Amanda Childcare & Preschool
Daycare center in Wilmington, DE. 2101 Lancaster Ave, Wilmington, DE 19805
About the program
Amanda Childcare & Preschool is a licensed daycare center in Wilmington, Delaware. It is licensed for 43 children and serves infant, toddler, preschool and school age ages.
Amanda Childcare and Preschool provides care for children aged 6 weeks to 12 years and accepts Delaware Purchase of Care assistance.
It accepts child care subsidy.
Tuition and capacity
Tuition: not listed. Amanda Childcare & Preschool does not publish a fee schedule on its website. Programs in the area that publish full-time tuition have a median starting price of $590 a month.
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. Staff #1 needs Deeds qualification Staff #2 and #3 need updated Administration of Medication certification. Send documentation to OCCL by March 6, 2026.
Child Files (regulation 40U)
40. Ensure Child files are complete. Blood lead results are needed for Child #4, #5, and #9. Health appraisals are needed for Child #7 and #9. Emergency card information Child #12 needs emergency phone numbers for emergency contacts. Send documentation to OCCL by March 6, 2026.
Documenting Children's Progress (regulation 42U)
Ensure children s progress is being documented. Developmental plans are needed for Child #5, #6, and #11. Send documentation to OCCL by March 6, 2026.
Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments (regulation 56U)
Ensure children over one years of age have a top and bottom covers for nap time. In two classrooms children did not have a top and bottom covers on their mat or cot. Send picture to OCCL of mats and cots with both top and bottoms covers by March 6, 2026.
License Renewal (regulation 8U)
Ensure a completed application submitted at least 60 days before license expires. Send Completed application by March 6, 2026.
Show all 42 violations on file
Personnel Files (regulation 30U)
Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs Medication certificate. Staff #2 needs a Deeds certificate, Health appraisal w/TB, and service letter. Staff #3 needs 12 Training hours, PD plan, 7-hour OCCL health and safety training, Staff #4 needs four references and service letters. Staff #5 needs Deeds, medication certificate, and 7-hour OCCL health and safety training. Staff #6 annual sleep safe and annual child abuse and neglect review, orientation, 7-hour OCCL health and safety training, Job description, Declaration and drug/Alcohol statement and Health appraisal w/TB Staff #7 Deed medication, 7-hour OCCL health and safety training, Health appraisal w/TB, and service letters.
Child Files (regulation 40U)
Ensure child files are complete. Children #5 and #10 need emergency contact information. Child #6 needs an updated health appraisal. Children #6, #9, and #10 need Blood lead screening. Child #11 needs an Infant feeding statement. Send documentation to OCCL by March 14, 2025.
Kitchen and Food Preparation (regulation 50U)
Ensure refrigerators have working thermometers and read 40 or below for refrigerators and zero or below for freezers. Replace refrigerator in the kitchen and add thermometers to the Kitchen, 2 s-3 s, and 4 s-5 s room refrigerators. Send a picture of the replacement refrigerator and thermometers reading the correct degrees by March 14, 2025.
Outdoor Area (regulation 53U)
Ensure the clutter is cleared by the building on the playground. Send a picture of the cleared area by March 14, 2025.
Personnel Files (regulation 30U)
Ensure staff files are complete. 7-hour OCCL Health and Safety Training in needed for Staff #5, 7, 8, and 9. A service letter is needed for staff #7, 8, 9. One additional reference is needed for staff #7 and 8. four additional references for staff #9. An annual review of abuse and neglect is needed for staff #4 and 6. Annual sleep safe needed for Staff #4. Professional Development plan is needed for Staff #1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 10.
Child Files (regulation 40U)
Ensure child files are complete. Send documentation to OCCL by 3/15/ 2024. Health Appraisals with immunizations adn blood lead screening for Child # 2, 8, 9. Immunizations adn blood lead screening for Child #1 and #6. Developmental plans needed for child #2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9
Indoor Space (regulation 49U)
Ensure Boys bathroom has covered trash can. Cover was broken. Send picture to OCCL by 3/15/2024.
Outdoor Area (regulation 53U)
Ensure outdoor equipment is securely anchored. Send picture of swing set anchored in ground to OCCL by 3/15/2024.
Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments (regulation 56U)
Ensure cribs are 18 inches apart. Send picture of room set up with cribs 18 inches apart.
Equipment (regulation 57U)
Ensure sufficient quantity of equipment is available for children. Send picture of books in 2 s /3 s Busy Bees room. Only 5 books accessible at the visit.
Insurance Coverage (regulation 16U)
Send a copy of the current certificate of liability insurance.
Staff Qualifications (regulation 24U)
Staff #5 has been employed for more than 60 days and has not received a DEEDS Early Learning certificate. Send a copy of the DEEDS certificate for Staff #5.
Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision (regulation 27U)
Staff #8 was alone with six children. Staff #8 is not qualified to be alone with the children. This was corrected when Staff #1 entered the classroom. Staff #2 stepped out of the classroom to retrieve an attendance record, leaving the classroom unsupervised. This was corrected when Staff #2 returned to the classroom. Both were corrected during the visit.
General Qualifications (regulation 28U)
All staff members must be fingerprinted and determined eligible by the Criminal History Unit before the staff member's start date. Send the fingerprinting receipt for four staff members.
Personnel Files (regulation 30U)
All staff files must be complete. Send the current CPR/First Aid for two staff members. Send the current professional development plan for eight staff members. Send the signed annual safe sleep for six staff members. Send the signed annual child abuse and neglect for seven staff members. Send the completed staff orientation record for five staff members. Send the certificates for the seven-hour Health and Safety training for six staff members. Send the job description for five staff members. Send the references for six staff members. Send the signed declaration for one staff member. Send the signed drug/alcohol statement for two staff members. Send the adult abuse registry for fiv
Parents Right to Know (regulation 38U)
Send the completed Parent Right to Know log.
Child Files (regulation 40U)
All child files must be complete. Send the current health appraisal with immunizations and blood lead screening for nine children.
Documenting Children's Progress (regulation 42U)
Send the current development plan for eight children.
Children's Attendance (regulation 43U)
Ensure all children are signed in to the correct classroom when combining classrooms.
Indoor Space (regulation 49U)
Ensure all electrical outlets in the Busy Bee room have outlet covers. Ensure the trashcan in the Grizzly Bear room is covered.
Outdoor Area (regulation 53U)
Ensure all trash is removed from the playground each day before it is used by the children. Ensure there is enough mulch under the fall zone areas. Send pictures once completed.
Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments (regulation 56U)
Ensure all rest equipment is labeled in the Busy Bee and Grizzly Bear classrooms. Send pictures once completed.
Equipment (regulation 57U)
Ensure there is a sufficient quantity of age appropriate materials in the Little Ducklings classroom.
Sanitation (regulation 58U)
Provide soap & water and disinfecting solution in the bathroom to properly clean the diaper changing table after each use. Ensure the exercise saucer in the infant classroom has been cleaned and sanitized. Send pictures once completed/.
Diapering and Soiled Clothing (regulation 61U)
Provide a foot-operated trashcan for diaper disposal in the bathroom. Send a picture.
Lesson Plans (regulation 74U)
Post the current lesson plan in the Busy Bee, Grizzly Bear, and Caterpillar classrooms. Send copies of the completed lesson plan.
Activity Areas (regulation 75U)
Ensure the Little Duckling classroom is set up with all five of the required areas for the age group. Send pictures.
License Renewal (regulation 8U)
Send corrected and notarized renewal application to OCCL.
Staff Qualifications (regulation 24U)
There was only one qualified staff member present in the building. Ensure there is sufficient staff present to operate the classrooms, maintain the correct staff-to-child ratios, and allow for staff to have breaks through the day. Send a staffing pattern documenting how this will be achieved.
Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision (regulation 27U)
In the infant/toddler classroom there were 10 children present with four staff members. The children ranged in age from infant to two-years-old. The maximum group size for infants is eight children with two staff members. Only one of the staff members present had a DEEDS Early Learning certificate. In the preschool classroom there were 19 children present with two unqualified staff members. The children ranged in age from two-years-old to school-age. The maximum group size for two-year-old's is 16 children with two qualified staff members.
General Qualifications (regulation 28U)
There were two staff members present that had not yet been fingerprinted for the center. Ensure all staff members have been fingerprinted for the center prior to their start date.
Staff Attendance (regulation 36U)
All staff members are required to sign in and out of the classrooms they are assigned to work in. There was no staff attendance documented for any of the classrooms in operation. Send one week's attendance for all classrooms documenting staff attendance.
Children's Attendance (regulation 43U)
All children are required to be signed in and out of the classroom. There was no child attendance documented in any of the classrooms. Send one week's attendance documenting the children have been signed in and out correctly.
Indoor Space (regulation 49U)
The classroom floors and rugs had not been cleaned and were not suitable for the infants to be using for the required tummy time and exploration. All classroom floors and rugs need to be kept in clean and safe condition to be used by the children.
Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments (regulation 56U)
There was an infant asleep in a bouncy seat with a blanket covering. Infants must be placed on their back, in a crib or pack-n-play when sleeping. There may be no blankets or objects placed in the crib or pack-n-play with the infant other then a tight fitting sheet around the mattress of the crib or pack-n-play. One pack-n-play present was not able to be set up safely for use. The second pack-n-play was not clean, did not have a tight fitting sheet covering the mattress, and had a tear in the side mesh. Cribs and pack-n-plays must be clean and in good condition. Infants may not share a crib or pack-n-play. Ensure there are enough cribs or pack-n-plays present for all infants enrolled in
Activity Areas (regulation 75U)
There were children ranging in age from infant to two-years-old present in the infant/toddler classroom. The classroom did not meet the required components for all ages present. Ensure the infant/toddler classroom is set up to meet the needs and required components for all age groups present in the classroom.
Changes Affecting a License (regulation 9U)
The preschool children were in an unapproved classroom. New child care space cannot be used until after it has been approved by OCCL. The children were moved to a classroom that had been approved by OCCL during the pre-licensing process.
What parents say
WATCH WHO YOU HAVE YOUR CHILDREN AROUND. My experience as well as my children was terrible. The owners are very rude, and unprofessional. They don't provide adequate meals. They don't have a calendar for meals available for parents. My children told me they were getting a "water cup" size of dry cereal every morning for breakfast. When I reached out to offer to provide milk for my children, I was by admin they don't…
Chalese · 1/5 on Google · a year agoOur family absolutely LOVES this daycare! I have 2 daughters enrolled and they have made the best of friends there. I was VERY picky when my husband and I were looking for daycares and I was having so much trouble finding one I liked and felt I could trust. When we first toured the facility, we knew right away this was place. The owner was on site and we were greeted like old friends. My girls have learned so much…
Sara Coleman · 5/5 on Google · a year agoNo matter what it is. The Williams family will work with you. The Williams and there crew are very loving , caring understanding and respectful people. They understand the daily struggle that we go through as human beings cause they themselves has felt that struggle and pain and still does. The daycare doesn’t feels like a daycare it feels like home. That warm loving cozy feeling u feel inside yeah that’s them. You…
Nicky Reid · 5/5 on Google · 3 years agoMy name is aj the kids call me apple jacks. I am a single dad of 3 children . I am a Nremt in muiltiple states was foster parent . Williams family day care is exactly that a family. I volunter at the day care and my children go to that wonderful place. The staff cares for each child as their own. So parents dont want to hear the negative behaviors the child does and lashes out at staff . I get it my child has…
Alton Carter · 5/5 on Google · 3 years agoGetting there
2101 Lancaster Ave, Wilmington, DE 19805
Questions about Amanda Childcare & Preschool
Is Amanda Childcare & Preschool licensed?
Yes. Amanda Childcare & Preschool holds an active Child Care Center licence from Delaware Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing (licence 1456688), with a licensed capacity of 43 children. The state record was synced in September 2026.
Has Amanda Childcare & Preschool had any inspection violations?
Delaware records 15 violations for Amanda Childcare & Preschool in the last three years, across 5 inspections on file. The median daycare center in the area has 7. Each one is listed above with the date it was corrected.
What ages does Amanda Childcare & Preschool take?
Amanda Childcare & Preschool is licensed to serve infant, toddler, preschool and school age ages, and is open 7 am to 5:30 pm, Mon to Fri.
How much does Amanda Childcare & Preschool cost?
Amanda Childcare & Preschool does not publish tuition on its website. Ask for the full fee schedule on a tour, including registration, supply and late pick-up fees. The program accepts child care subsidy.
