Lowell · Licensed center
Little Tykes Child Development Center
- Small center, licensed for 38 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 3 of its 7 licensing inspections since December 2023.
Of the 86 Charlotte-area centers with 7 licensing inspections, 17% had rules cited at 3 of them, as this center did. 2% had rules cited at all 7, 3% at none.
Licensing inspections
Dec 1, 20251 citation
“Screen time was offered to children under three years of age. In Space #1a, four (4) children, all two (2) years of age, were watching “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” on a television.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/1/2025
Jun 26, 20241 citation
“Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements. There were no playground inspections on file for April 2024 or May 2024.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/26/2024
Dec 5, 20231 citation
“All electrical appliances were not used in accordance with the manufacturers instruction. Appliances with heating elements, such as bottle warmers, crock pots, curling irons, irons, coffee pots, and/or their cords were accessible to preschool-age children. In Space #3, a space heater was in use and placed on the shelf to the left of the door to the playground.”
Violation corrected during visit
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- October 7, 2026
- On file
- 7 visits since December 2023 — 4 cited nothing, 3 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- All 3 record a correction, in the licensor’s own words.
- Most serious
- North Carolina DCDEE does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.
North Carolina DCDEE describes every citation in the licensor’s own words and records the correction in that same text — the only one of the six states that publishes whether a violation was fixed. It attaches no rule number and no report document.
Dec 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · December 1, 2025
Screen time was offered to children under three years of age. In Space #1a, four (4) children, all two (2) years of age, were watching “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” on a television.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/1/2025
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 36000302 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Jun 2024 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · June 26, 2024
Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements. There were no playground inspections on file for April 2024 or May 2024.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/26/2024
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 36000302 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Dec 2023 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · December 5, 2023
All electrical appliances were not used in accordance with the manufacturers instruction. Appliances with heating elements, such as bottle warmers, crock pots, curling irons, irons, coffee pots, and/or their cords were accessible to preschool-age children. In Space #3, a space heater was in use and placed on the shelf to the left of the door to the playground.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 36000302 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
Details
- Address
- 309 Groves Street
- License
- 36000302, active
- Quality program
- Four Star License
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All checked July 2026.
State record
From North Carolina DCDEE’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License, Quality program ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 36000302 under License Number, and open the result.
Small means the smallest quarter of Charlotte-area’s 591 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 11 to 50 children. Medium is 51 to 162; large is 163 to 528.