Littleton · Licensed center

Stepping Stones Learning Center of Littleton

Large center, licensed for 147 children.

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: July 1, 2026
On file: 4 visits since October 2023 · 2 complaint investigations
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was July 1, 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.

Jul 2026 Supervisory visit 2 findings

Supervisory visit · July 1, 2026

2.230.B · Correction due July 1, 2026

A long loose white PVC pipe along the ground boardering the shaded area on the preschool playground posing a triping hazard.

Required correction: All outdoor equipment musr be sturdy, safe and free from hazards. Corrected at the time of inspection, staff removed the PVC piping from the playground. No response is necessary. Correct by 07/01/2026

2.230.C.3.a · Correction due July 1, 2026

4 slides on the middle playground with a use zone of less than 6 feet extending from the base of the slide.

Required correction: All toddler slides require a six foot use zone extending out from the base of the slide. Correct by 07/01/2026

State records file

Mar 2026 Complaint Founded

Complaint · March 30, 2026

The state’s report (PDF)

Oct 2025 Complaint Unfounded

Complaint · October 22, 2025

The state’s report (PDF)

Jul 2025 Supervisory visit report not read State records file

Sep 2024 Supervisory visit report not read State records file

Oct 2023 Supervisory visit 2 findings

Supervisory visit · October 11, 2023

7.702.72.B · Correction due October 11, 2023

A trash can on the preschool playground was broken with a large hole in the top of the plastic accessible to children and posing a potential safety hazard.

Required correction: Outdoor materials must be sturdy safe and free from hazards. Corrected at the time of the inspection. The Director placed duck tape on the broken plastic removing the hazard. No response is required. Correct by 10/11/2023

7.702.71.E · Correction due October 11, 2023

Upon the Specialist's arrival observed thumb tacks in the front lobby on bulletin boards in a common area that all children pass through.

Required correction: Thumb tacks must not be used in areas accessible to children under the age of three. Corrected at the time of the inspection. The Director removed the tacks from areas where children under the age of three. No response is required. Correct by 10/11/2023

State records file

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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Details

Website: sslcoflittleton.com
Address: 10670 Bradford Road
License: 1724014, active
Quality program: Colorado Shines Level 4

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Website — Checked July 2026 sslcoflittleton.com
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.