Longmont · Licensed center
Sunflower Farm
- Large center, licensed for 117 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
- December 9, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since February 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was January 9, 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.
Dec 2025 Supervisory visit 3 findings
Supervisory visit · December 9, 2025
2.229.C · Correction due December 9, 2025
Observed wipes labeled "keep out of reach of children" in the Livery Preschool bathroom accessible to children.
Required correction: Items labeled "keep out of reach of children" must be inaccessible to children. ***Corrected at the time of inspection. Staff placed wipes on a shelf and made wipes inaccessible to children. No response required Correct by 12/09/2025
2.230.C.1.a · Correction due December 9, 2025
At the time of inspection, Specialist measured resilient surfacing surrounding a swing structure higher than 18 inches on the Sprout House playground and observed it to be lacking the 6 inches in the use zone surrounding the equipment. Resilient surfacing was around 2-3 inches in depth.
Required correction: Equipment 18 inches or higher must have resilient surfacing of at least 6 inches in the use zone surrounding the equipment. Respond with verification of compliance. Correct by 12/09/2025
2.209.B.4 · Correction due January 9, 2026
Reviwed 4 child files and observed 1 file without an updated annual health statement completed by a health care provider. The last annual visit for this file was dated 10/24/2024.
Required correction: The center must maintain and update annually a copy of the child's health statement completed by a health care provider. Respond with verification of compliance. Correct by 01/09/2026
Jan 2025 Supervisory visit 4 findings
Supervisory visit · January 15, 2025
2.220.C · Correction due January 15, 2025
Observed an emergency medication in the "Woodshed" lacking a pharmacy label.
Required correction: Medications must be kept in the original labeled bottle or container and contain the original pharmacy label. Correct by 01/15/2025
2.220.J · Correction due January 15, 2025
Observed an expired emergency medication in the "Woodshed".
Required correction: If medication is out of date, the parents are responsible for picking up the medication. Correct by 01/15/2025
2.223.A.2
Observed the "Woodshed" to have a transiiton log lacking a name to face check when returning to the classroom from the playground.
2.230.C.3.c · Correction due January 15, 2025
Observed a climbing structure over 18" on the Woodshed playground lacking a 6 foot use zone surrounding the equipment. Observed a climbing structure over 18" on the Livery playground lacking a 6 foot use zone surrounding the equipment. Both climbing structures were up against the fence surrounding the playground.
Required correction: Preschool climbing equipment must have a 6 foot use zone surrounding the equipment. Correct by 01/15/2025
Feb 2024 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · February 12, 2024
2.207.A · Correction due February 12, 2024
Reviewed attendance documentation and observed a child within the Sprouthouse classroom lacking a parent/guardian signature on the sign in sheet.
Required correction: Immediately (2/12/2024) ensure that the program maintains documentation for each child being signed in and out daily that includes the name of each child, the date, time and signature of the parent/guardian. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 02/12/2024
2.138.A
Reviewed program's files and observed program lacking documentation for tornado drills for the months of March and April that include all required information.
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
- Address
- 11150 Prospect Rd
- License
- 1656511, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 1
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All checked July 2026.
Details
- Address, License, Quality program 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.