
Browse 483 daycare centers across Hawaii. Find licensed daycare centers, compare options by city, and choose the best childcare for your family.
Finding the right daycare center for your child is crucial. Understanding the landscape of childcare services in Hawaii can make the decision-making process smoother.
Hawaii has about 483 daycares providing essential child services for families in the state.
Compare the average fees charged by daycare centers in Hawaii. Consider your budget while ensuring that the chosen daycare offers the necessary services and quality care.
There are 483 daycares in Hawaii: 96 headstart facilities, 103 before/after school centers, 99 religious facility daycares, and 185 childcare and preschool centers.
| Daycare Type | Total |
|---|---|
| Childcare & Pre-school | 185 |
| Headstart Programs | 96 |
| Religious / Church Based Daycare | 99 |
| Before or After School | 103 |
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Several parents highlight the staff's politeness, welcoming nature, and effectiveness in supporting child development, with one child attending since the start of the pandemic. While one reviewer notes the location is slightly out of the way, another reports positive engagement with meals, snacks, and daily routines, whereas a single complaint cites unprofessional behavior.
One parent reports a positive experience with respectful staff and nutritious meals, noting their granddaughter's increased independence. Conversely, another parent criticizes the program for academic regression, large class sizes, and unhealthy processed food options, citing high costs relative to the care provided.
Feedback for Kama'aina Kids Piilani Preschool is mixed, with one parent highlighting respectful staff and positive nutritional oversight, while another criticizes significant academic regression, large class sizes, and concerns over processed food quality. The few reviews so far mention a supportive environment for some families, though others report dissatisfaction with learning outcomes and meal healthiness.
Parents offer mixed experiences, with one highlighting the beautiful facilities and accommodating staff for toddlers, while another strongly criticizes the administration for discriminatory practices, high non-refundable fees, and refusal to accept children with medical needs. The positive feedback notes a welcoming environment and good teachers, contrasting sharply with allegations of the admissions director making false claims to disenroll students and citing liability concerns for children with disabilities.
Kama'aina Kids Ewa Beach receives mixed reviews with strong praise for its current leadership and teaching staff, particularly Director Ms. Jenna, but some parents report serious concerns about health and safety incidents, staff professionalism, and inflexible policies. Recent positive reviews highlight a family-oriented environment with engaging learning activities, while older negative reviews cite lice exposure, inattentive staff, and strict cancellation policies.
Kama'aina Kids Ewa Beach receives mixed reviews ranging from 1-5 stars. Positive reviewers praise the caring staff, engaging learning environment, and supportive management under Director Ms. Jenna, while negative reviewers report concerns about illness transmission, staff phone use during childcare, inflexible policies, and inconsistent customer service.
Kama'aina Kids Ewa Beach receives mixed reviews ranging from 1-5 stars. Recent leadership changes under Director Ms. Jenna have resulted in highly positive feedback from satisfied families praising staff warmth and educational quality, while other parents report serious concerns including lice incidents, strict policies, and unprofessional staff behavior.
One parent reports a positive experience with friendly, attentive staff and convenient location for an infant, while another describes a negative experience involving a lack of structured learning, poor hygiene, and impersonal service for a preschooler. A third reviewer expresses confusion regarding specific operational concerns without providing further details.
One parent reports a positive infant experience with friendly staff and convenient hours, while another withdrew their preschooler due to a lack of structured learning, unclean facilities, and impersonal classroom management. A third review expresses confusion regarding potential safety or operational concerns without providing specific details.
The few reviews so far present sharply divided opinions, with some parents praising the teachers' dedication and unique field trips, while others report a hostile environment, rigid policies, and unprofessional staff behavior. Concerns include strict drop-off rules, lack of transparency regarding staff identities, and inadequate playground facilities for older preschoolers. Conversely, positive feedback highlights a welcoming atmosphere, active parent-teacher communication, and educational focus on social skills and academics.
One parent describes a welcoming environment with dedicated teachers, community engagement, and educational field trips, while another reports severe issues including restrictive drop-off policies, poor communication, and unprofessional staff behavior, leading to a contract termination.
One parent highly recommends Trace Academy for its caring staff and strong preparation for kindergarten, while another reports a negative summer school experience due to poor air conditioning and unsanitary sleeping arrangements.
One parent reports that the Grace Bible Christian Preschool in Kahului appears to be closed on a specific day, raising questions about operational consistency. With no other feedback available, the school's current status and reliability remain unclear to prospective families.
One parent describes a negative experience with poor communication, noting that the school failed to send their admission decision for months and ignored follow-up inquiries from the director.
One parent highlights the loving teachers, engaging activities, and smooth transition to school, while two others report severe issues including neglect of sick children, withheld incident reports, and unsanitary conditions. Feedback is sharply divided between high satisfaction with staff kindness and serious complaints about safety and communication failures.
One parent highlights the loving teachers, engaging activities, and smooth transition to school, while others report serious concerns regarding staff professionalism, communication failures, and safety violations. Specific complaints include staff discussing family finances, missed calls during illness, failure to provide lunch or incident reports, and ignoring mask protocols. Conversely, families appreciate the dedicated staff, diverse outings, and book fair initiatives that support early education.
Feedback for Keiki Aloha Preschool is sharply divided, with one parent praising the structured, academic environment and attentive staff, while others report issues with teacher patience and judgment regarding child behavior. Specific complaints highlight staff burnout, perceived mislabeling of normal toddler separation anxiety as destructive behavior, and concerns about handling violent outbursts. Conversely, the positive experience emphasizes a non-permissive approach that successfully taught respect and resulted in dry diapers for a previously untrained child.
One parent reports that their child experienced physical injuries, including mosquito bites, bruises, and pitch marks, alongside allegations of coercive nap-time enforcement by a staff member. The reviewer also describes an environment where teachers yell at children, neglect non-napping students, and appear to favor certain kids, while reporting that complaints to child advocates were ignored.
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