Germaine Oden
Bear, DE 19701 · toddlers to preschool · Home daycare: the provider shares the address with families
Academy for Creative Enrichment
- licensed capacity
- 115
- open each week
- 5 days
- a week, county median
- $280
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About
About Academy for Creative Enrichment
Academy for Creative Enrichment is a licensed child care center in Bear, Delaware. It is licensed by the state, for up to 115 children, serving infants, toddlers, preschoolers and school-age children.
It is open Monday to Friday, 6:45 AM to 5:30 PM.
Delaware Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing made 4 visits in the last 3 years and cited 26 rules across 4 of them. The visit list, in the state's words, is below.
InfantsSchool-ageAccepts child care subsidyOpens before 7 AM
Ages served: infants, toddlers, preschoolers and school-age children
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- Type
- Child care center
- Ages
- Infants, toddlers, preschoolers and school-age children
- Hours today
- Closed today
- Licensed capacity
- 115 children
Hours
Hours
| Monday | 6:45 AM to 5:30 PM |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 6:45 AM to 5:30 PM |
| Wednesday | 6:45 AM to 5:30 PM |
| Thursday | 6:45 AM to 5:30 PM |
| Friday | 6:45 AM to 5:30 PM |
| Saturday | Not listed |
| SundayToday | Not listed |
Programs
Programs and care
| Ages | Infants, toddlers, preschoolers and school-age childrenFrom the state license |
|---|---|
| Child care subsidy | Accepts state child care subsidiesFrom the state license |
| Licensed capacity | 115 childrenFrom the state license |
Cost
Tuition and costs
Academy for Creative Enrichment has not listed its tuition. For comparison, full-time infant care at a child care center in New Castle County has a median price of $280 a week (U.S. Department of Labor, 2022).
Ask the daycare for its ratesIt has not listed its tuition. The county medians below are a starting point.
Infant
Center$280
Home daycare$182
Toddler
Center$199
Home daycare$154
Preschool
Center$210
Home daycare$155
School age
Center$106
Home daycare$86
State record
Inspection reports for Academy for Creative Enrichment
License
- Status
- Licensed and operating
- License type
- Licensed Child Care Center
- Capacity
- 115 children
- Ages
- Infants, toddlers, preschoolers and school-age children
- License number
- #27514
Summary
4 visits with a cited rule in the last 3 years · Most recent Dec 4, 2025
26 rules cited in those visits. Delaware Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing publishes only visits where a rule was cited, so this record cannot show how often it was inspected.
- Records and paperwork 11
- Staff training and qualifications 4
- Supervision and ratios 3
- Building, equipment and play areas 2
- Discipline and child guidance 1
- Safety and hazards 1
- Safe sleep 1
- Other rules 3
A cited rule is what an inspector found on the day of a visit. It is not a rating of the daycare today.
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Dec 4, 2025Inspection1 rule cited
30U Personnel Files
“Ensure all staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs Adult Abuse Registry Check, Release of Employment, Service Letters and OCCL H/S Course Certificate/transcript.”
Correction date in the state record: Dec 30, 2025
Dec 13, 2024Inspection8 rules cited
8U License Renewal
“Ensure that the renewal application is submitted 60 days prior to the license expiration. OCCL received the renewal application on 12/11/2024.”
Correction date in the state record: Dec 11, 2024
76U Activity Schedule
“Ensure DAily Schedules are posted in all classrooms. Twaddlers and Preschool 1 did not have them posted.”
Corrected during the visit
75U Activity Areas
“Twaddlers need access to children's books at all times. Send pictures of the book shelf with books placed on it.”
Correction date in the state record: Dec 13, 2024
45U Hazardous Materials
“Ensure Radon results are current and on file. The results on file expired in 9/2024. Testing has been completed and the facility is waiting on results.”
Correction date in the state record: Dec 27, 2024
43U Children's Attendance
“Ensure children's attendance is accurate. At the tie of the visit, the Twaddler class did not have a child checked in. They were checked into the program via ProCare but not on the tracking sheet. Review policy/procedure on signing children into the program--submit a policy signed by all staff members outlining the procedure.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 21, 2025
40U Child Files
“Ensure children's files are complete. Child #6 needs a blood lead screening result.”
Correction date in the state record: Dec 13, 2024
38U Parents Right to Know
“Ensure that the program keeps a running Parents Right to Know Log for all newly enrolled families as well as any new prospective families touring the program. Send a log with the two newly enrolled families.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 23, 2025
30U Personnel Files
“Ensure that staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs 7 hours of professional development training and Staff #1-4 need to complete skills demonstration for CPR/First Aid (only has certificate of online module completed). Training hours is not determined at this time but will become non-compliant 12/31/2024.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 21, 2025
Feb 8, 2024Inspection4 rules cited
43U Children's Attendance
“Ensure children's attendance is accurate for all classrooms. Send attendance records to OCCL for the week of February 5, 2024 through February 16, 2024 to OCCL by February 20, 2024. When children are moved to another classroom for naptime, the attendance for that classroom needs to reflect where the child is sleeping. Attendance records submitted for correction should reflect children being signed in and out when children are sleeping in another classroom. Attendance records submitted for correction should also show documentation of the child returning to their original classroom.”
Correction date in the state record: Feb 20, 2024
27U Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
“Ensure supervision and direct observation of children is provided at all times. Staff #1 went to the door to allow LS Brady access to the building leaving Staff #2 to watch both classrooms during naptime. Send a staffing plan to OCCL which included staff breaks as well as arrival time and departure time of all staff, and assigned classrooms for the week of February 6, 2024 through February 16, 2024.”
Correction date in the state record: Feb 20, 2024
15U Governing Body
“A licensee shall have an organized system of business management and have sufficient staff, space and equipment to fulfill at a minimum, administrative, fiscal, clerical, cleaning, maintenance, food services, direct child care, and supervisor functions. There were three staff present at the time of the unannounced visit who needed to provide direct care to children. Send a staffing plan to OCCL to include all staff assignments and duties throughout the day for the week of February 6, n2024 through February 16, 20”
Correction date in the state record: Feb 20, 2024
49U Indoor Space
“A licensee shall ensure a center has enough lighting to allow for the supervision of children. The Infant Room, Twaddler Room, as well as the Pre-School Room did not have sufficient lighting for children in care. Have all staff take Better Kid Care's Safe Sleep Practices for Caregivers: Reduce the risk of SUID by February 20, 2024. Send a copy of the certificate to OCCL.”
Correction date in the state record: Feb 20, 2024
Jan 25, 2024Inspection13 rules cited
56U Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
“Ensure safe sleep practices are used and maintained at all times. Two infants had blankets hanging over their cribs. This was corrected at the visit when LS Brady moved the blankets out of the Infant's crib.”
Corrected during the visit
43U Children's Attendance
“Ensure children's attendance is accurate for all classrooms. Send a staffing plan including a a list of children in care for each staff member to OCCL.”
Correction date in the state record: Mar 20, 2024
40U Child Files
“Ensure Child files are complete. Child #1, 2, and 7 are missing days and hours of attendance. Child #1, 5 and 6 need updated health appraisals with immunizations. Child #5 and Child #6 need blood lead results. Child #2 and Child #3 nerd parents right to know signatures. Child #2 needs permission to sleep on a mat. Submit Medication Administration Record (MAR) Logs for (diaper cream, lotion, sunscreen) for Child #4, 10, 11, 12, and 13. Send a separate MAR form for each medication.”
Correction date in the state record: Mar 20, 2024
36U Staff Attendance
“Ensure staff attendance is accurate and all staff sign in and out of the classrooms for breaks. Send a staffing plan for all staff breaks to OCCL when complete.”
Correction date in the state record: Mar 20, 2024
34U Annual Professional Development Plan
“Ensure all staff have a signed Professional Development Plan. Send to OCCL when complete for Staff #2-5.”
Correction date in the state record: Mar 20, 2024
33U Annual Training
“Ensure all staff have the required training hours. Sent to OCCL when complete.”
Correction date in the state record: Mar 20, 2024
30U Personnel Files
“Ensure all staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs 4 letters of reference or a returned service letter with two documented attempts made to obtain the service letter, OCCL's 7 hour Health & Safety Course, a job description, orientation form, adult abuse registry form printed for her file. Send to OCCL when complete. Staff #2 needs the annual review of safe sleep signed, a professional development plan, OCCL's 7 hour Health & Safety Course, and 14 training hours . Staff #3 needs a professional development plan, and a DEEDS certificate. Staff #4 was fingerprinted more than five years ago, and needs to be re-fingerprinted. Send Receipt to OCCL when complete. Staff #4 needs CPR /First Aid, annual review of safe sleep, child abuse and neglect., a professional development, OCCL's 7 hour Health & Safety training, and 3 training hours. Staff #5 needs an annual review of safe sleep, Child Abuse and Neglect, a Professional Development plan, OCCL's 7 hour Health & Safety Course, and 18 training hours , (The above non-compliance could have been cited under Reg #63, and #72)”
Correction date in the state record: Mar 20, 2024
28U General Qualifications
“Ensure all staff have completed an adult abuse registry check. Staff #1 needs an adult abuse registry clearance in her file. Send to OCCL when complete. Staff #4's finger prints have expired, and it has been longer than five years since they have been fingerprinted. Send Receipt of fingerprints and eligibility determination letter to OCCL when complete.”
Correction date in the state record: Mar 20, 2024
27U Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
“Ensure ratio's are maintained at all times and group size ratio is maintained. Send a staffing plan for each classroom showing ratios are met. Ensure staff to child rations are met during naptime. Three infants were alone and unsupervised. Seven one-year-olds observed alone in the Twaddler Room with one child awake during naptime. This was corrected at the visit when LS Brady had staff #4 move all one-year-olds from the Twaddler Room to the Pre-School I room which had five children alone who were asleep. Send staffing plan to OCCL .”
Correction date in the state record: Mar 20, 2024
26U Staffing
“A licensee shall ensure the center has a qualified early childhood administrator who functions in that role. Send OCCL an email notification regarding the Administrator who will be acting in the role of Administrator for your center. The Administrator must have the required Specialized Training in Infant/Toddler, as well as School-Age. Send a copy of the acting Administrator's Deeds Certification showing the specialized training.”
Correction date in the state record: Apr 15, 2024
24U Staff Qualifications
“Ensure staff are qualified. Send a Deeds certification for Staff #3 to OCCL when complete.”
Correction date in the state record: Mar 20, 2024
15U Governing Body
“Ensure sufficient staff are able to fulfill administrative, clerical, cleaning and maintenance, food services and supervisory functions. Send a staffing plant to OCCL including breaks for staff. and coverage for all classrooms to ensure ratio is maintained.”
Correction date in the state record: Mar 20, 2024
14U Notification to OCCL
“Ensure OCCL is notified of a change in administration. OCCL was notified at the annual visit that the administrator's last day was 1/19/2024. Please notify OCCL of the new administrator by February 15, 2024.”
Correction date in the state record: Mar 20, 2024
- Sep 13, 2023VisitNo rules cited
- Aug 8, 2023VisitNo rules cited
Dec 2, 2022Inspection2 rules cited
40U Child Files
“All child files must be complete. Send the documentation of the completed blood lead screening for seven children. Send the current health appraisal for two children.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 6, 2023
30U Personnel Files
“All staff files must be complete. Send current health appraisal for one staff member. Send the fingerprinting receipt for two staff members. Send the references for one staff member.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 6, 2023
Dec 16, 2021Inspection5 rules cited
8U License Renewal
“The renewal application must be received 60 days prior to the license expiration.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 25, 2022
63U Administration of Medication
“Send the complete Administration of Medication certificate for all staff members. Ensure there is a staff member present at all times that is certified to administer medication.”
Correction date in the state record: Feb 6, 2022
40U Child Files
“All child files must be complete. Send the current health appraisal for one child.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 25, 2022
35U First Aid and CPR Training
“Send the current CPR/First Aid certificates for all staff members.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 25, 2022
30U Personnel Files
“All staff files must be complete. Send the annual professional development plan, safe sleep and child abuse and neglect for all staff members.”
Correction date in the state record: Feb 6, 2022
- Nov 30, 2021VisitNo rules cited
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FAQ
Questions about Academy for Creative Enrichment
Is Academy for Creative Enrichment licensed?
Yes. Delaware Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing lists it as licensed and operating.
When was Academy for Creative Enrichment last inspected?
Delaware Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing lists the most recent visit on December 4, 2025, with 1 rule cited. It lists 4 visits in the last 3 years.
Has Academy for Creative Enrichment had rules cited by the state?
Yes. Inspectors cited 26 rules across 4 of 4 visits in the last 3 years; 26 show a correction in the state record. A cited rule is what an inspector found on the day of a visit. It is not a rating of the daycare today.
How many children can Academy for Creative Enrichment care for?
115, the licensed capacity on the state record. It is licensed to serve infants, toddlers, preschoolers and school-age children.
Does Academy for Creative Enrichment accept child care subsidies?
Yes. The state record says it accepts child care subsidies.
What are Academy for Creative Enrichment's hours?
Monday to Friday, 6:45 AM to 5:30 PM. Holiday hours can differ.
How much does Academy for Creative Enrichment cost?
It has not listed its tuition. Call (302) 834-5259 to ask.
What is Academy for Creative Enrichment's phone number?
(302) 834-5259.
Where is Academy for Creative Enrichment?
1458 Bear Corbitt Road, Bear, DE 19701. The nearest other daycare we list is Kidz Choice, 0.7 miles away.