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645 W North St, Dover, DE
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The Learning Tree Children's Academy
- licensed capacity
- 40
- a week, county median
- $182
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About
About The Learning Tree Children's Academy
The Learning Tree Children's Academy is a licensed child care center in Dover, Delaware. It is licensed by the state, for up to 40 children, serving infants, toddlers, preschoolers and school-age children.
Delaware Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing made 6 visits in the last 3 years and cited 35 rules across 5 of them. The visit list, in the state's words, is below.
InfantsSchool-ageAccepts child care subsidy
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
- Not listed
- Licensed capacity
- 40 children
Hours
Hours
Hours not listed. Call (302) 674-1234 to confirm.
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 | 40 childrenFrom the state license |
Cost
Tuition and costs
The Learning Tree Children's Academy has not listed its tuition. For comparison, full-time infant care at a child care center in Kent County has a median price of $182 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$182
Home daycare$156
Toddler
Center$139
Home daycare$128
Preschool
Center$145
Home daycare$129
School age
Center$111
Home daycare$64
State record
Inspection reports for The Learning Tree Children's Academy
License
- Status
- Licensed and operating
- License type
- Licensed Child Care Center
- Capacity
- 40 children
- Ages
- Infants, toddlers, preschoolers and school-age children
- License number
- #817160
Summary
6 visits with a cited rule in the last 3 years · Most recent Dec 10, 2025
35 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
- Health, medication and illness 6
- Building, equipment and play areas 5
- Food and nutrition 3
- Safe sleep 2
- Safety and hazards 1
- Staff training and qualifications 1
- Supervision and ratios 1
- Discipline and child guidance 1
- Other rules 4
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 10, 2025Inspection12 rules cited
8U License Renewal
“Ensure renewal application is submitted at least 60 days prior to license expiration. Submit application.”
Correction date in the state record: Dec 12, 2025
72U Feeding of Infants
“Ensure nothing is added to the infants'' bottles other than prepared formula or breastmilk. LS Brey observed cereal in an infant's bottle. Inform families a physician's note is required to serve cereal in bottles. Ensure infants' bottles are labeled with their name. Label bottles.”
Correction date in the state record: Dec 31, 2025
66U Emergency Planning
“Ensure at least one evacuation drill a year occurs during nap time. Conduct December's drill during nap.”
Correction date in the state record: Dec 31, 2025
61U Diapering and Soiled Clothing
“Ensure diaper pails are lined and foot-activated. Add liners to the infant classroom and one and two-year old classroom. Utilize diaper pail in the infant room for all diapering. Ensure diaper-changing procedure is posted. Post procedure in the one and two-year-old classroom.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 6, 2026
56U Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
“Ensure rest equipment is labeled with the child's name, including infant cribs. Label cribs.”
Correction date in the state record: Dec 31, 2025
50U Kitchen and Food Preparation
“Ensure a working thermometer is in the kitchen's freezer and refrigerator. Add a thermometer to the large freezer. Ensure refrigerators and freezers maintain an appropriate temperature. Adjust temperatures.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 6, 2026
49U Indoor Space
“Ensure walls are in good repair. Repair wall in the bathroom near the toilet. Ensure outlets are protected with safety covers. Add covers to exposed outlets in the older pre-k classroom. Ensure air fresheners are not used. An aerosol air freshener was observed in the three-year-old classroom. Remove air freshener.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 6, 2026
43U Children's Attendance
“Ensure each child's exact arrival and departure is documented. The arrival times for every child in the three-year-old classroom was not documented. This was corrected at the visit when the times were added.”
Corrected during the visit
40U Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. Four children need updated infant monthly feeding statements. Three children need a blood lead level test result. Two children need a health appraisal, immunizations, and blood lead level test result.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 6, 2026
30U Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. One staff needs an eligibility letter. Five staff need an updated PD plan, One staff needs CPR/FA, PD plan, two documented attempts to obtain service letters, and references. One staff person needs CPR/FA and signed PD plan. One staff needs references.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 9, 2026
28U General Qualifications
“Ensure staff are fingerprinted and receive a comprehensive background check every five years. Complete fingerprinting for Staff #7.”
Correction date in the state record: Dec 17, 2025
27U Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
“Ensure maximum group size is not exceeded and supervision of children is provided by assigned staff person. LS Brey observed a child exiting the older preschool classroom unsupervised, crossing through the younger preschool classroom, and entering the bathroom in the one and two-year-old classroom. The one and two-year-old classroom was at maximum group size of 12. Retrain staff on proper supervision and maximum group size.”
Correction date in the state record: Dec 31, 2025
Oct 1, 2025Complaint investigation1 rule cited
OCCL Standards Complaint (Substantiated)
“On September 9, 2025, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding a lack of positive behavior supports. An investigation was conducted on September 10, 2025. This complaint is substantiated because Staff #1 admitted to having pulled a child by his/her leg or pants across the floor and saying no to the child in a rough voice. Other concerns noted during the investigation were nap mats not being separated by at least 18 inches in the one and two-year-old classroom and safe sleep violations which included a blanket in one crib with an infant and a binky strap still attached to an infant in another crib.”
- May 21, 2025VisitNo rules cited
Mar 25, 2025Complaint investigation1 rule cited
OCCL Standards Complaint (Substantiated)
“On March 10, 2025, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding improper discipline. An investigation was conducted on March 12, 2025. This complaint is substantiated because video footage reviewed from the bus showed a staff person roughly handling a child while trying to retrieve him/her from the bus, including lifting him/her by the arms. An additional concern noted was while reviewing the video footage, two children who exited the bus first were observed running across the parking lot toward the center unsupervised while the staff person was on the bus.”
Dec 5, 2024Inspection9 rules cited
63U Administration of Medication
“Ensure medications are stored securely with the child's name and includes a proper Medication Administration Record (MAR). This Specialist observed several bottles of baby lotion, baby oils, and baby powders in the cabinet in the infant room. None of the bottles were labeled with a child's name, nor was there an MAR for them. Dispose of bottles or label them with the correct child's name and obtain written parent consent on a completed MAR.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 2, 2025
61U Diapering and Soiled Clothing
“Ensure diaper changing mats are non-absorbent. Replace mat in the one and two-year-old classroom.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 2, 2025
56U Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
“Ensure rest equipment is free of rips and non-absorbent. This Specialist observed a nap mat with a large rip in the four and five-year-old classroom. Ensure cribs in the infant room are at least 18 inches apart and labeled with the child's name.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 2, 2025
50U Kitchen and Food Preparation
“Ensure the refrigerator in the kitchen reads 41 degrees F or below. Ensure the refrigerator in the infant room and the top freezer in the kitchen have a thermometer and maintain proper temperatures.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 2, 2025
49U Indoor Space
“Ensure air fresheners are not used in child care spaces. This Specialist observed an air freshener in the bathroom off the infant classroom.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 2, 2025
43U Children's Attendance
“Ensure each child's exact arrival and departure are documented. One child was not signed into the one and two-year-old classroom and one child was not signed out of the four and five-year-old classroom. This was corrected at the visit when the attendance was updated in each classroom.”
Corrected during the visit
40U Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. Two children need an updated monthly feeding statement. One child needs updated immunizations and blood lead level test result. One child needs a blood lead level test result. One child needs an updated health appraisal and blood lead level test result. One child needs hours and days of attending.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 13, 2025
36U Staff Attendance
“Ensure staff are accurately signing in and out of the classrooms. This was corrected at the visit when a staff person corrected her time.”
Corrected during the visit
30U Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. One staff needs a signed professional development plan and two references. One staff needs four references. One staff needs a signed professional development plan, to complete OCCL's Health and Safety Training for Child Care Professionals, one more attempt at obtaining a service letter, and two or four references depending on the service letter. Three staff need a signed professional development plan. One staff needs a staff orientation and adult health appraisal with TB screening. One staff needs to complete OCCL's Health and Safety Training for Child Care Professionals, and two references.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 13, 2025
Dec 12, 2023Inspection12 rules cited
8U License Renewal
“Ensure renewal application is submitted at least 60 days prior to license expiration.”
Correction date in the state record: Dec 8, 2023
75U Activity Areas
“Ensure activity areas include science and art materials that are accessible to children.”
Correction date in the state record: Dec 28, 2023
74U Lesson Plans
“Ensure lesson plans include physical, cognitive, social-emotional, and language/literacy activities daily. Lesson plans for ages two years and older must also include weekly opportunities in food/healthy habits, science, music, and sensory. Ensure all lesson plans are posted.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 4, 2024
65U First Aid Kits
“Ensure the first aid kit has all required items available. Add an eye patch, pen, notepad or paper, plastic bag, and scissors to the first aid kit. This was corrected at the visit when these items were added.”
Corrected during the visit
63U Administration of Medication
“Ensure anything applied to children, other than soap and water, has a Medication Administration Record (MAR) completed for it. Ensure all medications are labeled and stored out of reach of children. LS Brey observed nose saline, orajel, and bug spray in the cubbies and accessible to children, in the one and two-year-old classroom.”
Correction date in the state record: Dec 28, 2023
58U Sanitation
“Ensure soap and water is available. There was no soap and water available in the one and two-year-old classroom.”
Correction date in the state record: Dec 28, 2023
53U Outdoor Area
“Ensure all fall zones have at least 9 inches of mulch under them.”
Correction date in the state record: Dec 28, 2023
49U Indoor Space
“Dispose of air fresheners in each classroom. This was corrected at the visit when all air fresheners were removed from the Center.”
Corrected during the visit
43U Children's Attendance
“Ensure every child is signed into each classroom at the exact arrival time. This was corrected at the visit when staff signed the children in.”
Corrected during the visit
40U Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. Child #4 and #8 need blood lead level test results.”
Correction date in the state record: Dec 28, 2023
38U Parents Right to Know
“Ensure any person touring the facility signs the Parents Right Know Log.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 4, 2024
30U Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 and Staff #2 need to complete OCCL's Health and Safety Training for Child Care Professionals. Staff #1 needs to complete staff orientation, two attempts at Service Letters, Health Appraisal with TB Screening, and one more reference is no Service Letters are received. Staff #3 needs two attempts at Service Letters and two or four references based on the reponse from the Service Letters. Staff #5 needs two attempts at Service Letters and one more reference if Service Letters are not returned.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 17, 2024
Dec 28, 2022Inspection8 rules cited
74U Lesson Plans
“Ensure lesson plans contain weekly opportunities for each special activity for 24 months and older. Add food/healthy habits, science, music, and sensory to the three and four-year-old classrooms lesson plan.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 11, 2023
66U Emergency Planning
“Purchase an emergency water supply.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 11, 2023
56U Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
“Replace the ripped nap mats in the one and two-year-old classroom and the three and four-year-old classroom.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 11, 2023
53U Outdoor Area
“Replenish the mulch with nine inches of mulch in the fall zone areas in the outdoor play area. Remove the broken planter from under the window.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 11, 2023
49U Indoor Space
“Ensure walls are cleanable and in good repair. The drywall and chipped paint need to be repaired in the one and two-year-old classroom, main bathroom, and the infant classroom. Ensure the carpet is in good repair. The carpet under the gate in the infant classroom needs to be repaired. The carpet on the wall next to the exit door in the infant classroom need to be repaired.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 11, 2023
45U Hazardous Materials
“Ensure hazardous materials are stored inaccessible. Multiple cleaners were observed in an unlocked cabinet in the infant bathroom. Remove the cleaners or lock the cabinet.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 11, 2023
40U Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. Two children needs updated health appraisals with immunization records. Two children need blood lead screening results. One child needs a development plan. Two children need medication permission. Three children need updated infant feeding schedules.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 20, 2023
30U Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. One staff member needs CPR and first aid certification. Two staff members need administration of medication training or certification. Two staff members need a signed professional development plan. Three staff members need complete orientation records. One staff member needs eligibility determination. One staff needs an adult health appraisal with TB results. One staff member needs a service letter or two documented attempts and two additional references.”
Correction date in the state record: Jan 17, 2023
Oct 19, 2022Visit1 rule cited
56U Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
“Ensure safe sleep practices are used at all times. An infant was observed asleep in a car seat covered with a blanket. The car seat was placed in the infant's crib. The teacher in the infant classroom must complete the training titled Infant Safe Sleep Practices for Childcare Providers on DEPD Now by 10/26/2022.”
Correction date in the state record: Nov 10, 2022
- Aug 30, 2022VisitNo rules cited
- Aug 18, 2022VisitNo rules cited
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Aug 9, 2022Complaint investigation4 rules cited
9U Changes Affecting a License
“Submit a revised plan review and receive approval before making additions or renovations to the outdoor play area. A new play structure was installed in the mulch area without OCCL approval. This was discussed and the administrator agreed to comply in the future.”
Corrected during the visit
56U Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
“Ensure safe sleep practices are used. A seven-month-old was observed asleep and covered with a blanket in a crib. This was discussed with the staff and the blanket was removed.”
Corrected during the visit
53U Outdoor Area
“Ensure fall zones are covered. A play structure was moved off the mulch fall zone area onto black top when a new larger structure was installed.”
Correction date in the state record: Aug 10, 2022
28U General Qualifications
“Ensure staff are fingerprinted within 5 days of their 18th birthday. A staff member turned 18 in May and was not fingerprinted.”
Correction date in the state record: Aug 12, 2022
Jul 6, 2022Complaint investigation1 rule cited
OCCL Standards Complaint (Substantiated)
“OCCL received a complaint on June 21, 2022, regarding possible lack of supervision. An investigation was conducted on June 22, 2022 and a follow up visit was conducted on June 23, 2022. The complaint is substantiated because on June 22, 2022, improper staff-to-child ratios were observed when Staff #1 was observed alone with 11 children ages one through school-age and toddlers were observed being cared for in the same area as older children when 11 children, ages one through school-age, were observed in the outdoor play area. Additionally, on June 23, 2022, direct supervision was not maintained when a 12-year-old child was observed walking through several classrooms and the kitchen, unsupervised and Staff #6 left a group of four school-age children alone with an unqualified staff member; improper staff-to-child ratios were observed when a school-age child was observed alone with an unqualified staff member and seven children, age infant through four-years-old, were observed with one staff member; infants and toddlers were observed being cared for in the same area as older children when eleven children, age two through school-age, were observed in a classroom together and seven children, age infant through four-years-old, were observed in a classroom together.”
Jun 29, 2022Inspection1 rule cited
36U Staff Attendance
“Ensure staff attendance is accurate. Staff #1 and #2 was not signed in to the classrooms they were covering for lunch breaks. This was corrected when the staff signed in.”
Corrected during the visit
Dec 10, 2021Inspection1 rule cited
27U Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
“Ensure staff-to-child ratios are maintained with qualified staff. Upon arrival, two aides were observed alone with three infants while the qualified staff member was using the restroom. This was corrected at the visit when the qualified staff member entered the classroom.”
Corrected during the visit
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FAQ
Questions about The Learning Tree Children's Academy
Is The Learning Tree Children's Academy licensed?
Yes. Delaware Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing lists it as licensed and operating.
When was The Learning Tree Children's Academy last inspected?
Delaware Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing lists the most recent visit on December 10, 2025, with 12 rules cited. It lists 6 visits in the last 3 years.
Has The Learning Tree Children's Academy had rules cited by the state?
Yes. Inspectors cited 35 rules across 5 of 6 visits in the last 3 years; 33 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 The Learning Tree Children's Academy care for?
40, the licensed capacity on the state record. It is licensed to serve infants, toddlers, preschoolers and school-age children.
Does The Learning Tree Children's Academy accept child care subsidies?
Yes. The state record says it accepts child care subsidies.
What are The Learning Tree Children's Academy's hours?
Its hours are not listed. Call (302) 674-1234 to confirm.
How much does The Learning Tree Children's Academy cost?
It has not listed its tuition. Call (302) 674-1234 to ask.
What is The Learning Tree Children's Academy's phone number?
(302) 674-1234.
Where is The Learning Tree Children's Academy?
403 West Lockerman Street, Dover, DE 19904. The nearest other daycare we list is Kent County Community Action Agency, 0.1 miles away.