The Climbing Tree
Licensed Center in The Woodlands, Texas. License #523718, issued May 27, 1997.
- Address
- 6363 Research Forest Dr, The Woodlands, TX 77381
- Phone
- (936) 273-2230
- Licensed capacity
- 400 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:30 AM-06:15 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
- Website
- cc-um.org
Programs listed with the state: Meals Provided, Snacks Provided, Skill Classes, Part Time Care.
Openings
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Texas Rising Star
No Texas Rising Star rating
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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 4,375 standards at The Climbing Tree between December 6, 2021 and September 18, 2026 and recorded 14 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 | 358 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 326 | 0 |
| Personnel | 3 | 441 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 104 | 0 |
| Infants | 4 | 357 | 1 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 55 | 0 |
| School-age | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Discipline | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Naptime | 3 | 36 | 0 |
| Field trips | 3 | 33 | 0 |
| Get well care | 4 | 108 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 3 | 39 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 3 | 134 | 0 |
| Health practices | 4 | 450 | 1 |
| Safety practices | 4 | 298 | 1 |
| Physical facilities | 5 | 373 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 4 | 384 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 78 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 4 | 270 | 0 |
| Transportation | 3 | 147 | 0 |
The table adds up to 4,339 of those standards. The remaining 36, including 11 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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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 24 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on September 18, 2026, and 14 citations.
One of those visits began with The Climbing Tree reporting something to the state itself rather than HHSC finding it. We publish that because it is part of the record and the state records it separately, not because it is good or bad: a program with none may have had nothing to report. 3,674 of the 12,933 programs listed here have at least one.
- 5High
- 5Medium High
- 4Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 14. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High August 20, 2026 Correction verified September 18, 2026
746.305(a)(2): AP Report Child Injury Requiring Medical Treatment by a Health-Care Professional or Hospitalization
This standard was tasked as part of the investigation and found to be deficient. It was determined that the operation did not report an injury of a child that required medical attention to CCR.
- High August 20, 2026 Correction verified September 18, 2026
746.1201(1): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
This standard was tasked as part of the investigation and found to be deficient. It was determined that a caregiver did not demonstrate good judgment while engaging with a child at the operation.
- High August 7, 2026 Correction verified September 18, 2026
746.2805(3): Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
It was revealed that the caregiver forcefully pulled and grabbed a child by the arm.
- Medium July 2, 2026 Correction verified September 4, 2026
746.2421(b): Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
Based on information obtained during the investigation, the operation did not follow the child's documented feeding instructions.
- Medium High September 29, 2025 Correction verified October 10, 2025
746.3401(a): Annual Sanitation Inspection
The annual sanitation inspection was expired.
- Medium High February 25, 2025 Correction verified May 12, 2025
746.3819: Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
One child epi pen was expired.
- Medium High February 25, 2025 Corrected at inspection
746.3503(a): Diaper Changing Equipment - Smooth, Non-absorbent, Easy to Clean Surface
The changing mat in the two year old classroom was ripped. Note: changing mat was replaced during this inspectiion.
- Medium November 29, 2023 Correction verified January 4, 2024
746.701(1): Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Injuries Requiring Medical Treatment or Hospitalization
The incident/illness report form was not completed within 48 hours of the incident.
- Medium November 28, 2023 Correction verified December 1, 2023
746.2421(b): Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
One infant did have current infant feeding.
- High October 29, 2023 Correction verified January 4, 2024
746.1201(1): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
Based on the findings from a DFPS investigation caregivers did not demonstrate good judgement when not asking for assistance when needed which resulted in a child being abused as well as a caregiver not intervening when the abuse occurred.
- High October 29, 2023 Correction verified January 4, 2024
746.1201(4): AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited
Based on the findings from a DFPS investigation, one caregiver was found Reason To Believe for Physical Abuse and another caregiver was found Reason To Believe for Neglectful Supervision.
- Medium October 29, 2023 Correction verified January 4, 2024
746.701(5): Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Situations Placing Children at Risk
Based on the findings from a DFPS investigation, an incident report was not written informing the parents that the incident occurred.
- High October 29, 2023 Correction verified January 4, 2024
746.2805(1): Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
Based on the findings from a DFPS investigation, corporal punishment was used on a child in care when the caregiver picked up a child by one arm in an aggressive manner and resulted in physical abuse.
- Medium High December 6, 2021 Correction verified December 31, 2021
746.1315(b)(1): CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based
One of the caregivers had completed CPR training through online instruction and did not attend a class.
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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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