Kids Garden
Licensed Center in Houston, Texas. License #1732948, issued June 23, 2022.
- Address
- 6729 Stella Link Rd, Houston, TX 77005
- Phone
- (713) 485-4418
- Licensed capacity
- 47 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 08:00 AM-05:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Drop-In Care, Part Time Care, Weekend Care.
Openings
This program has not told us about its openings. We only publish what a program confirms itself, so there is nothing here yet. Ring them to ask.
Texas Rising Star
No Texas Rising Star rating
Texas Rising Star is voluntary, and a program joins it by applying. It is tied to accepting child care scholarships, so most programs that are not in it never applied rather than failed. Roughly three in five licensed programs in Texas have no rating.
This says nothing about the quality of this program. What the state has assessed about it is the inspection record below.
Where this is
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The pin is where the US Census geocoder placed this address. About one in eight is interpolated along a street rather than resolved to a building, so treat it as the right block rather than the right doorway. How we source this.
What inspectors checked
Texas HHSC records how many individual standards it evaluated in each area of the rules, and how many it found violated. Across 22 areas it checked 4,312 standards at Kids Garden between January 10, 2022 and May 20, 2026 and recorded 15 violations. Those correspond to the citations listed above that were recorded from 2021 onward; anything older than that is in the citation list but not in these counts.
The 22 areas, one by one
| Area of the rules | Visits | Standards checked | Violated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope, administration, and communication | 3 | 356 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 331 | 2 |
| Personnel | 3 | 442 | 5 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 4 | 216 | 0 |
| Activities | 4 | 136 | 0 |
| Infants | 4 | 357 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 4 | 88 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 4 | 72 | 0 |
| School-age | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Discipline | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Naptime | 4 | 48 | 0 |
| Field trips | 3 | 33 | 0 |
| Get well care | 3 | 81 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 3 | 39 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 4 | 178 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 338 | 2 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 220 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 4 | 298 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 4 | 384 | 0 |
| Pools | 4 | 102 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 4 | 271 | 0 |
| Transportation | 4 | 166 | 0 |
The table adds up to 4,296 of those standards. The remaining 16, including 6 of the violations, were recorded under the state's own catch-all heading, “Individual Standards Evaluated”, which names no area. They are reported here rather than folded into an area above, because the state did not say which area they belong to and we are not going to decide for it.
A high number of standards checked is not a compliment and a low one is not a criticism: how many apply depends on a program's size, its ages served and what the inspector was there to look at. We publish the two counts the state published and do not turn them into a score. This data begins in 2021, which is later than the inspection history above it.
What Kids Garden says about itself
Welcome to Kids Garden, a drop-in childcare & preschool in Houston, TX, where wonder sprouts, creativity blooms, and little minds grow. Book now!
Quoted from kidsplaygarden.com/houston, read on October 25, 2026. These are the program's own words, not ours, and we neither check nor endorse them.
Ask about an opening
This goes to Kids Garden and nobody else. They reply to you directly: we do not sit in the middle of it, and we never pass your details on or sell them.
Tell me about new inspections
One short message each time Texas HHSC records an inspection here, saying that it happened and linking to the record. We do not tell you what the inspector found: a finding without whether it was corrected is misleading, and that pair belongs on the page rather than split across an email.
We ask for nothing but the address, and we send a confirmation first. Your list is never shown to this program, never sold, and every message has a link to stop. An inspection is routine: programs are visited on a schedule and after a complaint, and a visit is not a finding.
State inspection record
HHSC records 10 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on May 20, 2026, and 15 citations.
- 4High
- 6Medium High
- 5Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 15. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- High May 20, 2025 Correction verified June 6, 2025
746.1205(a)(2): Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for
Caregiver did not give an accurate headcount of their children.
- Medium May 20, 2025 Correction verified July 16, 2025
746.601(a): Provide Access to Children's Records - During Hours of Operation
One child missing emergency contact address. One child missing date of admission and health statement.
- Medium May 20, 2025 Correction verified July 16, 2025
746.1309(a): Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
All employees missing training on Hazardous materials and food allergies. Two caregivers missing educational proofs. One caregiver missing 2985.
- Medium High May 28, 2024 Correction verified July 9, 2024
746.1301(a)(2)(A): Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pre-Service Training
One caregiver needs sixteen hours of preservice training.
- Medium High May 28, 2024 Correction verified June 5, 2024
746.613(b): Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current
An immunization record is needed for one child enrolled.
- Medium High May 28, 2024 Correction verified June 5, 2024
746.3819: Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
A food allergy emergency plan is needed for one child enrolled.
- Medium High June 6, 2023 Correction verified July 14, 2023
746.1301(a)(2)(A): Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pre-Service Training
One caregiver is in need of 24 hours of Pre-Service training. Two caregivers are in need of 8 hours of Pre-Service training.
- High June 6, 2023 Correction verified June 7, 2023
746.5101(a): Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
The operations last fire inspection was conducted 01/04/2022.
- Medium June 6, 2023 Correction verified July 14, 2023
746.1311(a): Director Annual Training 30 Hours Required
The director is in need of 30 hours of annual training.
- High June 6, 2023 Corrected at inspection
745.641: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
A caregiver was observed with a group of 24 children ages 2-6 years old. The caregiver did not have an eligible background check.
- Medium June 6, 2023 Correction verified August 11, 2023
746.603(a): Children's Records Maintained
Records were evaluated for six children enrolled and the following was determined: Four children were in need of a special needs statement. Four children were in need of current immunization records. Two children needed a health statement. Two children needed an address for the emergency contact. Two children are in need of a food allergy emergency plan.
- Medium June 6, 2023 Correction verified July 14, 2023
746.1309(a): Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required
One caregiver is in need of 20 hours of annual training.
- Medium High June 6, 2023 Correction verified June 7, 2023
746.3503(a): Diaper Changing Equipment - Smooth, Non-absorbent, Easy to Clean Surface
The diaper changing equipment used in the toddler area was torn.
- Medium High June 6, 2023 Correction verified June 20, 2023
746.3401(a): Annual Sanitation Inspection
The last sanitation inspection was conducted 01/2022.
- High December 20, 2022 Correction verified December 20, 2022
745.641: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
During the inspection a caregiver was present with children and the caregivers background check status was inactive. Note: Anyone with access to children in care who is present at the center must have an active and eligible background check from Child Care Regulation.
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About this record
Every figure on this page comes from the Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation open data published at data.texas.gov, reproduced as the state recorded it. We do not grade, score or rank programs. A citation is a finding by a state inspector on a given day; it is not a judgment about a program today, and the correction status beside each one is part of the record. This page reflects data retrieved on November 8, 2026. Full methodology.
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