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Replace multiple broken tools with Playground, the only child care platform designed to make your teachers and families happier.

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Hear what customers are saying

"We haven't lost a single teacher since starting with Playground. They're the secret to our retention."

"Playground helped us put together a plan so that our parents and teachers felt prepared when we started."

Jermaine Rucker

Owner at Little Minds Universe

Dr. Tamar Andrews

Temple Isaiah Preschool

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Marketing

Make your marketing as good as the big brands

Easy marketing automations right on your website. Capture more leads, grow your enrollment.

Don’t let another lead slip through the cracks

Capture interested families, track all interactions, and scale enrollment — at one location or across 100s

“I no longer worry about not getting back to interested families in time”

Jermaine Rucker

Owner at Little Minds Universe

Don’t let another lead slip through the cracks

Capture interested families, track all interactions, and scale enrollment — at one location or across 100s

“I no longer worry about not getting back to interested families in time”

Jermaine Rucker

Owner at Little Minds Universe

Don’t let another lead slip through the cracks

Capture interested families, track all interactions, and scale enrollment — at one location or across 100s

“I no longer worry about not getting back to interested families in time”

Jermaine Rucker

Owner at Little Minds Universe

Predictive Enrollment

Forecast future openings and maximize capacity with smart planning tools.

Predictive Enrollment

Forecast future openings and maximize capacity with smart planning tools.

Predictive Enrollment

Forecast future openings and maximize capacity with smart planning tools.

Child care websites built for enrollment

Playground builds your website to drive enrollment. Our proven design grows Google traffic, and beats your competition.

Child care websites built for enrollment

Playground builds your website to drive enrollment. Our proven design grows Google traffic, and beats your competition.

Child care websites built for enrollment

Playground builds your website to drive enrollment. Our proven design grows Google traffic, and beats your competition.

Less paper, less work

Say goodbye to paper — and much of the work — with fully digital registration packets that autofill repetitive information.

“Our parents jumped for joy when they saw the online paperwork packet.”

Carrie Hoffman

Office Manager at The Acorn

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Less paper, less work

Say goodbye to paper — and much of the work — with fully digital registration packets that autofill repetitive information.

“Our parents jumped for joy when they saw the online paperwork packet.”

Carrie Hoffman

Office Manager at The Acorn

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Less paper, less work

Say goodbye to paper — and much of the work — with fully digital registration packets that autofill repetitive information.

“Our parents jumped for joy when they saw the online paperwork packet.”

Carrie Hoffman

Office Manager at The Acorn

Read the story

Finances

Your centers’ entire financial picture

Say goodbye to a scattered stack of tools and consolidate your finances into one place

Payment collection on autopilot

Set mandatory autopay for families so you can stop chasing late payments and focus on what matters.

“We achieved a 93% reduction in delinquent payments.”

Kaitlynn Snyder

Boys & Girls Club Mountain Empire

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Payment collection on autopilot

Set mandatory autopay for families so you can stop chasing late payments and focus on what matters.

“We achieved a 93% reduction in delinquent payments.”

Kaitlynn Snyder

Boys & Girls Club Mountain Empire

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Payment collection on autopilot

Set mandatory autopay for families so you can stop chasing late payments and focus on what matters.

“We achieved a 93% reduction in delinquent payments.”

Kaitlynn Snyder

Boys & Girls Club Mountain Empire

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“I cut 4 systems down into just 1”

Jermaine consolidated his apps into one — and saved time and money while doing so.

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“I cut 4 systems down into just 1”

Jermaine consolidated his apps into one — and saved time and money while doing so.

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“I cut 4 systems down into just 1”

Jermaine consolidated his apps into one — and saved time and money while doing so.

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Make subsidized billing a breeze

Automatically reconcile subsidy ledgers — and get more accurate reporting than ever

Make subsidized billing a breeze

Automatically reconcile subsidy ledgers — and get more accurate reporting than ever

Make subsidized billing a breeze

Automatically reconcile subsidy ledgers — and get more accurate reporting than ever

Automatic expense tracking

Pre-build budgets for responsible spend and eliminate manual expense reporting.

Automatic expense tracking

Pre-build budgets for responsible spend and eliminate manual expense reporting.

Automatic expense tracking

Pre-build budgets for responsible spend and eliminate manual expense reporting.

Fast, accurate, and effortless payroll designed for child care

Pay your staff with Playground's full service payroll, tax filing, and time tracking tool.

Fast, accurate, and effortless payroll designed for child care

Pay your staff with Playground's full service payroll, tax filing, and time tracking tool.

Fast, accurate, and effortless payroll designed for child care

Pay your staff with Playground's full service payroll, tax filing, and time tracking tool.

Operations

Run your program with ease

The entire toolkit, purpose built to make your teachers and families happier.

Strengthen relationships with families — and turn them into your biggest fans

Streamline communication, track daily activities, and etc

“I have families that chose to enroll because of our daily parent app”

Kaycee Cottone

Southern Oregon Head Start

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Strengthen relationships with families — and turn them into your biggest fans

Streamline communication, track daily activities, and etc

“I have families that chose to enroll because of our daily parent app”

Kaycee Cottone

Southern Oregon Head Start

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Strengthen relationships with families — and turn them into your biggest fans

Streamline communication, track daily activities, and etc

“I have families that chose to enroll because of our daily parent app”

Kaycee Cottone

Southern Oregon Head Start

Read the story

Attendance

Simple, compliant check in/out for any childcare program

Attendance

Simple, compliant check in/out for any childcare program