Boulder · Licensed center
Sunflower Preschool
- Small center, licensed for 30 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
- February 4, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since April 2024 · 2 complaint investigations
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was February 4, 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.
Feb 2026 Supervisory visit 4 findings
Supervisory visit · February 4, 2026
2.229.C · Correction due February 4, 2026
Cleaning supplies, including a bottle of bleach, window cleaner, toilet cleaner and dish soap, all labeled "keep out of reach of children," in an unlocked cabinet under the sink, accessible to children within the Practical Life classroom.
Required correction: Ensure all items labeled "keep out of reach of children" are inaccessible to children at all times. ***Corrected at the time of visit. Director immediately locked the cabinet, making the items inaccessible to children. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED. Correct by 02/04/2026
2.229.H · Correction due February 4, 2026
Two apple slicers in an unlocked cabinet beneath the window, accessible to children within the Practical Life classroom.
Required correction: Ensure all sharp tools and instruments are inaccessible to children at all times. ***Corrected at the time of visit. Director immediately locked the cabinet, making the apple slicers inaccessible to children. NO RESPONSE REQUIRED. Correct by 02/04/2026
A roll of large plastic trash bags in an unlocked cabinet under the sink, accessible to children within the
2.138.A · Correction due February 4, 2026
Reviewed program's files and observed program lacking documentation of fire drills being conducted during the months of October - December 2025, and lacking documentation of a lock down drill being conducted between April 1st and August 8th, 2025 and the program was providing care during the summer months.
Required correction: Ensure all required drills are completed within the required time frames and documentation of each drill is maintained for at least (12) months. Document correction in written response to Specialist. Correct by 02/04/2026
Oct 2025 Complaint
Complaint · October 27, 2025
2.217.A.15 · Correction due October 27, 2025
Identified through staff statements that when more than 20 mixed age preschool children are in attendance, children are not separated into distinct groups, thereby exceeding the maximum group size of 20 children for this age group.
Required correction: Ensure the maximum group size for children is maintained according to the ages of the children within the group. Correct immediately and respond with verification of compliance by 11/3/2025. Correct by 10/27/2025
Oct 2025 Complaint Founded
Complaint · October 27, 2025
Feb 2025 Supervisory visit 4 findings
Supervisory visit · February 26, 2025
2.120.D · Correction due February 26, 2025
Reviewed 4 staff files and observed J.R. lacking documentation of a Trails clearance letter.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that J.R. has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS Clearance Letter for J.R. with written response to Specialist. Correct by 02/26/2025
2.213.B · Correction due February 26, 2025
Reviewed 4 staff files and observed S.M. lacking documentation of a current certificate of training in Standard Precautions.
Required correction: Immediately (2/26/2025) ensure the program obtains and maintains documentation of a current standard precautions training for all staff, to include Sunny M. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 02/26/2025
2.213.D · Correction due February 26, 2025
Reviewed 4 staff files and observed S.M., who was working with children under the age of 3, lacking a current Department-approved training certificate for the prevention of shaken baby/abusive head trauma.
Required correction: Immediately (2/26/2025) ensure the program obtains and maintains current documentation of the shaken baby/abusive head trauma training for all staff who work with children less than 3 years of age, to include Sunny M. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 02/26/2025
2.213.G · Correction due February 26, 2025
Reviewed 4 staff files and observed S.M. lacking documentation of the Department-approved training regarding child abuse prevention.
Required correction: Immediately (2/26/2025) ensure the program obtains and maintains current documentation of the child abuse prevention training for all staff, to include Sunny M. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 02/26/2025
Apr 2024 Supervisory visit 2 findings
Supervisory visit · April 3, 2024
2.229.D · Correction due April 3, 2024
Staples throughout the Practical Life classroom accessible to children under the age of 3 years old.
Required correction: Immediately (4/3/2024) ensure that all staples are made inaccessible to children less than 3 years of age. Provide a written statement of compliance within the overall response. Correct by 04/03/2024
2.138.A
Reviewed program's files and observed program lacking documentation of a quarterly lock down drill completed in March 2024.
Required correction: Immediately (4/3/2024) ensure that all drills to include lockdown are conducted and documented with the
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
- 3340 Dartmouth Ave
- License
- 1689832, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 1
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All checked July 2026.
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Small means the smallest quarter of Denver-area’s 1,147 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 10 to 40 children. Medium is 41 to 114; large is 115 to 402.