
Browse 851 child daycare & preschools across Alabama. 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 Alabama can make the decision-making process smoother.
Alabama has about 1,797 daycares providing essential child services for families in the state.
Compare the average fees charged by daycare centers in Alabama. Consider your budget while ensuring that the chosen daycare offers the necessary services and quality care.
There are 1,797 daycares in Alabama: 182 headstart facilities, 30 before/after school centers, 734 religious facility daycares, and 851 childcare and preschool centers.
| Daycare Type | Total |
|---|---|
| Childcare & Pre-school | 851 |
| Headstart Programs | 182 |
| Religious / Church Based Daycare | 734 |
| Before or After School | 30 |
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Brentwood Child Care has highly polarized reviews. Positive reviews praise caring, engaged staff and a safe, nurturing environment. Negative reviews cite poor management, inadequate supervision, unresolved behavioral incidents, and multiple DHR investigations.
New Beginnings Childcare Center receives mostly positive feedback from parents who praise the extended hours, affordable pricing, caring staff, and educational approach. However, two recent negative reviews raise serious concerns about transparency, accountability regarding child injuries, and access to classroom observations.
Trinity Learning Center receives overwhelmingly positive feedback from parents and staff who praise the caring, patient teachers and clean, organized environment. Parents report their children thrive academically, socially, and emotionally, with strong communication from management. One review alleges an injury was not properly reported, though multiple reviewers defend the center's reputation.
Parents report a loving environment where some children thrive, while others cite unprofessional management, disorganization, and rigid enrollment policies that include charging for missed days and refusing facility tours. One family expresses deep dissatisfaction with the owner's communication and the center's operational consistency, contrasting sharply with another's positive two-year experience.
One parent describes the center as not being father friendly. This limited feedback highlights a potential concern for fathers seeking childcare services.
Some parents highlight Mrs. Jackie's patience, genuine care, and family-like treatment of children, while others report unprofessional interactions, including dismissive attitudes toward scheduling needs and difficulty reaching the director.
Calvary Little Friends School in Tuscaloosa has experienced significant decline and operational challenges. While some parents praised dedicated teachers and a new director's efforts, multiple recent reviews report serious concerns including staff turnover, administrative failures, safety incidents, DHR probation status, classroom closures with minimal notice, and unresponsive management. The facility is reportedly closing permanently.
A few parents highlight the center's gentle and patient staff, noting that young children adapt well to the environment and that the team supports anxious families. However, one review criticizes the facility for being excessively loud and having staff who slam doors.
One parent reports that staff provided supportive assistance with potty training and developmental delays, while another parent alleges serious misconduct involving child abduction. The facility has mixed feedback regarding staff helpfulness and safety concerns.
One parent describes the organization as terrible, citing numerous online articles about its poor operation and negative impact on Alabama children. The reviewer claims the business prioritizes money over the health and well-being of children, stating the owners should be ashamed.
One parent expresses extreme excitement about rediscovering the center, while another review offers a brief, neutral comment on the facility's appearance. The limited feedback highlights a personal connection for some, though it provides little substantive detail on care quality or operations.
One parent describes the organization as terrible, citing widespread online reports of poor operations and a primary focus on money over children's health and well-being. The reviewer suggests the business owners should be ashamed of their conduct.
One parent describes the organization as terrible, claiming it prioritizes money over children's health and well-being. The reviewer urges others to research the business, citing articles about its poor operation for Alabama children.
One parent describes the center as a great place for youth, while others report negative experiences involving price gouging, poor staff attitudes, and an unsatisfactory director. These conflicting accounts highlight significant concerns regarding management and pricing alongside some positive feedback about the environment.
One parent describes Mini Marvels Too as supportive and encouraging for their foster son, while another reports a highly negative experience involving serious health and communication failures. This second review cites unprofessional conduct, inadequate care for a child with autism, and the daycare's failure to notify the parent when a child became ill.
One parent reports witnessing staff members yelling at and being mean to children playing on the playground, advising others to think twice before enrolling their children there.
Parents consistently praise Rainbow Child Care Center (also referred to as Bailey Cove KinderCare) for caring, passionate staff and strong child development outcomes. The current director Ms. Lex and teaching staff are highlighted as loving and attentive. While the center experienced staff turnover in previous years, parents note recent stability and improved operations under current management.
One parent highlights the facility's cleanliness and notes that the staff is friendly. No negative feedback has been provided in the available reviews.
One parent highlights exceptional staff professionalism and their child's daily enjoyment, while another reports severe behavioral regression and alleged insensitive comments from leadership regarding ADHD management.
One parent describes a positive experience with teachers, while others report severe administrative failures, including incorrect billing disputes, withholding children due to payment errors, and last-minute closures with charges. Additionally, there are complaints about inadequate supervision regarding biting incidents and a lack of accountability for disruptive behavior.
One parent reports that staff failed to supervise a child who was bitten multiple times in a short period, while another criticizes the center for excluding children with challenges and lacking Christian values.
One parent reports that their daughter attended the center from almost one to four years old, describing the facility as great and very clean.
One parent describes the center as unprofessional and unorganized, citing a lack of internal communication and unexpected hidden fees. Another review highlights a severe hygiene failure where head lice were ignored by staff despite repeated reports, leading to the child's removal.
One parent reports poor treatment of their grandson, alleging staff took out frustrations on the child for another's actions. The reviewer describes the staff's behavior as unprofessional.
One parent describes a highly positive, family-oriented experience with a caring director, while another criticizes the facility for abruptly expelling a child over minor behavioral issues and alleges the presence of political imagery on the walls.
One parent describes a traumatic experience involving both themselves and their child. Due to the single negative review, no positive aspects are mentioned.
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