be refrigerated. This was discussed and corrected when the teachers put all lunched in the fridge.
Feeding of Infants (regulation 72U)
Ensure bottles and cups are labeled with the child's name.
Breast Feeding (regulation 22U)
Ensure all infants enrolled have a written feeding schedule, and that it is updated monthly.
Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision (regulation 27U)
Ensure proper staff/child ratios are maintained at all times. Staff #1 has not been determined eligible by the criminal history unit, and was left alone supervising the infant classroom. This was corrected when a qualified staff member entered the classroom to supervise.
Personnel Files (regulation 30U)
Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs twelve additional training hours, a PD plan, annual review of safe sleep and child abuse and neglect, two references, employee declaration, updated fingerprinting, health appraisal with TB results, new release of employment, and a new service letter. Staff #2 needs twelve additional training hours, a PD plan, Annual review of safe sleep and child abuse and neglect, a job description, two references, and a drug and alcohol statement. Staff #3 needs annual review of safe sleep and child abuse and neglect. Staff #4 needs nine additional training hours . Staff #5 needs eight additional training hours, with three out of the eight being in health an
Staff Attendance (regulation 36U)
Ensure all staff attendance is documented with the correct arrival and departure times. Staff #9 and 10 , in the toddler classroom, had sign in an out times prefilled for the day. Staff #10 and 6 was physically present in the toddler room, but not signed in on the tracking sheet.
Child Files (regulation 40U)
Ensure child files are complete. Child #9 needs date of enrollment and the days/hours they attend care. Child #4 and 9 need an emergency card. Child #1 needs a health appraisal. Child #2 and 3 need health appraisals and immunization record. Child # 2 and 3 need Parent Right to Know forms. Child #2 and 3 need screen time permission. Child #4 and 9 need emergency transportation permission. Child #2 needs updated infant feeding schedule. Child #3 needs mat permission.
Children's Attendance (regulation 43U)
Ensure children's attendance is documented with the correct arrival and departure times. The pre-school classroom had five children physically present, but only four signed in on the attendance sheet.
Indoor Space (regulation 49U)
Ensure all areas are cleaned and in safe condition. Air vents throughout the building, including bathroom ventilations, need to be cleaned. The ceiling tile in the boy's school-age bathroom needs to be repaired. Ensure that all garbage cans used for trash have a cover. The toddler room's trashcan needs ac over.
Kitchen and Food Preparation (regulation 50U)
Ensure all food provided is free from spoilage. LS Smith observed opened fruit sitting on the counter, vegetables sitting on the stove, and chicken nuggets in the oven on the warm setting. All food was in danger of reaching un-safe temperatures. LS Smith also observed children's lunches were sitting in their cubbies with items that needed to be kept cold. The lunches were in danger of reaching an un-safe temperature. This was discussed and corrected when LS Smith talked to the cook and administrator about checking children's lunches when they arrive. As well as not leaving food sitting out in the kitchen. The children's lunches were put away in the fridge, and in the kitchen was properly sto
Outdoor Area (regulation 53U)
Ensure all fences have self-closing and self latching abilities. Self-closing and sel0latching attachments must be installed to all gates.
Diapering and Soiled Clothing (regulation 61U)
Ensure all classrooms that change diapers/pull-ups have a separate foot activated diaper pail. The infant and both toddler classrooms need a separate diaper pail.
First Aid Kits (regulation 65U)
Ensure first aid kit is complete. First aid kit is missing an eye patch/pad.
Emergency Planning (regulation 66U)
Ensure evacuation route diagrams are posted in each classroom. The pre-school room and the toddler room needs an evacuation route posted. Ensure there is enough emergency water and food to sustain all staff and children currently enrolled for 24 hours.
Getting there
38081 Community Ln, Selbyville, DE 19975
Questions about Beginners Choice II
Is Beginners Choice II licensed?
Yes. Beginners Choice II holds an active Child Care Center licence from Delaware Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing (licence 900294), with a licensed capacity of 76 children. The state record was synced in September 2026.
Has Beginners Choice II had any inspection violations?
Delaware records 15 violations for Beginners Choice II in the last three years, across 7 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 Beginners Choice II take?
Beginners Choice II 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 Beginners Choice II cost?
Beginners Choice II 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.