Karen Lindenthaler

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What kind of place is this?

Size 12 children licensed In the middle half for Denver home daycares, where the middle half licenses 6–12. Measured across 580 Denver home daycares, 2026-08-17.

Will it fit our family?

Not yet reported: ages served, hours, days / week, schedule, holiday closures.

What will it cost us?

This provider does not publish pricing.

What Shortlist has verified

State quality rating Colorado Shines Level 2
License status Active

State record — Colorado Department of Early Childhood

Last visit
September 24, 2025
On file
3 visits since November 2023 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was October 24, 2025. 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 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.

Sep 2025 Supervisory visit 5 findings

Supervisory visit · September 24, 2025

2.312.E · Correction due September 24, 2025

Provider and qualified substitute lacking documentation of current medication administration training.

Required correction: Immediately ensure provider and qualified substitute have documentation of current medication administration training. Correct by 09/24/2025

2.312.H · Correction due September 24, 2025

Staff member lacking documentation of current child abuse prevention training.

Required correction: Immediately ensure that all staff members have documentation of current child abuse prevention training. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 09/24/2025

2.320.A.7 · Correction due September 24, 2025

Reviewed 9 child files, 2 files lacking documentation of current emergency medical authorization.

Required correction: Immediately ensure that all child files have documentation of current emergency medical authorization. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 09/24/2025

2.321.A.3 · Correction due October 24, 2025

Reviewed 9 child, 4 files lacking documentation of current health statements.

Required correction: Review all child files and ensure that all have documentation of current health statements. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 10/24/2025

2.138.A

Provider not able to locate drill log.

State records file

Oct 2024 Supervisory visit 4 findings

Supervisory visit · October 18, 2024

2.337.B.3.b · Correction due October 18, 2024

Play structure lacking six foot use zone completely surrounding the equipment.

Required correction: Immediately ensure that there is a six foot use zone completely surrounding the play structure. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 10/18/2024

2.321.A.3 · Correction due November 18, 2024

Reviewed 12 child files, 4 files lacking documentation of current health statements.

Required correction: Review all children files and ensure that all have documentation of current health statements. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 11/18/2024

2.312.M · Correction due November 18, 2024

Primary provider, Karen, lacking documentation of introduction to the early intervention and preschool special education programs.

Required correction: Obtain documentation of introduction to the early intervention and preschool special education programs. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 11/18/2024

2.312.Q · Correction due November 18, 2024

Applicant 2, Kimberly, lacking documentation of working with an early childhood mental health consultant.

Required correction: Obtain documentation of working with an early childhood mental health consultant. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 11/18/2024

State records file

Nov 2023 Original Change of Location/Type visit 3 findings

Original Change of Location/Type visit · November 16, 2023

7.707.71.B.1 · Correction due November 16, 2023

Reviewed 7 children files, 3 files have expired emergency medical authorization.

Required correction: Immediately ensure that all children have documentation of current emergency medical authorization. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 11/16/2023

7.707.923.H · Correction due November 16, 2023

Ladder for emergency exit is not bolted to the wall.

Required correction: Immediately ensure that the ladder for emergency exit is bolted to the wall. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 11/16/2023

7.707.923.A · Correction due November 16, 2023

Sharp knives on the counter top and kitchen tools in an unlatched drawer in the kitchen.

Required correction: Immediately ensure that hazardous items are not accessible to children at all times. **Corrected at the time of the visit. No response required. Correct by 11/16/2023

State records file

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 September 13, 2026 and covers complaints the department publishes today, and complaints back to January 2023 obtained by records request. The next request goes in September 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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Karen Lindenthaler hasn’t published

Cost, hours and late pickup, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

Ask which of these findings were serious, and what changed.Colorado Department of Early Childhood publishes a correction deadline, never whether the work was done or how serious it was.

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What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Licensing and contact

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