“We are a Christian childcare center run by a mother-daughter team, Adelina Arnold and Arianne Golden.” momshouselearningcenter.com, July 2026
Colorado Department of Early Childhood cited something at 2 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.
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.
Supervisory visit · August 6, 2026
2.209.A.7 · Correction due August 6, 2026
Reviewed 6 child files and observed CH3 and CH4 file to have an expired emergency medical authorization form.
Required correction: Children's emergency medical authorization forms must be updated annually. Correct immediately. Document compliance to the licensing specialist with the written response. Correct by 08/06/2026
2.212.G
Reviewed 10 staff files and observed SM6 and SM8 file to be missing documentation of a current medical exam.
Supervisory visit · October 21, 2024
2.229.L · Correction due October 21, 2024
In Choo Choo room-toddler room, 2 stuffed animals labeled for children 3 years and older. In Monkey room-toddler room puzzled labeled 2+, In Vaca Lola-toddler room crayons and cottons balls small enough to fit in a choke tube. In Granny Goose room two balls label 3+ accessible to infants. All posing a choking hazard.
Required correction: Make all furnishings, equipment, and any materials posing a choking or inhalation hazard inaccessible to children under 3. Corrected at time of visit, staff removed stuffed animals, puzzles, crayons, cotton balls and balls making inaccessible to children under 3. No response is necessary. Correct by 10/21/2024
2.229.F · Correction due October 21, 2024
In hallway to toddler classroom, glitter on art projects, accessible to children under 3.
Required correction: Make all glitter inaccessible to children under 3. Corrected at time of visit, staffed moved art projects making inaccessible to children under 3. No response is necessary. Correct by 10/21/2024
2.230.B · Correction due October 21, 2024
hole in infant sheet.
Required correction: Make all equipment, furnishings, material sturdy, safe and free of hazards. Staff removed sheet, no response is necessary. Correct by 10/21/2024
2.121.F · Correction due October 21, 2024
Observed 6 children in Choo Choo room and only 3 children signed in. Identified through Director statement children were signed into Monkey classroom, Observed Monkey classroom not operating. Observed 14 children signed into the Funny Foxes room but children in the Panda room. In violation of 26.5-5-317(2)(g) Furnishes or makes any misleading or any false statement or report to the department.
Required correction: Never make false and misleading statements or reports to the Department. Correct by 10/21/2024
2.124.A.3.b · Correction due October 21, 2024
Observed staff switched Funny Foxes and Pandas without notifying the Department.
Required correction: Submit all change requests to Department and obtain approval prior to change rooms. Provider changed rooms back to how they were originally licensed. No response is necessary. Correct by 10/21/2024
2.219.B.1
Reviewed 6 children's files and observed one child missing immunization status.
2.212.G · Correction due October 21, 2024
Reviewed 17 staff files and observed Daniella missing self- reported health history.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of self reported health history for all staff annually. Correct by 10/21/2024
Complaint · March 6, 2023
Founded · 7.702.62.A.3 · Personnel · Correction due March 16, 2023
Staff must be awake, alert, and actively supervising all children.
Required correction: All staff must be awake, alert and actively supervising children.
Founded · 7.702.41.K · Staff Files · Correction due March 16, 2023
Within thirty (30) calendar days of employment at the center, each staff member must read and be instructed about all licensing rules governing childcare centers. Staff members must sign a statement indicating that they have read and understand the licensing rules.
Required correction: With in 30 days of hire each staff member must read and be instructed on all the licensing rules and regulations.
Founded · 7.702.41.J · Staff Files · Correction due March 16, 2023
Prior to working with children, each staff member must read and be instructed about all policies and procedures of the center. Staff members must sign a statement indicating that they have read and understand the center's policies and procedures.
Required correction: Obtain documentation of policies and procedures for all staff members.
Founded · 7.702.46.A.14 · General Requirement/Physical Care · Correction due March 16, 2023
Staff to Child Ratios by AGES OF CHILDREN and NUMBER OF STAFF 6 weeks to 18 months (infants): 1 staff member to 5 infants 12 months to 36 months: 1 staff member to 5 toddlers 24 months to 36 months: 1 staff member to 7 toddlers 2-1/2 years to 3 years: 1 staff member to 8 children 3 years to 4 years: 1 staff member to 10 children 4 years to 5 years: 1 staff member to 12 children 5 years and older: 1 staff member to 15 children Mixed-age group 2-1/2 yrs to 6 yrs: 1 staff member to 10 children
Required correction: Maintain child:staff ratio at all times.
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 Mom's House Learning Center’s file specifically, instead of waiting for the next one.
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Not yet reported: established.
Not yet reported: children per teacher.
Not yet reported: holiday closures.
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