Precious Lambs Learning Center
1160 Walker Rd, Dover, DE
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Learning All Hours, Educational, Community & Youth Center is a licensed child care center in Dover, Delaware. It is licensed by the state, for up to 60 children, serving toddlers, preschoolers and school-age children.
It is open Monday to Friday, 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM. It describes its programs: after-school care and full-time care.
Delaware Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing made 8 visits in the last 3 years and cited 23 rules across 6 of them. The visit list, in the state's words, is below.
Hours
| Monday | 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM |
| Wednesday | 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM |
| Thursday | 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM |
| Friday | 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM |
| Saturday | Not listed |
| SundayToday | Not listed |
Programs
| Ages | Toddlers, preschoolers and school-age childrenFrom the state license. It lists: Ages 0-13 years |
|---|---|
| Programs | After-school care and full-time care |
| Enrichment | Foreign language classes |
| Child care subsidy | Accepts state child care subsidiesFrom the state license |
| Licensed capacity | 60 childrenFrom the state license |
Cost
Learning All Hours, Educational, Community & Youth Center has not listed its tuition. For comparison, full-time toddler care at a child care center in Kent County has a median price of $139 a week (U.S. Department of Labor, 2022).
State record
8 visits with a cited rule in the last 3 years · Most recent Jun 15, 2026
23 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.
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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9U Changes Affecting a License
“Ensure that a plan review is submitted when making changes to the outdoor area. A file review indicated that the facility has three-year-old equipment and three outdoor play areas. The original plans only had one outdoor play area on file. No plan review was submitted for the replacement of equipment or fencing off areas.”
Correction date in the state record: Jul 15, 2026
71U Meals and Snacks
“Ensure that changes to the daily meal are documented. The breakfast menu listed cornflakes, a banana, and milk. The food served was KIX, Cheerios, or Life cereal, Fruit Punch, Juicy Juice, and milk.”
Corrected during the visit
53U Outdoor Area
“Ensure fences are in a safe condition, self-close and self-lock, each outdoor space has 75 square feet for each child in the area, and that fall zones are the proper depth and at least 6 feet from the equipment. The fencing has sharp edges and pinch points. The small play area needs to be measured, and the slides and climbers in the area need proper fall zones.”
Correction date in the state record: Jul 15, 2026
49U Indoor Space
“Ensure the interior space designated for children s use is available to children when the center is in operation. The South American classroom needs to be set for care. Ensure the use of air fresheners is prohibited. All classrooms and the common areas have automatic air fresheners.”
Correction date in the state record: Jul 15, 2026
30U Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. One staff emmber needs a second attempt for a service letter from three prior employers. One staff member needs a professional development plan and annual training in two areas of Health and Safety.”
Correction date in the state record: Aug 17, 2026
28U General Qualifications
“Ensure that a comprehensive background check is completed every 5 years. The owner has not been printed for the center since 7-26-23.”
Correction date in the state record: Jun 16, 2026
OCCL Standards Complaint (Substantiated)
“On July 7, 2025, the OCCL received a complaint regarding illegal drugs being in the center, not keeping the center in a hazard-free and safe condition, keeping the grounds in a clean and safe condition, and not completing comprehensive background checks. An investigation was conducted on July 9, 2025. This complaint is substantiated because multiple staff members reported finding alcohol in the freezer, finding a blunt on the playground at the center, finding a vape pen in a classroom, finding a gun box with cut up straws inside in the center, and finding a folded dollar bill and a straw both with white residue in the bathroom used by the children. Staff also stated Person #1 was present at the center during and after business hours and Person #1 did not have a comprehensive background check completed.”
63U Administration of Medication
“Ensure to return expired medication to the family.”
Correction date in the state record: Jul 15, 2025
53U Outdoor Area
“Ensure the fence has self closing and positive self latching closure mechanisms”
Correction date in the state record: Jul 1, 2025
43U Children's Attendance
“Ensure to document exact hours of arrival and departure for each child enrolled. One child in the Austrailia classroom as not signed in. Provide OCCL with 2 weeks attendance for the Austrailia classroom”
Correction date in the state record: Jul 1, 2025
40U Child Files
“Child files must be complete Child #1 needs an updated health appraisal Child #6 needs an emergency card, innumizatin shot records and blood lead test results.”
Correction date in the state record: Jun 23, 2025
30U Personnel Files
“Staff files must be complete. Staff #1 needs one hour health and safety training and a professional development plan. Staff #2 needs an adult health appriasal with TB.”
Correction date in the state record: Jun 23, 2025
27U Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
“Ensure staff to child ratio is maintained at all times. During te visit upon arrival there were 23 cgukdreb ub tge Australia classroom after the 90 minute of operation regulation. Specialists arrived at 9:15 am ninety minutes shold have benn 6:30 am - 8:00 am. This was corrected when staff took three two year old to the Europe classroom. Twenty children were in the Asia classrom with one qualified staff memger and one unqualified staff member. This was corrected when a qualified staff member joined the room.”
Corrected during the visit
28U General Qualifications
“An employee was allowed to work at the center prior to becoming eligible. Beginning January 1, 2023 a licensee shall ensure a staff member is fingerprinted and the licensee has received an eligibility determination or a provisional eligibility notification before the start of employment.”
Corrected during the visit
OCCL Standards Complaint (Substantiated)
“On July 29, 2024, the Office of Child Care Licensing received a complaint regarding lack of supervision, caring for toddlers and preschoolers in the same space, using a wading pool, having adults visit the center for personal reasons, serving juice to a child who cannot have it, and not having permission to walk to a local playground. An investigation was conducted on August 5, 2024. This complaint is substantiated for lack of supervision because upon arrival, a staff member left two children alone in a classroom to open the door, and the owner confirmed the allegation of Staff #2 being in the kitchen leaving the toddlers and preschoolers combined and alone with no supervision, but stated she was not aware the children were alone at the time. This complaint is substantiated for caring for toddlers and preschoolers in the same space because the owner confirmed the ages are sometimes mixed. This complaint is substantiated for using a wading pool, serving juice to a child who cannot have it, and walking to a local park without parent permission because the owner confirmed the allegations. There is no evidence to substantiate an adult visited for personal reasons because the owner stated the adult visitor was only there to assemble the slide and wading pool, and then left the premises.”
8U License Renewal
“Ensure renewal applications are submitted 60 days prior to license expiration. This was corrected when the renewal applicant was received.”
Corrected during the visit
6U License Requirements
“Ensure the OCCL license is posted. This was corrected at the visit.”
Corrected during the visit
63U Administration of Medication
“Ensure expired medication is returned to the parent.”
Correction date in the state record: Jun 21, 2024
40U Child Files
“Endure child files are complete Child #4 needs parents right to know and screen time Child #7, 8 and 12 need blood lead test results.”
Correction date in the state record: Jul 1, 2024
30U Personnel Files
“Ensure child files are complete Staff #1needa an updated annual review of abuse and neglect Staff #2 needs a a professional development plan”
Correction date in the state record: Jul 1, 2024
27U Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
“Ensure ratios are maintained at all times. One to four year old's were combined when Specialists arrived. Toddlers must be cared for separate from preschoolers. Send one weeks attendance records for each classroom.”
Correction date in the state record: Jul 1, 2024
24U Staff Qualifications
“The center does not have enough staff to give breaks and or lunch, Ensure to hire staff so the center is able to run smoothly and ratios are able to be met.”
Correction date in the state record: Jul 3, 2024
16U Insurance Coverage
“Ensure the vehicle has updated insurance. Send card to OCCL. This was corrected at the visit Send proof of liability insurance for the center. This was corrected at the visit.”
Correction date in the state record: Jun 20, 2024
8U License Renewal
“Ensure the annual renewal license application is submitted sixty days prior to the licenses expiration. Ensure the insurance coverage is current for the facility.”
Correction date in the state record: Jun 7, 2023
50U Kitchen and Food Preparation
“Ensure the refrigerator is at 40 degrees Fahrenheit.”
Corrected during the visit
43U Children's Attendance
“Ensure exact arrival and departure of children is documented. LS Observed 6-1-23 tracking sheet with children not signed out from the school age room, and the preschool tracking sheet from 5-30-23 children were not signed out.”
Corrected during the visit
40U Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. Six children need date of enrollment, Five children need hours of enrolment, four children need days of enrollment, and three children need blood lead screening test results.”
Correction date in the state record: Jul 10, 2023
38U Parents Right to Know
“Complete the Parents Right to Know Log.”
Correction date in the state record: Jul 10, 2023
36U Staff Attendance
“Ensure exact arrival and departure of children is documented. LS Observed the tracking sheets from 5-30-23, 6-1-23, and 6-5-23 that showed staff not signed out.”
Corrected during the visit
30U Personnel Files
“Ensure staff file are complete. Three staff need CPR and First Aid training, Health and Safety for Child Care Professionals training, and letters of eligibility on file. Two staff need a job description. One staff needs references, employee declaration, drug and alcohol statement, a health appraisal and tuberculosis testing result, a releas of employment history, and servicel letter attempts for prior employers.”
Correction date in the state record: Jul 11, 2023
28U General Qualifications
“Ensure staff that are not eligible are not left alone with children until they are eligible.”
Corrected during the visit
27U Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
“Ensure proper staff to child ratios are maintained during hours of care. A staff member left an eligible aid alone with fourteen children the youngest child being three-years-old to answer the door.”
Correction date in the state record: Jun 5, 2023
16U Insurance Coverage
“Ensure the vehicle has an insurance card.”
Correction date in the state record: Jul 10, 2023
15U Governing Body
“Ensure enough staff for daily operation is available. The Specialist arrived and on staff was one eligible, qualified staff member, and one eligible staff member with fourteen children.”
Corrected during the visit
OCCL Standards Complaint (Substantiated)
“On June 9, 2022, the OCCL received a complaint regarding children being transported in a van without seat belts, sharing a seat belt, and the bus driver stopping at a store and a salon with children in the van. An investigation was conducted on June 14, 2022. This complaint is substantiated for improper transportation of children. Several children stated they were in the van without seat belts. One child stated they shared a seat belt and traveled to the store with the van driver after being picked up from school.”
8U License Renewal
“Completed renewal applications with supporting documentation must be submitted 60 days prior to license expiration.”
Correction date in the state record: Jun 3, 2022
66U Emergency Planning
“Carry out and document and provide OCCL with a monthly evacuation log and fire prevention checks for June and July.”
Correction date in the state record: Jul 13, 2022
63U Administration of Medication
“Expired medications are to be returned to the parents. Medication logs are required for any medication administered.”
Correction date in the state record: Jul 13, 2022
61U Diapering and Soiled Clothing
“Ensure foot activated diaper pail is placed in the two year old classroom. This was corrected a the visit.”
Corrected during the visit
40U Child Files
“Child files must be complete. Provide OCCL with blood lead test result for Child #7 and Child #9.”
Correction date in the state record: Jul 13, 2022
38U Parents Right to Know
“Parents Right to Know Logs (PRTK) are a requirement. Provide OCCL with an updated PRTK log.”
Correction date in the state record: Jul 13, 2022
36U Staff Attendance
“Staff attendance must be documented with exact hours of arrival and departure. Provide OCCL with one weeks attendance for Australia, Europe, and North America classrooms.”
Correction date in the state record: Jul 13, 2022
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FAQ
Yes. Delaware Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing lists it as licensed and operating.
Delaware Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing lists the most recent visit on June 15, 2026, with 6 rules cited. It lists 8 visits in the last 3 years.
Yes. Inspectors cited 23 rules across 6 of 8 visits in the last 3 years; 21 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.
60, the licensed capacity on the state record. It is licensed to serve toddlers, preschoolers and school-age children.
Yes. The state record says it accepts child care subsidies.
Monday to Friday, 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Holiday hours can differ.
It has not listed its tuition. Call (302) 674-1935 to ask.
(302) 674-1935.
230 E Sheldrake Cir, Dover, DE 19904. The nearest other daycare we list is the little school at Kids Cottage, 1 miles away.