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Little Forest Daycare, LLC

Licensed Child-Care Home in McKinney, Texas. License #1784476, issued March 12, 2024.

Address
8408 Laughing Waters Trl, McKinney, TX 75070
Phone
(213) 905-3235
Licensed capacity
12 children
Licensed for
Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours
08:30 AM-05:30 PM
Days
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Child care subsidies
Not accepted

Programs listed with the state: Snacks Provided, Part Time Care.

Openings

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Where this is

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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 21 areas it checked 3,708 standards at Little Forest Daycare, LLC between August 29, 2023 and February 18, 2026 and recorded 8 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 21 areas, one by one
Area of the rulesVisitsStandards checkedViolated
Scope, administration, and communication32835
Record keeping32850
Personnel34130
Ratios and group sizes41240
Activities41320
Infants43160
Toddlers3600
Pre-kindergarten3570
School-age4680
Discipline4760
Naptime5550
Field trips3360
Nighttime care3480
Nutrition31320
Health practices44400
Safety practices43121
Physical facilities41720
Outdoor safety and equipment42760
Swimming pools4980
Fire safety31562
Transportation41560

The table adds up to 3,695 of those standards. The remaining 13, including 0 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.

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State inspection record

HHSC records 8 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on February 18, 2026, and 8 citations.

2326
visitsvisits where something was found8 recorded visits since October 2017. More visits does not mean a worse program: how often the state comes depends on the license type, the program's age and whether anyone complained.
  • 3High
  • 1Medium High
  • 4Medium

Every citation below records a correction.

Citations

Showing all 8. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.

  1. Medium August 29, 2023 Correction verified September 8, 2023

    747.501(10): Written Operational Policies - Procedures for Parents Review Licensing Rules and Reports

    While reviewing the operational policies I observed th section on procedures telling parents how to access the homes most recent inspection.
  2. High August 29, 2023 Correction verified September 8, 2023

    747.501(12): Written Operational Policies - Emergency Preparedness Plan

    While reviewing the operational policies I observed the section on emergency preparedness was missing.
  3. Medium August 29, 2023 Correction verified September 8, 2023

    747.501(9): Written Operational Policies - Procedures for Parental Visits

    While reviewing the operational policies I observed the section on Parent procedures when visiting the operation.
  4. Medium August 29, 2023 Correction verified September 8, 2023

    747.501(8): Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity

    While reviewing the operational Policies I observed the section on Promoting indoor outdoor play was missing.
  5. Medium August 29, 2023 Correction verified September 8, 2023

    747.501(14): Written Operational Policies - Vaccine Preventable Diseases

    While going over the operational policies I observed the section on information on vaccine-preventable diseases for teacher was missing.
  6. High August 29, 2023 Correction verified September 8, 2023

    747.3505(a): Weapons In Homes Kept in Locked Cabinet, Inaccessible to Children

    While walking the operation I noticed the ammo was not in a separate lock box from the weapon.
  7. High August 29, 2023 Correction verified September 8, 2023

    747.5111: Smoke-Detection System

    While walking the operation I noticed the there was no fire alarm in a room being used by the children.
  8. Medium High August 29, 2023 Correction verified September 8, 2023

    747.5003(1): Emergency Preparedness Plan - Evacuation, Relocation and Sheltering Procedures

    While looking at the Operational policies I noticed the caregivers responsibilities in sheltering lock down emergencies, the name and address of the alternate shelter and how kids in attendance will be accounted for was missing.
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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 7, 2026. Full methodology.

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