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Humble Beginners

Houston, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.

7 state inspections, last 2 years
19 deficiencies on the state’s summary
10 high or medium-high risk
November 4, 2026 most recent inspection

The operation

Type
Licensed child care center
State permit
Full Permit, issued September 27, 2001
Capacity
50 children
Ages served
Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 06:00 AM-06:00 PM
Accepts child care subsidies
Yes
Conditions on the permit
Yes
Corrective action listed
No
Adverse action listed
No
Temporarily closed
No
State operation number
810577

Where

3713 Sayers St
Houston, TX 77026

Deficiencies by risk level

  • High 7
  • Medium-high 3
  • Medium 7
  • Medium-low 1
  • Low 1

The state’s own summary counts for this operation, as published in the HHSC operations file.

Citations on the record

Each standard the state found not met, newest first, with its risk level and when it was corrected.

InspectionRiskStandardCorrected
May 18, 2026Medium746.701(5) - Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Situations Placing Children at Risk
State’s note: “The incident that occurred on 5/4/26 was not notated on the Incident report form nor shared with the parent.”
June 18, 2026
May 18, 2026High746.305(a)(6) - Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
State’s note: “The operation failed to make a self-report to CCR within 2 days concerning the occurrence of prohibitive punishment, an other non-routine situation that placed a child at risk for injury or harm. The incident occurred on 5/4/26, and the self-report was made on 5/18/26.”
June 18, 2026
May 18, 2026High746.1201(1) - Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
State’s note: “A caregiver lacked good judgment when placing a 1-year-old child in a restrictive device for timeout in the classroom restroom.”
June 18, 2026
December 22, 2025Medium746.307(c) - Parental Notification of Less Serious Injuries
State’s note: “A less serious injury was caused by a caregiver with a child while in care and the parent was not notified.”
January 15, 2026
December 22, 2025High746.1201(1) - Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
State’s note: “A caregiver did not demonstrate competency and good judgment when an injury occurred with a child.”
January 15, 2026
December 22, 2025Medium746.707 - Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent
State’s note: “An incident/accident report form was not shared with the parent at pickup or via email on the less than serious injury of the child.”
January 15, 2026
December 10, 2025Medium High746.3503(a) - Diaper Changing Equipment - Smooth, Non-absorbent, Easy to Clean Surface
State’s note: “The diaper changing table had a nonabsorbent pad that was ripped.”
December 12, 2025
January 7, 2025Medium High746.1316(a) - Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually
State’s note: “2 out of 6 staff files missing 2-hour transportation training.”
January 14, 2025
January 7, 2025Medium746.603(a)(3) - Children's Records - Health Statement
State’s note: “1 out of 6 children's files missing a heatlh statement.”
January 14, 2025
January 7, 2025Low746.1311(f)(2) - Director Annual Training - More than 5 years experience
State’s note: “The primary director needs to complete three clock hours of the annual training hours in management techniques, leadership, or staff supervision.”
January 14, 2025
January 7, 2025High746.5531 - Child-Care Center Must be Equipped with a Working Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detection System
State’s note: “The center needs a working carbon monoxide detector installed.”
January 10, 2025
January 7, 2025Medium746.603(a)(4) - Children's Records - Immunizations
State’s note: “1 out of 6 children's files is missing immunization record.”
January 14, 2025
January 29, 2024Medium746.2421(b) - Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
State’s note: “Four infants did not have an updated feeding instruction forms.”
February 2, 2024
January 29, 2024High746.5607(e)(4)(A) - Child Passenger Safety Seat System - 4 through 7 years of age, outgrown weight or height limit of seat and less than 4 feet, 9 inches in height
State’s note: “Two children on the van did not have boaster seats.”
February 2, 2024
October 5, 2023High746.5101(a) - Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
State’s note: “The operation did not have a updated fire inspection, The last fire inspection was on 10/5/2022.”
October 26, 2023
September 22, 2023Medium746.801(5) - Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Employees' Attendance
State’s note: “The director attendance records were not available.”
October 5, 2023
February 8, 2023Medium High746.4907(a)(1) - Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less
State’s note: “The loose-fill for the pre-k playground with a playing surface under 5 feet was measured at 4 inches.”
February 22, 2023
February 8, 2023Medium Low746.1329(a) - Documentation of Training Requirements - Original Training Certification Card or Letter in each Employee's personnel record
State’s note: “One director owes certificates for 5 hours annual training to include topics in Food Allergy and Building Physical Safety. One director owes certificates for 6.5 hours annual training to include topics in Emergency Preparedness, Administering Medication, and Food Allergy.”
February 16, 2023
February 14, 2022High746.5617(a)(2) - Required Equipment in Vehicles - Emergency Medical Information
State’s note: “During review of Transportation the operation was found to not have Emergency medical information for 13 children being transportated. This was corrected when the director placed the information in the transportation binder.”
At the inspection

Recent inspections and visits

How many times has the state inspected Humble Beginners?

Texas HHSC's file lists 7 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on November 4, 2026. 4 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.

Does Humble Beginners have deficiencies on its record?

The state's summary for this operation lists 19: 7 high-risk, 3 medium-high-risk, 7 medium-risk, 1 medium-low-risk, 1 low-risk. Each one is listed below with its date and whether it was corrected.

Is this a rating?

No. This page shows the State of Texas's own public records, summarized. It is not a rating, a review or our opinion. Ask the operation or HHSC about anything here.

About this record. Public record from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation: the operations file, the inspections file and the non-compliance file on data.texas.gov, read daily. We summarize the state’s counts and quote its words; we don’t rate, rank or review anyone. For the official record or a complaint, go to HHSC Child Care Regulation. Is this your operation, and is something wrong? Tell us.

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