
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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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.
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.
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.
Bright Future Learning Academy receives mostly positive feedback from parents who praise the caring and professional staff, clean facility, and quality care across infant and toddler rooms. However, one parent reported significant concerns about hygiene practices and administrative responsiveness regarding their complaints.
MT. Olive Child Care & Learning Center receives mostly positive reviews praising staff warmth, personalized child care, and developmental support. One parent reported a serious safety incident involving inadequate teacher supervision.
The Learning Ladder of Lacey receives mixed reviews. Positive reviewers praise the teachers, safe learning environment, and cleanliness. However, negative reviewers cite concerns about lack of outdoor playground access, restricted parent access to the building, and issues with spot availability management.
Pumpkin Patch Infant Care Center receives highly polarized reviews. Three parents praise the facility's cleanliness, caring staff, and warm environment, with children showing strong attachment and development. However, two parents report serious safety and hygiene concerns, including improper formula handling, unsafe feeding practices, and alleged injury and bullying incidents.
Reviews are mixed with ratings ranging from 1-5 stars. Positive reviewers praise caring teachers, engaging curriculum, and fun learning environment. Negative reviews cite student behavior issues, administrative inefficiencies, and strict disciplinary policies.
Unable to provide summary. The reviews provided are for VA East Orange Medical Center, a Veterans Affairs hospital, not for Lil Tykes Learning Center daycare. No actual daycare reviews are available to summarize.
Little Bears Day Care II receives mostly positive feedback praising the director, staff professionalism, and quality of care. Parents highlight the welcoming environment and strong communication. However, some concerns have been raised about operational reliability and incident handling.
Parents consistently praise Learning Edge Academy for its caring, well-trained staff and educational approach. Children show enthusiasm for attending, and parents appreciate detailed daily communication, security measures, and clean facilities. Staff members are noted as passionate and genuinely invested in child development.
Kiddie Korner receives highly polarized reviews. Parents praise the facility's birthday party services, cleanliness of play areas, and staff helpfulness for events. However, multiple parents report serious concerns including staff unprofessionalism, safety issues (bruises and bite marks), poor hygiene, understaffing, unresponsiveness, and discrimination against children with special needs.
The Wonder Years Day Care Center has highly polarized reviews. Positive reviews praise the staff's care and warm atmosphere, while negative reviews raise serious concerns about owner conduct, staff behavior toward children, financial practices, and high staff turnover.
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