Parker · Licensed center
Little Sunshine's Playhouse and Preschool
- Large center, licensed for 152 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
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 10, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since August 2024 · 5 complaint investigations
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was September 16, 2024. 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 2024 Complaint
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
Sep 2024 Complaint Founded
Complaint · September 16, 2024
Aug 2024 Complaint Unfounded
Complaint · August 15, 2024
Aug 2024 Supervisory visit 3 findings
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
Feb 2024 Complaint Unfounded
Complaint · February 7, 2024
Jun 2023 Complaint Founded
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.
State licensing record In the file’s Dataset sheet, filter License Number to 1768088.
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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Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
Details
- Address
- 17033 E Cedar Gulch Pkway
- License
- 1768088, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 2
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Details
- Address, License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program — Checked October 2026 data.colorado.gov
Large means the biggest quarter of Denver-area’s 1,147 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 115 to 402 children. Small is 10 to 40; medium is 41 to 114.