Colorado Department of Early Childhood cited something at 1 of the 4 visits below. Across Denver centers it cites something at about 55% of visits. Each state decides what gets written up, so this compares Denver with Denver and never with another state.
Not yet reported: ages served, hours, days / week, schedule, holiday closures.
This provider does not publish pricing.
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.
Complaint · September 16, 2024
2.217.A.14 · Correction due September 16, 2024
Identified through staff statement that a classroom had been over ratio by one child for up to 15 minutes.
Required correction: Ratio must be maintained at all times. Correct immediately and respond with statement of compliance. Correct by 09/16/2024
Complaint · September 16, 2024
Founded
The state lists this complaint on the provider’s record and publishes an investigation report for it. Shortlist has not read that report, so this row includes no citation detail.
Complaint · August 15, 2024
Unfounded
The state lists this complaint on the provider’s record and publishes an investigation report for it. Shortlist has not read that report, so this row includes no citation detail.
Supervisory visit · August 15, 2024
2.225.B · Correction due August 15, 2024
During the Inspection SM1 was observed using inappropriate guidance with a child, cornering them in one spot, using loud/hard tones and CH1 was visibly upset.
Required correction: Children must not be subjected to physical or emotional harm, humiliation or threats. Correct immediately and respond with statement of compliance. Correct by 08/15/2024
2.229.L · Correction due August 15, 2024
In the hallway there were small cloths pins accessible to children that could cause a choking hazard.
Required correction: Toys and materials accessible to children under the age of 3 must not pose a choking hazard. Correct immediately and respond with statement of compliance. Correct by 08/15/2024
In the main entrance area, there was a basket of hand sanitizer in a low cabinet that was accessible to
Complaint · February 7, 2024
Unfounded
The state lists this complaint on the provider’s record and publishes an investigation report for it. Shortlist has not read that report, so this row includes no citation detail.
Complaint · June 14, 2023
Founded · 7.702.31.B.10 · Correction due June 16, 2023
The written policies and procedures must be developed, implemented, and followed, and must include at a minimum the following information: The procedure, including notification of parent(s)/guardian(s), for handling children's illnesses, accidents, and injuries.
Required correction: Written policies and procedures must be followed. Correct immediately and respond with a statement of compliance by 6/23/23.
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.
The department will also review one program’s complete file on request, which is more than either source above contains. Leave your email and Shortlist will ask for Little Sunshine's Playhouse and Preschool’s file specifically, instead of waiting for the next one.
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.
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.
Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.
Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.
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