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Rated 5 stars across 3,000+ reviews

5 stars across 3,000+ reviews

On your personalized 30 minute demo, we'll cover

On your personalized 30 minute demo, we'll cover

Billing & invoicing

To make collections easy & stop chasing down payments

Photo sharing & communication

To improve family engagement and get more customer referrals

Featured on Forbes 30 Under 30
Registration & paperwork

To combine multiple systems into one to lower your costs

And more

Payroll, marketing, food program, and anything else important to your program

Rated #1 Child Care Management Software
Billing & invoicing

To make collections easy & stop chasing down payments

Registration & paperwork

To combine multiple systems into one to lower your costs

Photo sharing & communication

To improve family engagement and get more customer referrals

And more

Payroll, marketing, food program, and anything else important to your program

Featured on Forbes 30 Under 30
Rated #1 Child Care Management Software
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Exterior sign of Little Minds Universe daycare, preschool, and summer camp
"We haven't lost a single teacher since starting with Playground. They're the secret to our retention."

Jermaine Rucker, Owner

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We’re very, very data-driven and Playground has been essential to help us collect important data related to check-in and other parts of our daily operations. At the same time, family engagement is extremely important, and being able to stay in contact with our families has been essential to maintaining strong relationships with the community. Their service has been truly exceptional…if there’s something I need, the communication goes above and beyond what you’d expect. I really appreciate how quickly things happen when I’ve asked for new features or updates to make Playground work for our needs. I’ve shared Playground with my colleagues at other Head Starts and wouldn’t hesitate to share our experience with any other Head Start.

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Kaycee Cottone

Southern Oregon Head Start

Playground has been a game changer for our school. With the ease of signing kids in and out and organizing temperature checks it has streamlined our process. The ability to quickly send reminder messages to parents through the feed allows simple, easy communication to parents. The customer service and support staff has always been quick to respond. Parents love the contactless features and the ease of signing in on their phone! I would highly recommend Playground to anyone that wants to streamline their attendance process!

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Laura Hayes

Early Years Learning Center

Playground’s service and software are amazing! Whenever I’ve brought a need or fix to their attention they’ve either figured out how to fix it right then or told me a specific date it would be ready. My staff and parents have used the live chat and the response time is amazing. They're always available and I don’t have to wait to hear back. We’re really looking forward to adding even more features as we grow with Playground.

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Kaitlynn Snider

Boys & Girls Club of the Mountain Empire

Playground is the most customer- friendly system we've used. When we ask for a feature, they make it happen. Their level of service is unique compared to any other vendor. It’s like Playground is an extension of our program and feels like they're actually on our campus.

I was a teacher before and when I came back to the office, I’d thought Playground was going to be too techy and hard to adopt. When co-founder Sasha came in and did hands-on training with staff and families, it made sure we didn’t struggle and provided us a lot of value.

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Denisse Cardenas

Calvary Chapel Christian Preschool

Every center runs differently and Playground adapted to that. We’re very pleased with how they've helped us get going and made sure what we’ve asked to be added to the software actually does.

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Tiffany Bunker

St. John Lutheran Church

Before Playground, we had a very cumbersome process for signing students out with papers flying around on clipboards, pens and hand sanitizers falling on the ground, etc. Now it is so simple and easy and contactless. Parents love it and the staff loves it. The program is user-friendly. The Playground staff was outstanding when we needed assistance getting things set up and troubleshooting. I highly recommend this app.

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Joy Trapani

Montessori of New Paltz

Playground's enrollment and billing has saved us at least 25 hours each month. I cannot overstate how much better Playground is than any other system we tried. The team has our center's best interest at heart and is eager to keep adding features.

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Rivkie Blau

Temple Isaiah Preschool