Arvada · Licensed center
Little Seeds Academy
- Medium bilingual center, licensed for 54 children.
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
- June 12, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since July 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was August 8, 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.
Jul 2025 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · July 8, 2025
2.122.A · Correction due August 8, 2025
Reviewed the facility's records and observed the Fire Department inspection was expired. The Fire Department inspection on file was dated: 2/14/2023.
Required correction: Obtain a current Fire Department inspection. Send verification with written response to Specialist. Correct by 08/08/2025
2.214.A
Reviewed nine (9) staff files and observed M.N.'s file to have an expired Large Center Director letter. The Director letter on file expired 5/29/2025.
Jul 2024 Supervisory visit 10 findings
Supervisory visit · July 25, 2024
2.209.B.4 · Correction due August 25, 2024
Reviewed thirteen (13) children files and observed six (6) files to have expired copy of the child's health statement completed by a Health Care Provider. Additionally, observed one (1) file to be missing a health statement completed by a Health Care Provider.
Required correction: Obtain seven (7) children health statement completed by a Health Care Provider. Send verification with written response to Specialist. Correct by 08/25/2024
2.213.L
Reviewed eleven (11) staff files and observed P.V., Y.C., G.C., E.H., S.H., K.M., and M.M. files to be missing at least one (1) hour of child development training. P.V. hire date: 7/8/2023, Y.C. hire date: 10/22/2021, G.C. hire date: 7/13/2023, E.H. hire date: 5/4/2023, S.H. hire date: 8/9/2023, K.M. hire date: 1/27/2024, M.M. hire date: 4/3/2022.
2.213.B · Correction due July 25, 2024
Reviewed eleven (11) staff files and observed G.C. and E.H. files to have expired Department-approved standard precautions training.
Required correction: Obtain a Department-approved standard precautions training for G.C. and E. H. Send verification with written response to Specialist. Correct by 07/25/2024
2.213.C · Correction due July 25, 2024
Reviewed eleven (11) staff files and observed G.C. and E.H. files to have expired Department-approved safe sleep training.
Required correction: Obtain a Department-approved safe sleep training for G.C. and E. H. Send verification with written response to Specialist. Correct by 07/25/2024
2.213.G
Reviewed eleven (11) staff files and observed G.C. and E.H. files to have expired Department-approved training about child abuse prevention.
2.212.G · Correction due August 25, 2024
Reviewed eleven (11) staff files and observed P. V. K.M., K.E. and E.H. files to be missing a medical statement dated and signed by a Physician or other Health Care Provider. P.V. hire date: 7/8/23, K.M. hire date:1/27/2024., K. E.hire date: 3/22/23, E.H. hire date: 5/4/23
Required correction: Obtain a medical statement dated and signed by a Physician or other Health Care Provider for P. V. K.M., K.E. and E. H. Send verification with written response to Specialist. Correct by 08/25/2024
2.213.N · Correction due July 25, 2024
Reviewed eleven (11) staff files and observed M.N. file to be missing the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment immunization course.
Required correction: Obtain Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment immunization course for M. N. Send verification with written response to Specialist. Correct by 07/25/2024
Reviewed eleven (11) staff files and observed G.C. and E.H. files to be missing a minimum of fifteen (15) hours of ongoing professional development, at least three (3) hours must be in the focus of social-emotional
2.209.A.7 · Correction due July 25, 2024
Reviewed thirteen (13) children files and observed eight (8) files to have expired written authorization for emergency medical care.
Required correction: Obtain eight (8) written authorization for emergency medical care signed and dated by the child's parent(s)/guardian(s) .Send verification with written response to Specialist. Correct by 07/25/2024
2.220.K · Correction due July 25, 2024
Reviewed thirteen (13) children files and observed eight (8) files to have expired written authorization for topical preparation.
Required correction: Obtain eight (8) written authorization for topical preparation signed and dated by the child's parent(s)/guardian(s) .Send verification with written response to Specialist. Correct by 07/25/2024
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 October 10, 2026 and covers complaints the department publishes today, and complaints back to January 2023 obtained by records request. The next request goes in October 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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How they teach
Bilingual
“We offer a Spanish Immersion Program and our curriculum teaches Spanish through stimulating age-appropriate hands-on activities.”
A day here
- Meals
- Breakfast and snacks served; monthly menus published
Details
- Website
- littleseedsacademy.com
- Address
- 5939 W 64th Ave
- License
- 1705404, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 1
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 littleseedsacademy.com
A day here
- Meals — Checked July 2026 littleseedsacademy.com
Details
- Website — Checked July 2026 littleseedsacademy.com
- Address, License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.colorado.gov
Medium means the middle half of Denver-area’s 1,147 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 41 to 114 children. Small is 10 to 40; large is 115 to 402.