Little Giants Learning Center

Center · Commerce City · 7420 Newport

What kind of place is this?

Size 60 children licensed In the middle half for Denver centers, where the middle half licenses 40–113. Measured across 1,156 Denver centers, 2026-08-17.
Established 2003

Will it fit our family?

Hours 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Days / week 5
Accepts subsidy Yes

What will it cost us?

This provider does not publish pricing.

What Shortlist has verified

State quality rating Colorado Shines Level 4
License status Active

State record — Colorado Department of Early Childhood

Last visit
May 28, 2026
On file
3 visits since July 2024
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was May 28, 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 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.

May 2026 Supervisory visit 3 findings

Supervisory visit · May 28, 2026

2.213.B · Correction due May 28, 2026

Reviewed 14 staff files and found 1 with expired documentation of the standard precaution course.

Required correction: Obtain and maintain the required training. Correct immediately and submit compliance by 6/4/26 Correct by 05/28/2026

2.223.A.2

Through review found that the facility was not documenting transitions in any of the classrooms.

Required correction: Ensure that the facility has a mechanism for tracking children during transitions. Correct immediately and

2.223.D.4.c · Correction due May 28, 2026

In the butterfly room there were 2 children napping on mats that did not have sheets.

Required correction: Ensure that all napping mats have fitted sheets. Correct immediately and submit compliance by 6/4/26 Correct by 05/28/2026

State records file

Jun 2025 Supervisory visit 14 findings

Supervisory visit · June 27, 2025

2.120.I · Correction due June 27, 2025

Reviewed 10 staff files and found Maria O. (Exp: 4/23/24) and Maria "Natalie" S.(Exp: 6/4/23) with expired TRAILS clearance letters.

Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff members Maria O. (Exp: 4/23/24) and Maria "Natalie" S.(Exp: 6/4/23) have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS Clearance Letters for staff members Maria O. (Exp: 4/23/24) and Maria "Natalie" S.(Exp: 6/4/23) with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 06/27/2025

2.213.F

Reviewed 10 staff files and found Keily A. with an expired CPR Module course (EXP: 1/22/24).

2.121.D.4.a · Correction due June 27, 2025

Reviewed 10 staff files and found Jenny B. (DOH:7/27/22) without documentation of a completed FBI check and Alma J. (DOH:2/12/25) without documentation of a completed CBI check.

Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff members Jenny B. (DOH:7/27/22) and Alma J. (DOH:2/12/25) have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of FBI and CBI Clearance Letters for staff members Jenny B. (DOH:7/27/22) and Alma J. (DOH:2/12/25) with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 06/27/2025

2.121.J.1 · Correction due June 27, 2025

Reviewed 10 staff files and found Jenny B. (DOH: 7/27/22) without documentation of a completed out of state clearance letter.

Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff member Jenny B. (DOH:7/27/22) has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of Out of state clearance Letter for staff member Jenny B. (DOH:7/27/22) with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 06/27/2025

Reviewed 10 staff files and found Alma J (DOH: 2/12/25), Aleah P. (DOH: 4/14/25) and Keily A. (DOH:

2.213.B · Correction due June 27, 2025

Reviewed 10 staff files and found Severa R. with an expired standard precautions training (EXP: 4/26/25).

Required correction: Obtain and maintain required documentation of training for all staff at the center. Correct immediately and submit compliance by 7/27/25. Correct by 06/27/2025

2.213.D · Correction due June 27, 2025

Reviewed 10 staff files and found Jessica G. with an expired Shaken Baby training (EXP: 2/23/25) and Alma J. without documentation of a completed Shaken Baby training.

Required correction: Obtain and maintain required documentation of training for all staff at the center. Correct immediately and submit compliance by 7/27/25. Correct by 06/27/2025

2.120.C.1.a

Reviewed 10 staff files and found Jenny B. (DOH 7/27/22), Alma J.(DOH 2/12/25) and Aleah P.(DOH 4/14/25) without documentation of a completed TRAILS check.

2.213.G · Correction due June 27, 2025

Reviewed 10 staff files and found Jessica G.(Exp: 3/19/24), Maria "Natalie" S. (Exp: 1/19/25) , and Severa R. (Exp: 4/29/24), with an expired child abuse training.

Required correction: Obtain and maintain required documentation of training for all staff at the center. Correct immediately and submit compliance by 7/27/25. Correct by 06/27/2025

2.213.I

Reviewed 10 staff files and found Maria O. without documentation of a completed Impact of Bias training.

2.220.J · Correction due June 27, 2025

Upon review, found 1 child with expired medication at the center.

Required correction: Ensure that all medication at the center is unexpired. Correct immediately and submit compliance by 7/27/25. Correct by 06/27/2025

2.229.C · Correction due June 27, 2025

On the toddler playground there was disinfectant wipes accessible to children and labeled "Keep out of reach"

Required correction: Ensure that all items labeled "Keep out of reach" are inaccessible to children at all times. Correct immediately. ** Corrected at time of visit by removing from the playground and making inaccessible. No response required. Correct by 06/27/2025

2.229.L · Correction due June 27, 2025

In the caterpillars room there was puzzle with small pieces labeled 3+ and accessible to children under the age of 3 years and in the Butterfly Room there was pom poms, Foam Stickers, Counters and snap cubes accessible to children under the age of 3 years and all items could fit into a choke tube.

Required correction: Ensure that all items that can fit into a choke tube are inaccessible to children under the age of 3 years at all times. Correct immediately. ** Corrected at time of visit by removing all of the items from the classrooms and making them inaccessible. No response required. Correct by 06/27/2025

2.209.B.4 · Correction due July 27, 2025

Reviewed 10 children files and found 2 children with expired health statements and 2 children with health statements not signed by the provider.

Required correction: Obtain and maintain required documentation for all children at the center. Correct by 07/27/2025

State records file

Jul 2024 Supervisory visit report not read 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 1, 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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What kind of place is this

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Will it fit our family

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