Program Name: Small Wonders Day Care    License/Registration ID: 43650


 Program Overview
Contact Name: Kayce Olney Contact Title: Director
Program Type: Day Care Center Status: Open
School District: Syracuse
Site Address: Map
960 Salt Springs Road, Syracuse, NY 13224
First Licensed/Registration Date: Jan 26, 1998
Current Registration Period: Feb 1, 2020 - Jan 31, 2024
Phone: (315) 446-3220
Fax: (315) 446-3274
Total Capacity: 106
-Infants: 8
-Toddlers: 10
-Preschool: 88
-School-Age: 0
Open Child Care Slots*:
This information was self reported to OCFS on 12/9/2022 10:12:44 AM
-Infants: 8
-Toddlers: 10
-Preschool: 88
-School-Age: 0

*Important Note: This self reported information on open child care slots can quickly change.


Please contact this program for the most current openings.


Care available during non-traditional hours: No
Removed from referral list: No
This facility is approved to administer medications.

For additional information on this program and compliance history, contact
Office: Syracuse Regional Office
Phone: (315) 423-1202
For additional details and to view the checklist used during an inspection, please click on the Inspection ID links below. Inspection checklists are generated per inspection type and reason. Also note, that any regulatory requirement can be assessed and cited during an inspection and as a result, may not be reflected on the inspection checklist. These items would be reflected in the program's compliance history that is posted.

 Inspection History: (Inspections in the past 24 months)

Date Inspection Type Inspection ID Inspection Result  
Feb 14, 2025 Fire Safety - Renewal 2025-I-SRO-023886 No violations cited for this Inspection
Sep 27, 2024 Documentation Review 2024-I-SRO-098018 No violations cited for this Inspection Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Apr 1, 2024 Complaint (Substantiated) 2024-I-SRO-040144 Violations Found
Mar 11, 2024 Documentation Review 2024-I-SRO-038867 No violations cited for this Inspection Inspection Conducted Off-Site
Mar 7, 2024 Annual Unannounced 2024-I-SRO-001834 No violations cited for this Inspection
Mar 7, 2024 Application - Renewal 2023-I-SRO-044319 Violations Found
Mar 1, 2024 Fire Safety - Alternate Year 2024-I-SRO-037265 No violations cited for this Inspection
Nov 15, 2023 Annual Unannounced 2023-I-SRO-001288 Violations Found
Additional Inspection History

*Inspections may be conducted outside of program operating hours and/or off-site(where inspector was not on premises where care is provided) for the following reasons:
-Record/File Review
-Interviewing of Staff
-Or Other Investigative Reasons

 Compliance History
Date of Last Inspection: Apr 7, 2025 Currently uncorrected violations: None
Date Regulation Description Compliance Status as of last inspection
Apr 1, 2024 418-1.7(a)(1) The program must establish and implement a daily schedule of program activities that offers reasonable regularity in routines, including snack and meal periods, nap and rest periods, indoor activities, outdoor play time and a variety of large muscle activities throughout the day. There must be physical activity, appropriate to the ages of the children in care, every day. Corrected
Apr 1, 2024 418-1.8(a) Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher's range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child's age emotional, physical, and cognitive development. Corrected
Apr 1, 2024 418-1.8(b) The child day care center must employ staff who will promote the physical, intellectual, social, cultural and emotional well-being of the children. Corrected
Apr 1, 2024 418-1.9(a) The program must establish and follow a written plan for behavior management that is acceptable to the office. This plan must include how the staff will approach challenging behaviors, help children solve problems and encourage acceptable behaviors. Corrected
Apr 1, 2024 418-1.9(b) The staff must use acceptable techniques and approaches to help children solve problems. Corrected
Apr 1, 2024 418-1.9(j) Corporal punishment is prohibited. For the purposes of this Subpart, the term corporal punishment means punishment inflicted directly on the body including, but not limited to, physical restraint, spanking, biting, shaking, slapping, twisting or squeezing; demanding excessive physical exercise, prolonged lack of movement or motion, or strenuous or bizarre postures; and compelling a child to eat or have in the child's mouth soap, foods, hot spices or irritants or the like. Corrected
Apr 1, 2024 418-1.10(a) Any abuse or maltreatment of a child is prohibited. A day care center must prohibit and may not tolerate or in any manner condone an act of abuse or maltreatment by an staff, volunteer or any other person. An abused child or maltreated child means a child defined as an abused child or maltreated child pursuant to Section 412 of the Social Services Law. Corrected
Apr 1, 2024 418-1.10(c)(1) Child care center staff must personally make, or cause to be made, an immediate report to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment by telephone, followed by a written report within 48 hours, in the form and manner prescribed by the Office, to the child protective service of the social services district in the county in which the child resides. Corrected
Apr 1, 2024 418-1.13(a) Staff members must be qualified by training and experience to carry out their respective functions in the administration, operation and maintenance of the child day care center. Corrected
Apr 1, 2024 418-1.13(a)(1) Staff and volunteers must be mature, of good character and possess suitable personal qualifications. Corrected
Apr 1, 2024 418-1.15(b)(13) All staff and volunteers of the child day care center must be familiar with the Office regulations and policies governing such programs, and the child care center's policies. Such regulations and policies must be readily accessible to staff and volunteers for reference purposes. Corrected
Apr 1, 2024 418-1.15(c) The program must maintain on file at the child day care center, available for inspection by the Office or its designees at any time, the following records in a current and accurate manner: Corrected
Mar 7, 2024 418-1.3(o)(2) Buildings, systems and equipment must be kept in good repair and operate as designed. Corrected
Mar 7, 2024 418-1.8(a) Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher's range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child's age emotional, physical, and cognitive development. Corrected
Mar 7, 2024 418-1.11(a)(1) No child may be accepted for care in a child care program unless the program has been furnished with a written statement signed by a health care provider verifying that the child is able to participate in child care and currently appears to be free from contagious or communicable diseases. A child's medical statement must have been completed within the 12 months preceding the date of enrollment. Corrected
Mar 7, 2024 418-1.11(a)(3) The program must keep documentation of immunizations the child has received to date, in accordance with New York State Public Health Law. Corrected
Mar 7, 2024 418-1.11(b)(1)(ii) Staff and volunteers must each submit a medical statement on forms furnished by the Office or an approved equivalent from a health care provider: before such person has any involvement in child care work. Corrected
Mar 7, 2024 418-1.11(i)(12) Garbage receptacles must be covered, and cleaned as needed after emptying. Corrected
Mar 7, 2024 418-1.13(g) Minimum education and experience qualifications: Corrected
Mar 7, 2024 418-1.14(d) Training must address all topics or subject matters required by state and federal law. The required state topics are: Corrected
Nov 15, 2023 418-1.3(h) Peeling or damaged paint or plaster must be repaired. Corrected
Nov 15, 2023 418-1.5(n)(1) Materials and play equipment used by the children must be sturdy and free from rough edges and sharp corners. Corrected
Nov 15, 2023 418-1.11(i)(12) Garbage receptacles must be covered, and cleaned as needed after emptying. Corrected
Nov 15, 2023 418-1.11(i)(18)(v) When disposable diapers are used, soiled diapers must be disposed of immediately into an outside trash disposal, or placed in a tightly covered plastic-lined trash can inaccessible to children until outdoor disposal is possible. Corrected
*Violations are posted on this web site after the inspection results have been finalized in a report mailed to the provider. Violations are listed here as 'Corrected' after the Office has verified corrections with the provider, and a letter confirming the corrections has been mailed to the provider.
For additional information on this program and compliance history, contact
Office: Syracuse Regional Office
Phone: (315) 423-1202

 Enforcement History
The New York State Office of Children and Family Services uses a range of tools to help bring child care programs into compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.

The enforcement actions listed on this website only include denial, revocation or suspension of a child care program's license or registration. Fines are not shown on this website. OCFS stops referring families to the program if a program's license or registration is closed, revoked or suspended.

Other enforcement actions such as Corrective action plans and fines are not shown on this website.
Enforcement Actions since May, 2020: None