Cornelius · Licensed center
The Lemonade Stand Childcare & Preschool
At a glance
- Large center, licensed for 192 children.
- Hours 6 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., 5 days a week.
What to know
The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 2 of its 5 licensing inspections since April 2026.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Oct 5, 2026Nothing cited
Sep 24, 20261 citation
Citation
“Children between 12 and 24 months of age were grouped with children 3 years of age or older. In space #3, there were 3 children present. There were 2 children one year of age group with a child 3 years of age.”
Violation pending provider response
Aug 5, 20262 citations
Citation
“The safe sleep policy did not contain the required information. An infant was observed sleeping in a bouncy seat during the walk-through of the classroom environment.”
Violation corrected during visit
Citation
“All children were not held or placed in feeding chairs or other appropriate apparatus to be fed. During the montioring of space #10, an infant was observed with a bottle, feeding themselves, in a bouncy seat.”
Violation corrected during visit
- Jun 4, 2026Nothing cited
- Apr 29, 2026Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 2 of this center's 5 inspections. Charlotte-area centers inspected 5 times split three ways: 20% had fewer, 45% the same, and 35% more (20 centers).
How all 20 Charlotte-area centers inspected 5 times compare
Of the 20 Charlotte-area centers the state inspected 5 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None15%
- 1 of 55%
- 2 of 545%This center
- 3 of 520%
- 4 of 55%
- All 510%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- October 5, 2026
- On file
- 5 visits since April 2026 — 3 cited nothing, 2 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- 2 of 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.
Sep 2026 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · September 24, 2026
Children between 12 and 24 months of age were grouped with children 3 years of age or older. In space #3, there were 3 children present. There were 2 children one year of age group with a child 3 years of age.
Violation pending provider response
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60004441 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Aug 2026 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · August 5, 2026
The safe sleep policy did not contain the required information. An infant was observed sleeping in a bouncy seat during the walk-through of the classroom environment.
Violation corrected during visit
All children were not held or placed in feeding chairs or other appropriate apparatus to be fed. During the montioring of space #10, an infant was observed with a bottle, feeding themselves, in a bouncy seat.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 60004441 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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A day here
6 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., 5 days a week
Meals and diapers
- Meals
- Nutritious meals and snacks provided; formula and baby food included in tuition
- Diapers
- Diapers and wipes provided, included in tuition
Details
- Phone
- (704) 469-6494
- Address
- 19619 West Catawba Ave, Cornelius, 28031
- License
- 60004441
- Quality program
- Five Star License
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State record
From North Carolina DCDEE’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
A day here
- Meals, Diapers, Hours — Checked July 2026 thelemonadestandchildcare.com
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 60004441 under License Number, and open the result.
- Website — Checked July 2026 thelemonadestandchildcare.com
- Quality program — Checked October 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 60004441 under License Number, and open the result.
- Ages they serve — Checked July 2026 thelemonadestandchildcare.com
Large means the biggest quarter of Charlotte-area’s 605 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 163 to 528 children. Small is 11 to 50; medium is 51 to 162.