Denver · Licensed center
Childrens Garden Learning Academy
At a glance
- Medium Creative Curriculum center, licensed for 60 children.
- Hours 6:30 a.m. to 6 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 lists 3 visits below. Shortlist has not read the reports behind them, so there is no share of visits that cited something to set beside other providers yet.
State record — Colorado Department of Early Childhood
- Last visit
- January 7, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since April 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was January 7, 2026. Colorado Department of Early Childhood does not publish whether it was made.
- Most serious
- Colorado Department of Early Childhood does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.
Colorado’s Department of Early Childhood lists each program’s complaints on its Colorado Shines page, with the department’s verdict on each and, where it publishes one, a report behind it, going back about three years. Older complaints are released only on request. The department does not rank complaints by severity in either place.
Jan 2026 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · January 7, 2026
2.224.B.2 · Correction due January 7, 2026
One infant over the age of 6 months laying flat on the floor, holding their own bottle and eating.
Required correction: Older infants must not be allowed to hold their own bottles when lying flat. Correct by 01/07/2026
Feb 2025 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · February 27, 2025
2.230.B · Correction due February 27, 2025
One large hole at the bottom of the purple double slide and one small hole near the stairs in the pour n play surfacing on the preschool playground accessible to children and posing a potential hazard.
Required correction: Immediately make all hazardous areas inaccessible to children. Submit documentation with written response to specialist. Correct by 02/27/2025
Where this record comes from
The Department of Early Childhood keeps about three years of complaints on a program’s public page. Anything older is released only on request, as a single file covering the whole state. Shortlist asked for that file under the Colorado Open Records Act and renews it yearly; it is what this page shows for complaints older than the department’s own window.
The file this page is built from arrived on November 8, 2026 and covers complaints the department publishes today, and complaints back to January 2023 obtained by records request. The next request goes in November 2027.
The department publishes a report for each of these visits. Shortlist has not read those reports yet, so this page shows when the state came and not what it found.
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What it costs
- Application fee
- $75
- Deposit
- $100
A day here
6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., 5 days a week
Meals, outdoors, sleep and four more
- Meals
- Breakfast, morning snack, lunch, and afternoon snack served daily per Federal Government Food Program guidelines
- Outdoors
- Outdoor play scheduled daily except in severe weather; stay inside below 32°F or above 98°F
- Sleep
- Assigned cots/mats with Academy-provided sheets; child brings own blanket for naptime
- Diapers
- Parents supply diapers and wipes
- Screens
- TV/video is not a regular part of the daily program, used occasionally as a supervised privilege/educational activity
- Updates for parents
- Monthly print newsletter 'In the Garden' is the primary communication channel
- Closed
- 10 holidays and breaks a year
Dates
New Year's Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Friday after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve (1/2 day), Christmas Day, New Year's Eve (1/2 day)
How they teach
Creative Curriculum
“Our program is based on Creative Curriculum (www.teachingstrategies.com). Students' needs are met through a comprehensive curriculum promoting social/emotional, physical, cognitive, and language development.”
Policies
- When a child is sick
- Child must be fever/vomit/diarrhea-free for 24 hours (without fever-reducing medication) before returning
- Biting
- Chronic behavioral issues including biting trigger parent notification to keep discipline consistent
- Special needs
- Accommodates special needs per ADA; welcomes outside therapists/social workers to work on a child's IEP on-site
Details
- Address
- 1745 Race St, Denver, 80206
- License
- 1626538
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 1
We couldn’t find some information that may matter to your decision: openings, child care subsidies, tuition, ratios and staff, and who owns it. We can ask the program for you and copy you in.
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.
How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 joelcarlo.org/…/FinalChildrensGardenParent-Handbook.pdf
What it costs
- Application fee, Deposit — Checked July 2026 joelcarlo.org/…/FinalChildrensGardenParent-Handbook.pdf
A day here
- Meals, Outdoors, Sleep, Diapers, Screens, Updates for parents, Hours, Closed — Checked July 2026 joelcarlo.org/…/FinalChildrensGardenParent-Handbook.pdf
Policies
- When a child is sick, Biting, Special needs — Checked July 2026 joelcarlo.org/…/FinalChildrensGardenParent-Handbook.pdf
Details
- Website — Checked July 2026 childrensgardenladenver.co
- Address, License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Ages they serve — Checked July 2026 childrensgardenladenver.co
Medium means the middle half of Denver-area’s 1,145 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 41 to 114 children. Small is 8 to 40; large is 115 to 320.