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#1 Childcare Management Software For Growing Your Business

Effortless billing and payment processing for childcare centers
Boost family engagement and secure more referrals
Consolidate your childcare systems to reduce costs

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Childcare management software for growing childcare businesses

Seamlessly manage attendance, enrollment, billing, communications, and all administrative tasks with our early childhood education software

Available in Spanish

1:1 Dedicated account manager

60 second live chat response time

20 hours

saved monthly on attendance

Early Years Academy

76 kids

20 hours

saved monthly on attendance

Early Years Academy

76 kids

20 hours

saved monthly on attendance

Early Years Academy

76 kids

30% increase

family engagement

The Acorn

221 kids

30% increase

family engagement

The Acorn

221 kids

30% increase

family engagement

The Acorn

221 kids

Authenticated Reviewer

"From the start, Playground has been extremely user friendly"

"From the start, Playground has been extremely user friendly"

Amanda A.

Director

Early childhood education software for all types of childcare businesses

Center
Home Based
Multi Site
Before & After School
School District
Camp

Streamlined Billing

Automatic childcare billing
Invoicing templates
Reports accountants love
End of year tax statements

Easy Attendance

Never lose another sign in/out
Attendance reports in seconds
Attendance-based billing
Forecast ratios to optimize staffing

Tour the highest rated childcare & preschool management app

Digital registration & enrollment

State licensing paperwork templates
Automatic personalized emails
Simple waitlist management
Text waitlisted families

Payroll & staff management

Full service payroll, tax filing, and time tracking
Paid time off requests & staff scheduling
Staff policies & resources
Worker's comp & benefits

How Boys & Girls Club of the Mountain Empire made more money to put back in teacher salaries

After implementing Playground, Boys & Girls Club of the Mountain Empire was able to retain teachers for longer because of their savings.

93%

decrease in delinquent payments

12+

hours saved each month on payroll

5+

hours saved each week per classroom

Top rated customer support from people who care

Top rated customer support from people who care

Top rated customer support from people who care

Every customer is paired 1:1 with a dedicated account manager who helps you get set up on your early childhood education software

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Free data migration

60 second average first response time for live human support

Help center with 150+ guides, videos, and walkthroughs

Public roadmap for new features you can suggest

Disponible en español

Authenticated Reviewer

"The customer service has been incredible"

"The customer service has been incredible"

Kelsey F.

Director

93% decrease

in delinquent payments

Boys & Girls Club of the Mountain Empire

8 sites

93% decrease

in delinquent payments

Boys & Girls Club of the Mountain Empire

8 sites

$72,000 saved

yearly since launch

Southern Oregon Head Start

27 sites

$72,000 saved

yearly since launch

Southern Oregon Head Start

27 sites

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