Castle Rock · Licensed center
Little Sunshine's Playhouse & Preschool
- Large Reggio Emilia–inspired center, licensed for 134 children.
- Run by a for-profit business, which holds the license.
What the state has found
The state lists 2 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 19, 2026
- On file
- 2 visits since July 2025 · 5 complaint investigations
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was July 19, 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.
Jun 2026 Supervisory visit 10 findings
Supervisory visit · June 19, 2026
2.230.B · Correction due June 19, 2026
Peeling mat in Emerald City classroom (infant room).
Required correction: Immediately ensure that all equipment is sturdy, safe, and free of hazards. **Corrected at the time of visit. No response required. Correct by 06/19/2026
2.229.R.1 · Correction due July 19, 2026
Art materials not accessible to children in Arendelle classroom.
Required correction: Ensure that art materials are accessible to children in all preschool classrooms. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 07/19/2026
2.229.R.7
Music equipment not accessible to children in Arendelle classroom.
2.213.B · Correction due June 19, 2026
Reviewed 23 staff member files, 1 staff member lacking documentation of current standard precautions training.
Required correction: Immediately review all staff member files, ensure that all have documentation of current standard precautions training. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 06/19/2026
2.213.C · Correction due June 19, 2026
Reviewed 23 staff member files, 1 staff member working with children under 12 months of age lacking documentation of current safe sleep training.
Required correction: Immediately review all staff member files and ensure that all staff members working with children under 12 months of age have documentation of current safe sleep training. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 06/19/2026
2.213.D
Reviewed 23 staff member files, 1 staff member working with children under 3 years of age lacking documentation of current shaken baby abusive head trauma training.
Required correction: Immediately review all staff member files and ensure that all staff members working with children under 3 years of age have documentation of current shaken baby abusive head trauma training. Submit statement of compliance. Correct
2.213.G · Correction due June 19, 2026
REviewed 23 staff member files, 1 file lacking documentation of current child abuse prevention training.
Required correction: Immediately review all staff member files, ensure that all have documentation of current child abuse prevention training. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 06/19/2026
2.212.G · Correction due July 19, 2026
Reviewed 23 staff member files, 3 files lacking a medical statement signed by a health care provider.
Required correction: Review all staff member files, ensure that all have documentation of a medical statement signed by a health care provider. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 07/19/2026
2.217.A.7 · Correction due June 19, 2026
Staff member with Neverland class lacking documentation of early childhood teacher qualifications.
Required correction: Immediately ensure that there is an early childhood qualified staff member with each group of children. Correct by 06/19/2026
2.219.B.2 · Correction due July 19, 2026
Reviewed 8 child files, 3 files lacking documentation of current health statements.
Required correction: Review all child files, ensure that all have documentation of current health statements. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 07/19/2026
Nov 2025 Complaint
Complaint · November 5, 2025
2.219.B.2 · Correction due November 19, 2025
Reviewed 1 child file, file lacking documentation of a health statement.
Required correction: Review all children files, ensure that all have documentation of current health statements. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 11/19/2025
Nov 2025 Complaint Founded
Complaint · November 5, 2025
Sep 2025 Complaint
Complaint · September 29, 2025
2.204.B.4 · Correction due September 29, 2025
Identified through staff member statements that CH1 was not walking independently and did not have a health care provider's statement, but was enrolled and attending a toddler classroom.
Required correction: Immediately ensure that children being cared for in a toddler classroom are walking independently or have a health care provider's statement. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 09/29/2025
Sep 2025 Complaint Founded
Complaint · September 29, 2025
Aug 2025 Complaint Unfounded
Complaint · August 29, 2025
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
Reggio Emilia–inspired, play-based and STEAM
“Play-Based Learning – Inspiring problem-solving and discovery through interactive experiences.”
A day here
- Meals
- Chef-prepared breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snacks served daily with milk/milk substitute; formula and baby food provided for infants (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
- Updates for parents
- LuvNotes communication app (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
Details
- Website
- littlesunshine.com
- Address
- 3773 Limelight Avenue
- License
- 1786827, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 2
- Ages they serve
- 6 weeks to 6 years
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 littlesunshine.com
A day here
- Meals, Updates for parents — Checked July 2026 littlesunshine.com
Details
- Website — Checked July 2026 littlesunshine.com
- Address, License — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Quality program, Who runs it — Checked October 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Ages they serve — Checked July 2026 littlesunshine.com
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.