DHSS MO
MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

OFFICE OF CHILDHOOD

GROUP HOME AND CENTER INSPECTION REPORT
Facility Information

BIG ADVENTURE'S ACADEMY 3 LLC

002957260

(314) 925-8764

5516 S KINGSHIGHWAY BLVD
ST LOUIS
MO  63109-3212

BIG ADVENTURE'S ACADEMY 3 LLC

16403 HAMPDEN PL
FLORISSANT
MO  63034-3394

SMITH, ROBIN NASHA

bigadventuresacademy3@gmail.com


TARA D BURNETT

BIRTH - 13 YEARS

63

GROUP HOME AND CENTER

13 CHILDREN UNDER 24 MONTHS
 
Inspection Information

08/13/2025

12:25 PM

2:17 PM

UNANNOUNCED

COMPLIANCE MONITORING

2498543577


DocumentDocument-Date
APPLICATION 06/07/2022
CERTIFICATE OF GOOD STANDING 08/13/2025
DIAGRAM/INDOOR 08/11/2022
LOCAL ZONING APPROVAL 08/11/2022
SAMPLE WEEKLY MENU 08/11/2022
SAFE SLEEP POLICY 08/11/2022
POLICIES 08/11/2022
REGISTERING FICTITIOUS NAMES 08/10/2022
LICENSING ORIENTATION 04/29/2022
DISCIPLINE POLICIES 08/11/2022
LINES OF ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY 08/11/2022
DISASTER AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAN 08/10/2022
DIRECTOR'S QUALIFICATIONS 08/16/2022
LLC ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION 08/11/2022
LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT NOTIFICATION 08/10/2022
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES 08/10/2022
CHILD CARE PRACTICES 08/10/2022
DIAGRAM/OUTDOOR 08/10/2022
SAMPLE FORMS 08/10/2022
LLC OPERATING AGREEMENT 08/11/2022
LOCAL BUILDING APPROVAL 08/23/2022
DAILY SCHEDULE 08/30/2022
STAFF SHEET 08/30/2022
FIRE/SAFETY INSPECTION 05/14/2024
EQUIPMENT LIST 08/13/2025
LISTING OF CHILD CARE STAFF/HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS 08/13/2025
SANITATION INSPECTION 05/15/2025
ANNUAL DECLARATION 08/13/2025

Overlap Start TimeOverlap End TimeOverlap Submit Date
  3:00PM   5:00PM   12/19/2022



Inspection determined facility to be in compliance with licensing rules.
Compliance Licensing Rules
Open Violations: 8
NOTE
The licensee is responsible for compliance with all licensing rules, including but not limited to the rules listed on this compliance report form.
Attendance at Time of Inspection
Total Staff 7
Total Children 34
StaffChildClass AgeNote
2 7 INFANTS AND TODDLERS Teacher, Jelisa Pointer and Teacher, Shika Alzubaidi present with seven children ages ranging between 12-months-old and 2-years-old including two children age 2-years-old.
2 6 INFANTS AND TODDLERS Teacher, Cedric Scott and LLC Member, Margo Wilson present with six children ages ranging between 4-months-old and 12-months-old.
1 13 MIXED Teacher, Shametrus Spearmon present with thirteen children ages ranging between 2-years-old and 3-years-old including four children 2-years-old. This occurred during naptime.
2 8 SCHOOL AGE Teacher, London Henderson and Teacher, Lashonda Cannamore present with eight children ages ranging between 5-years-old and 10-years-old.

Compliance List
5 CSR 25-500.032 Organization and Administration
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.042 Licensing Process
Not Observed
5 CSR 25-500.052 Annual Requirements
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
Evidence of local zoning approval was not received.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.052 Annual Requirements (1) (B) states: Evidence of compliance with local building and zoning requirements, if applicable.
Correction Required
The facility shall submit evidence of local building/zoning approval as required.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

Violation
The annual fire safety inspection was not approved.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.052 Annual Requirements (2) (A) states: Evidence of compliance with a fire and safety inspection as conducted by the State Fire Marshal or his/her designee.
Correction Required
The facility shall submit evidence of compliance with annual fire safety requirements.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

Violation
Evidence of local building approval was not received.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.052 Annual Requirements (1) (B) states: Evidence of compliance with local building and zoning requirements, if applicable.
Correction Required
The facility shall submit evidence of local building/zoning approval as required.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

5 CSR 25-500.082 Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
Hazardous items as follows were accessible to children: a bottle of Goof Off cleaner, a bottle of Odoban cleaner and two bottles of Signet floor cleaner. The item(s) was/were located on the kitchen floor and on the bottom shelf of an island in the kitchen and no staff member was present.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.082 Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers (1) (I) states: All flammable liquids, matches, cleaning supplies, poisonous materials, medicines, alcoholic beverages, hazardous personal care items or other hazardous items shall be inaccessible to children.
Correction Required
Hazardous items shall be inaccessible to children.

Correction Verification
Corrected on Site

Compliance Date
8/13/2025
Violation
The facility's outdoor space was not safe for children's activities as evidenced by the synthetic grass material was lifting and bunching in multiple areas around the play area posing a trip hazard.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.082 Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers (6) (A) 4. states: The play area shall be safe for children's activities, well-maintained, free of hazards such as poisonous plants, broken glass, rocks or other debris and shall have good drainage.
Correction Required
The outdoor play area shall be clean, safe and well-maintained as required.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

Violation
The fall-zone area under and around outdoor equipment where children might fall and be injured was not covered with impact-absorbing materials to cushion a fall as evidenced by resilient material was not uniformly spread over the fall-zone area.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.082 Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers (6) (A) 7. states: Areas under and around outdoor equipment shall have continuous maintenance to ensure that the material remains in place and retains its cushioning properties. The resilient material shall be supplemented immediately or replaced as needed.
Correction Required
The facility shall maintain approved resilient material in all fall-zone areas.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

5 CSR 25-500.087 Fire Safety
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.090 Disaster and Emergency Preparedness
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.092 Furniture, Equipment and Materials
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.102 Personnel
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
The requirements for obtaining 12 clock hours each calendar year were not met. For the calendar year of 2024, the staff listed need the following information: Margo Wilson needs 12 clock hours, Robin Smith needs 12 clock hours, Cedric Scott needs 12 clock hours, Zakia Qayomi needs 7.5 clock hours, Jelisa Pointer needs 12 clock hours, Darren Cunningham needs 2 clock hours and Lashonda Cannamore needs 4 clock hours.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.102 Personnel (3) (A) states: The center director, group child care home provider, all other caregivers, and those volunteers who are counted in staff/child ratios shall obtain at least twelve (12) clock hours of child-care related training during each calendar year. Clock hour training shall be approved by the department.
Correction Required
Required training hours shall be documented for each caregiver.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

Violation
Safe sleep training was not completed within the past 3 years for the following staff Robin Smith and Darren Cunningham.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.102 Personnel (4) (A) . states: Every three (3) years, the child care provider, group child care home provider, child care staff members, and volunteers in a group child care home or child care center licensed to provide care for infants less than one (1) year of age shall successfully complete department-approved training regarding the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) safe sleep recommendations contained in the American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement on sleep-related infant deaths. The Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Updated 2022 Recommendations for Reducing Infant Deaths in the Sleep Environment, July 2022, is incorporated by reference in this rule, as published by the American Academy of Pediatrics and available at https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/150/1/e2022057990/188304/Sleep-Related-Infant-Deaths-Updated-2022 or as published in PEDIATRICS Volume 150, Issue 1, July 2022. A copy can also be obtained from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Childhood, 205 Jefferson Street, PO Box 480, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0480 and at https://dese.mo.gov/governmental-affairs/deseadministrativerules/incorporated-reference-materials. This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions.
Correction Required
The director, group home provider, other caregivers, and those volunteers counted in staff/child ratio, shall complete department-approved safe sleep training as required.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

5 CSR 25-500.112 Staff/Child Ratios
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.122 Medical Examination Reports
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.132 Admission Policies and Procedures
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.142 Nighttime Care
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.162 Overlap Care of Children
Not Observed
5 CSR 25-500.172 Emergency School Closings
Not Observed
5 CSR 25-500.182 Child Care Program
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.192 Health Care
Compliance
5 CSR 25-500.202 Nutrition and Food Service
Not Observed
5 CSR 25-500.212 Transportation and Field Trips
Not Observed
5 CSR 25-500.222 Records and Reports
Compliance
5 CSR 25-600.020 General Requirements
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
Criminal background check results were older than five (5) years for Margo Wilson.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-600.020 General Requirements (5) states: Criminal background checks shall be completed for each child care staff member every five (5) years.
Correction Required
Required results of criminal background checks shall be on file.

Correction Verification
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

5 CSR 25-600.040 Background Screening Findings
Compliance
RSMo 210.115. Reports of abuse, neglect, and under age eighteen deaths — persons required to report — supervisors and administrators not to impede reporting — deaths required to be reported to the division or child fatality review panel, when — report made to another state, when. —
Compliance
RSMo 210.211.  License required - exceptions - written notice of licensure status, when.
Compliance