Precious Little Steps

Home · Charlotte · 3344 Misty Wood Drive

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 3 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 Five Star License
License status Active

State record — North Carolina DCDEE

Last visit
March 2, 2026
On file
7 visits since November 2023 — 4 cited nothing, 4 of those unannounced
Fixed?
All 3 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 nothing cited
Nov 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · November 6, 2025

A child care operator did not notify the Division of any new child care providers, as defined in G.S. 110-90.2(a)(2), who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. The roster was incomplete in ABCMS.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/20/2025

DCDEE facility lookup

Jun 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Mar 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Apr 2024 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · April 3, 2024

Infant feeding plans did not include the required information, including but not limited to the type and amount of milk, formula and food, and the frequency of feedings, and/or was not available for reference. The Infant Feeding Plans were not posted.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 4/3/2024

DCDEE facility lookup

Apr 2024 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Nov 2023 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · November 15, 2023

The operator did not conduct a quarterly lockdown or shelter-in-place drill and or the drill record was incomplete. The shelter-in-place drills were completed January 2023, April 2023, and July 2023; drill not completed for October 2023.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/4/2023

DCDEE facility lookup

Before you tour

Precious Little Steps 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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