
Browse 458 child daycare & preschools across New Hampshire. 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 New Hampshire can make the decision-making process smoother.
New Hampshire has about 645 daycares providing essential child services for families in the state.
Compare the average fees charged by daycare centers in New Hampshire. Consider your budget while ensuring that the chosen daycare offers the necessary services and quality care.
There are 645 daycares in New Hampshire: 36 headstart facilities, 128 before/after school centers, 23 religious facility daycares, and 458 childcare and preschool centers.
| Daycare Type | Total |
|---|---|
| Childcare & Pre-school | 458 |
| Headstart Programs | 36 |
| Religious / Church Based Daycare | 23 |
| Before or After School | 128 |
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The Early Enrichment Center receives overwhelmingly positive feedback from parents, with 9 out of 10 recent reviews giving 5-star ratings. Parents consistently praise the attentive, caring staff, involved director Beth Smarse, clean facility, and use of communication apps for daily updates. One negative review alleges cleanliness and safety concerns along with poor management communication.
Exeter Day School receives mixed reviews with strong praise from satisfied families highlighting caring staff, enriching curriculum, and a nurturing environment, but serious concerns raised by other parents regarding administrative fairness, director conduct, and safety issues.
Somersworth Early Learning Center receives mixed reviews. Positive reviews praise the staff's willingness to work with parents, outdoor time, and educational focus. Negative reviews raise serious concerns about staff professionalism, child discipline practices, and prioritizing payment over child welfare.
This facility is not a daycare center but a senior living community. Most reviews are highly positive, praising the quality of care, accommodations, activities, and staff. One negative review complains about accommodations quality, pricing, and service issues during a farmhouse stay.
Parents consistently praise The Ark Learning Center for exceptional care, nurturing environment, and strong developmental support across all age groups. Staff are described as caring, patient, and attentive to individual child needs, with excellent communication through the Brightwheel app and daily updates. The facility emphasizes safety, outdoor play, and smooth transitions for children of varying ages.
University Heights Learning Center (also referred to as ABC or Above and Beyond Childcare) receives mixed reviews. While many parents praise individual teachers for genuine care, support, and going above and beyond, others report serious concerns about management communication, safety hazard handling, and responsiveness to parental concerns.
Children's Center of the Upper Valley receives highly polarized reviews. Most parents praise the clean facility, caring teachers, individualized attention, and strong parent communication. However, a minority of recent reviews report serious concerns including safety issues, inadequate staff response to incidents, understaffing, and poor classroom management.
Parents consistently praise the YMCA of Greater Londonderry's Early Learning Center and School's Out Program for its caring, professional staff, engaging curriculum, and excellent facilities including an outdoor pool. Multiple reviewers highlight successful transitions, outdoor play emphasis, regular photo/video updates, and strong preparation for kindergarten. All reviews are 5-star ratings reflecting high satisfaction.
Open Door Preschool has mixed reviews. Satisfied parents praised loving, engaged staff, frequent communication via app, cleanliness, and individual attention to children. However, the facility received complaints about unprofessional service, unresponsiveness, long wait times for pickup/dropoff, billing issues, and hygiene concerns.
Note: The reviews provided are for Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, not an early learning center/daycare. Reviews consistently praise hospital staff for compassionate, attentive care across departments including maternity, surgery, emergency, and rehabilitation services.
The Boys & Girls Club of Lakes Region in Laconia receives mixed reviews with significant variability in experiences. Positive reviews praise friendly staff, secure operations, activities, and provided meals, while negative reviews cite safety concerns, inadequate injury reporting, staff changes, and insufficient supervision.
Blue Skies & Rainbows has highly polarized reviews. Two parents praised the staff, particularly caregiver Tina, and reported positive long-term experiences. However, four parents reported serious concerns including neglect, unsafe facility conditions, inadequate supervision, and failure to follow medical dietary restrictions.
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