Gina's Learn-N-Play Home Day Care

Home · Charlotte · 5705 Silver Eagle Dr

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 5 of the 7 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
June 29, 2026
On file
7 visits since August 2023 — 2 cited nothing, 1 of those unannounced
Fixed?
All 15 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.

Jun 2026 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Jan 2026 Announced visit nothing cited
Jul 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · July 17, 2025

The operator did not review the EPR Plan annually or when information in the plan changed to ensure all information is current. The operator did not review the EPR Plan annually.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/31/2025

DCDEE facility lookup

Feb 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · February 14, 2025

Copy of each child's health assessment, including the operator's own preschool child(ren), was not on file within 30 days of enrollment. Copy of one (1) child's health assessment was not on file within 30 days of enrollment.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/26/2025

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Jul 2024 Unannounced visit 6 findings

Unannounced visit · July 30, 2024

Health questionnaire was not completed annually. The provider's health questionnaire was not completed annually.

Violation corrected during visit

Copy of each child's health assessment, including the operator's own preschool child(ren), was not on file within 30 days of enrollment. Copy of one (1) child's health assessment was not on file within 30 days of enrollment.

Violation corrected during visit

Copy of each child's immunization record, including the operator's own preschool child(ren), was not on file. Copy of one (1) child's immunization record was not on file.

Violation corrected during visit

Operator has not completed ITS-SIDS training every three years from the completion date of the previous ITS-SIDS training. The operator's ITS-SIDS training had expired as of 6/17/24.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/12/2024

Operator and/or staff who work with children, did not complete health and safety training as part of on-going training so that every five years, all the topic areas were covered. Recognizing and Responding to Child Maltreatment was not completed as part of the health and safety training topic areas within five years.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/12/2024

Operator and/or staff members did not complete a professional development plan within one year of employment. A professional development plan was not on file.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/12/2024

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Feb 2024 Unannounced visit 2 findings

Unannounced visit · February 8, 2024

An infant was observed sleeping in a seating device. An infant was observed sleeping in a carrier. He awakened as the caregiver moved him and began supervised free play.

Violation corrected during visit

Sleeping infants, ages 12 months and younger were not visually checked every 15 minutes. Documentation did not reflect that sleeping infants, ages 12 months and younger were visually checked every 15 minutes.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/20/2024

DCDEE facility lookup

Aug 2023 Unannounced visit 5 findings

Unannounced visit · August 14, 2023

No longer displayed by the state

Authorization to seek medical care in the parent's absence was not available. Authorization to seek medical care in the parent's absence was not available on child's application (K.G.).

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/31/2023

No longer displayed by the state

Copy of each child's health assessment, including the operator's own preschool child(ren), was not on file within 30 days of enrollment. A child (K.G.) and (A.K.) did not have a medical assessment on file.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/31/2023

No longer displayed by the state

Operator did not maintain a record of on-going training in which he/she has participated.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/31/2023

No longer displayed by the state

The written plan of care was not given and explained to parents of children in care on or before the first day the child attended the home. Parents did not sign a statement acknowledging the receipt and explanation of the plan. Parents did not give written permission for their child to be transported by the operator for specific routine tasks that are included on the written schedule. Two children's file did not have a signed written plan of care; (A.K.) and (K.G.).

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/31/2023

No longer displayed by the state

Application did not include the names and the phone numbers of the child's physician and the persons to be contacted in an emergency situation. A child's (A.K.) application did not include the name and number of a physician.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/31/2023

DCDEE facility lookup

Before you tour

Gina's Learn-N-Play Home Day Care 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.

Do you run Gina's Learn-N-Play Home Day Care? Shortlist has no tuition, hours or ratios for it, because the state does not publish that. Add what is missing. It is free and takes about ten minutes.