Denver · Licensed center
Play-N-Learn Child Care
- Medium center, licensed for 62 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state lists 4 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
- August 25, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since November 2023
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was September 22, 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.
Sep 2025 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · September 22, 2025
2.133.B · Correction due September 22, 2025
Reviewed (6) staff files and observed (3) files lacking signature for training in fire safety.
Required correction: No response required. The director immediately (9/22/2025) had staff sign the document statement for the training in fire safety. Correct by 09/22/2025
Oct 2024 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · October 23, 2024
2.223.A.2 · Correction due October 23, 2024
Reviewed attendance verification sheets in each classroom and observed forms to be lacking transition times.
Required correction: Immediately (10/23/2024) ensure that the program maintains documentation of written attendance verification periodically throughout the day, to include during transitions . Provide a written plan of action along with a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 10/23/2024
2.237.B · Correction due October 23, 2024
Chipping paint near the baseboard of the back wall in classroom Little Stars.
Required correction: Immediately (10/23/2024) ensure that all areas used for child care are kept in good repair and maintained in a safe condition. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 10/23/2024
Nov 2023 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · November 16, 2023
Correction due November 16, 2023
Reviewed 9 files and observed A.S., R.A., and S.S. to be lacking documentation of an updated child abuse and neglect inquiry background checks required every 5 years.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff members listed above have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS clearance letters for staff members listed above with written response to Specialist. Correct by 11/16/2023
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
- 10101 E Hampden Ave # 115b
- License
- 1533841, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 5
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Details
- 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.