Building Blocks Learning World

Home · Matthews · 2930 Bernard Castle Ln

What kind of place is this?

Size 8 children licensed The same licensed capacity as at least half of Charlotte home daycares, which license 8. Measured across 141 Charlotte home daycares, 2026-08-17.

How this compares

North Carolina DCDEE cited something at 4 of the 6 visits below. Across Charlotte home daycares it cites something at about 44% of visits. Each state decides what gets written up, so this compares Charlotte with Charlotte and never with another state.

Will it fit our family?

Accepts subsidy Yes

What will it cost us?

This provider does not publish pricing.

What Shortlist has verified

State quality rating Four Star License
License status Active

State record — North Carolina DCDEE

Last visit
March 12, 2026
On file
6 visits since September 2023 — 2 cited nothing, 2 of those unannounced
Fixed?
All 8 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.

Mar 2026 Unannounced visit 3 findings

Unannounced visit · March 12, 2026

Operator did not wash his/her hands before and after handling food and feeding the children. Operator did not was hands before handling food and feeding children.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/15/2026

Each child's hands were not washed before and after eating. Children's hands were not washed before eating.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/15/2026

Hazardous cleaning supplies and other items that might be poisonous e.g. toxic plants, were not out of reach or in locked storage when children were in care. I observed Clorox sanitizing wipes on a table accessible to children.

Violation corrected during visit

DCDEE facility lookup

Oct 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Mar 2025 Unannounced visit 2 findings

Unannounced visit · March 19, 2025

Records were not made available for review. One (1) child's information was not on site the following items were missing: Application for Enrollment, Immunization Records, Discipline Policy, Summary of Child Care Law, Operational Policies, Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma Policy, Notification of Smoking and Tobacco Restriction, Animal (Pet) Acknowledgement Form and Written Plan of Care.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/19/2025

For each child being transported, the operator or other transportation provider did not have identifying information, including the child's name, photograph, emergency contact information, and a copy of the emergency medical care information form required by Rule .1721(a )(3) in the vehicle whenever children were transported. Two (2) files did not have a photograph attached to the identifying information.

Violation corrected during visit

DCDEE facility lookup

Oct 2024 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · October 31, 2024

Operator did not maintain accurate daily attendance records including documentation of arrival and departure for all children in care, including the operator's own preschool children. Children were not signed in for today 10/31/24.

Violation corrected during visit

DCDEE facility lookup

Mar 2024 Unannounced visit 2 findings

Unannounced visit · March 21, 2024

Operator or other transportation provider did not have written permission from each child's parents or guardian to transport the child. I observed one (1) child’s permission form dated for 2021.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/24/2024

Products that are labeled "keep out of reach of children" without any other warnings, were not stored on a shelf or in an unlocked cabinet that is five feet above the finished floor. I observed two (2) hand sanitizers at the entrance of the home and on a table in front of the garage below five feet and within reach of children.

Violation corrected during visit

DCDEE facility lookup

Sep 2023 Unannounced visit nothing cited

Before you tour

Building Blocks Learning World hasn’t published

Cost, hours and late pickup, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

Ask which of these findings were serious.North Carolina DCDEE records the correction in its own words, but never says how serious it was.

Sources and dates

Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.

All checked July 2026.

What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Will it fit our family

Not yet reported: ages served, hours, days / week, schedule, holiday closures.

Licensing and contact

State record

Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.

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