How to Use the Playground Savings Calculator

This free tool helps child care directors and operators estimate how much administrative time and labor cost they could recover by streamlining operations. Here is how it works.

Step 1. Tell us about your program

Share your enrollment size, staff count, number of locations, and the software you currently use. This information personalizes your estimate and is used only for context.

Step 2. Enter your admin costs and systems

Enter the average hourly rate for whoever handles administrative work at your program, then tell us how many systems your team uses and how much time goes toward enrollment paperwork each week.

Step 3. Answer questions about billing and communication

Share how you track waitlists and enrollment availability, how many family communications you send each week, your late payment rate, and how tuition is collected.

Step 4. Share your reporting workload

Tell us how many hours per week go toward billing and financial admin, and how often your team prepares compliance and operational reports.

Step 5. View your personalized savings estimate

After entering your contact information, you will see your estimated annual savings, monthly hours recovered, workdays reclaimed per year, and a breakdown by category. To talk through your results with the Playground team, book a personalized demo.