
Browse 3,122 child daycare & preschools across New Jersey. 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 Jersey can make the decision-making process smoother.
New Jersey has about 4,125 daycares providing essential child services for families in the state.
Compare the average fees charged by daycare centers in New Jersey. Consider your budget while ensuring that the chosen daycare offers the necessary services and quality care.
There are 4,125 daycares in New Jersey: 101 headstart facilities, 689 before/after school centers, 213 religious facility daycares, and 3,122 childcare and preschool centers.
| Daycare Type | Total |
|---|---|
| Childcare & Pre-school | 3,122 |
| Headstart Programs | 101 |
| Religious / Church Based Daycare | 213 |
| Before or After School | 689 |
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One parent describes the center as an amazing school with wonderful teachers, expressing strong affection for the program. The single review highlights a highly positive experience without noting any drawbacks.
Some parents highlight the caring staff, organizational leadership, and live camera access as key benefits of the center. However, a serious complaint alleges that a teacher physically restrained a mobile child in a chair, resulting in marks and immediate removal from the program.
Parents consistently praise Wee Care for Kids as an excellent pediatric care facility with highly attentive staff and minimal wait times. All reviewers highlight the caring approach of practitioners like Kassidy, Sydney, Natalie, and Hannah, along with convenient same-day sick appointments. The office is noted for being organized, respectful of parental choices, and supportive with insurance and billing matters.
ABC Child Learning Center receives mixed reviews. Positive reviews praise the staff, director Josh, spacious facilities, and educational outcomes, while negative reviews cite staff rudeness, lack of supervision, unhygienic conditions, and strict late pickup policies with high fees.
One parent highlights the usefulness of the center's mobile application, while another strongly criticizes the facility for neglecting children's needs and failing to provide parental-level care, with the exception of a staff member named Ms. Alisha.
NOTE: These reviews appear to be for Passaic County Community College, not a child development center. Reviews are mixed, with praise for affordable tuition, supportive professors, and student support programs, but criticism of staff professionalism, administrative inefficiency, and the Paterson location.
Parents consistently praise Lakeview Child Center at Hamilton for its caring, responsive staff and supportive environment. Director Jen Narducci is highlighted for significantly improving operations after recent leadership changes. Children show notable developmental progress and parents report feeling confident in the quality of care and daily communication.
Feedback for Tomorrow's Stars is divided, with some parents praising the caring staff and hands-on ownership, while others report severe issues regarding communication, safety, and professionalism. Specific complaints include a lack of daily updates or photos, unresponsive management, frequent infant bites, and the employment of inexperienced minors.
One parent describes a highly positive experience with multiple grandchildren attending, while another criticizes the facility for poor communication and teachers who fail to recognize children's needs.
One parent describes a highly positive experience, while another reports a dramatic decline in quality following a 2017 ownership change, citing staff turnover, increased costs, and safety negligence. The latter review details unreliable school transportation, late pickups with additional charges, and hazardous facility conditions during inclement weather.
Green Thumb receives mixed reviews with strong praise from most parents about caring staff, good communication, reasonable rates, and convenient hours. However, several parents report serious concerns including inadequate illness notification, unexplained injuries, staff rudeness, and refusal to provide incident reports.
Abundant Life Child Development Center in Keyport receives overwhelmingly positive feedback from most parents, who praise the caring staff, structured curriculum, and developmental progress of their children. However, two recent reviews raise serious safety concerns about inadequate worker vetting, insufficient child supervision, and an incident involving unreported injuries.
Frances C. Smith Early Childhood Center #50 receives mixed reviews. While some parents praise the school and teachers as excellent and caring, others report serious concerns about administration, office staff conduct, security breaches, lack of transparency with parents, and inadequate responses to complaints about teacher behavior.
Imagine Nation Learning Center receives consistently high praise from parents across multiple locations. Parents highlight the patient and caring staff, smooth transitions for anxious children, engaging educational curriculum, and welcoming environment. The center maintains strong communication with parents and organizes regular activities and field trips.
Bright Star Learning Center receives mixed reviews. Positive feedback highlights bilingual education, cleanliness, organization, affordability, and friendly staff. However, serious concerns have been raised regarding alleged racist behavior by an employee, poor complaint handling, and unprofessional customer service.
Evelyn Street Day School receives overwhelmingly positive feedback from most parents, who praise the caring staff, child development outcomes, and organic meals. However, a small number of parents report serious concerns including last-minute cancellations of backup care services and allegations of undisclosed incidents requiring camera footage review.
Little Bear Daycare receives consistently high ratings from current parents who praise the caring staff, clean facility, and attentive care. Parents note significant improvement under new ownership within the past 2+ years, with previous negative reviews attributed to the former management. The center is multilingual and accommodating to individual child needs.
Some parents highlight the affordable tuition, engaging activities like Soccer Shots, and a caring staff that treats families like kin. Conversely, one reviewer reports negative experiences involving staff yelling at children, favoritism, and exclusionary practices regarding graduation photos.
Woodbridge Child Care Center Avenel Early Learning Center has highly polarized reviews. Most parents praise the director, teachers, cleanliness, and educational activities, though a few report serious concerns about staff changes, communication, supervision, and handling of children with special needs.
Gaul's Nursery & Arts Centre receives mixed reviews. Positive reviews praise structured activities, individualized attention, and comfortable supervision. However, negative reviews raise serious concerns about staff treatment of children with developmental delays, alleged racial bias, poor communication with parents, and lack of curriculum transparency.
Some parents highlight exceptional staff and significant learning outcomes for their children, while others report serious concerns regarding unprofessional behavior, potential maltreatment, and facility conditions. One reviewer specifically alleges nepotism and a lack of summer programming, while another notes a strong unpleasant odor in the building.
Davis-Holland Learning Center receives mixed reviews with most parents praising the staff, cleanliness, and educational outcomes. However, serious concerns have been raised about staff conduct, owner responsiveness, and professionalism in handling incidents.
Alphabet Kidz of Middlesex receives mixed reviews with strong praise from long-term families and one critical safety concern. Most parents highlight the warm, nurturing environment and staff dedication, while two negative reviews cite management issues and a serious incident involving child identification at pickup.
Big Hugs Childcare receives overwhelmingly positive feedback from parents, with 9 five-star reviews praising the attentive and caring staff, clean facility, structured learning activities, and strong communication. Parents consistently highlight the dedication of leadership (Betty, Sabah, and Sam) and note their children thrive academically and socially. One reviewer gave 3 stars, noting staff were nice but felt more like babysitters and required parents to provide food.
New Jersey Kids II Day Care Center receives highly polarized reviews. Most parents praise the caring staff, safe environment, and developmental progress of their children. However, two detailed negative reviews raise serious concerns about feeding practices, staff negligence, hygiene, and treatment of children.
Reviews are mixed and largely off-topic, with most feedback relating to gym facilities and residential housing rather than daycare services. The one relevant preschool review mentioned a warm, friendly experience. Limited substantive information about actual daycare quality and operations.
First Impressions Childcare Center receives mixed reviews with most parents praising the caring staff, clean environment, and developmental progress of their children. However, several parents report serious safety concerns including a finger injury incident, inadequate supervision, and frequent illness-related pickups. The facility appears to divide parents into strong advocates and those with significant safety and cleanliness concerns.
One parent describes a positive, long-term experience with wonderful staff, while another criticizes the facility for poor handling of special needs children, unprofessional leadership, and safety hazards. A third review is unrelated to childcare quality, expressing anger over a lack of specific musical content.
Feedback is mixed, with one parent praising the staff's dedication, while others report significant issues including unfulfilled financial promises, lack of communication, and wasted time regarding housing and employment services. The center's reliability is questioned due to broken commitments on rent assistance and mortgage counseling.
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