
Browse 4,289 child daycare & preschools across Pennsylvania. 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 Pennsylvania can make the decision-making process smoother.
Pennsylvania has about 4,599 daycares providing essential child services for families in the state.
Compare the average fees charged by daycare centers in Pennsylvania. Consider your budget while ensuring that the chosen daycare offers the necessary services and quality care.
There are 4,599 daycares in Pennsylvania: 13 headstart facilities, 191 before/after school centers, 106 religious facility daycares, and 4,289 childcare and preschool centers.
| Daycare Type | Total |
|---|---|
| Childcare & Pre-school | 4,289 |
| Headstart Programs | 13 |
| Religious / Church Based Daycare | 106 |
| Before or After School | 191 |
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Park Avenue Kids Korner receives mixed reviews. Three parents praise the caring staff, child development focus, and willingness to communicate with families. Two parents report negative experiences, including inconsistent discipline and favoritism among students.
Reviewers highlight the organization's excellence in supporting adults with physical, intellectual, and behavioral special needs, noting significant improvements in client happiness and behavior. Parents appreciate the compassionate, experienced staff and proactive medical insights that address underlying health issues affecting behavior.
Stay and Play Learning Center receives mixed reviews with strong praise from long-term families but serious concerns from others. Three reviewers highlight excellent staff, developmental progress, and a family-like atmosphere, while two reviewers report behavioral issues, safety concerns, and unprofessional conduct.
Short Stuff & Co. receives overwhelmingly positive feedback from parents, with all 10 recent reviews rating the facility 5/5 stars. Parents consistently praise the warm, attentive staff, clean facility, age-appropriate curriculum, and strong communication from leadership. Many families have enrolled multiple children over many years, indicating high satisfaction and trust.
This facility is a YMCA community center, not a dedicated daycare. Reviews are mixed (3.6/5 rating). Parents praise the friendly staff, cleanliness, and diverse fitness classes, but criticize inconsistent pool lifeguard staffing, limited weightlifting equipment, and aging facilities.
One parent describes the school as amazing with excellent teachers, while another highlights the program as very good with a warm and amazing administrative staff. The few reviews so far mention positive experiences regarding the staff and leadership. None mentioned
Penn Garden Day Care Center has highly polarized reviews. Positive reviews praise the staff and environment, while numerous negative reviews report concerns about staff rudeness, unprofessional ownership, poor hygiene, inadequate supervision, and alleged physical contact with children.
Precious Angels Childcare receives overwhelmingly positive feedback from most parents who praise the caring staff, cleanliness, educational activities, and low staff turnover. However, one parent reported a serious safety concern involving a potential mix-up of infants' breast milk.
One parent highlights the Germanton location for its small class sizes, affordable tuition, and caring staff, recommending it as a budget-friendly option. However, a separate review indicates potential bias, noting that non-church members may receive differential treatment.
Summit Children's Program receives overwhelmingly positive reviews from current and recent families, with most praising the caring staff, nature-based curriculum, and outdoor spaces. Parents report their children are well-prepared academically and socially, and appreciate the responsive director and strong community involvement. One former parent noted improvements since a previous director's departure.
One parent describes an exceptional experience where staff helped a toddler adjust quickly to daycare through engaging activities. Another reviewer appreciates the caring staff but expresses frustration over restricted outdoor play access and communication issues. A separate inquiry resulted in a negative interaction with rude phone staff, deterring enrollment.
One parent highlights the high quality of care, noting that infant teachers are caring and actively help babies reach developmental milestones. In contrast, another review criticizes the program for school-aged children, citing issues with tardiness, missing lunch, and administrative difficulties regarding refunds.
Prestige Learning Center receives mixed reviews with a significant divide in parent experiences. While several parents praise engaging teachers, good communication, curriculum quality, and reliability, two parents report serious concerns about staff rudeness, disorganization, safety issues with belongings, and poor customer service.
All Star Kids Learning Factory receives mixed reviews. Some parents praise the facility for educational activities, engaged staff, and clean environment, while others report significant concerns about hygiene, staff friendliness, and lack of structured learning activities.
Lene's Daily Child Care receives highly polarized reviews. Seven parents gave 5-star ratings praising the clean facility, attentive staff, and their children's happiness and learning. However, three 1-star reviews raised serious concerns about food safety, lack of educational curriculum and activities, staff turnover, and poor administrative communication.
Discovery Place for Little People receives highly polarized reviews, with most parents praising the staff's dedication, curriculum quality, and child development outcomes. However, a significant minority report serious concerns about staff professionalism, child safety incidents, inadequate supervision, and low teacher compensation.
Building Blockz Academy receives unanimous 5-star reviews from parents who praise the small, personalized environment and caring staff. Parents consistently highlight the safe, nurturing atmosphere, strong teacher-child relationships, and effective communication with families. The daycare's flexibility with scheduling and curriculum approach to learning through play are additional strengths noted by multiple reviewers.
Parents praise U-GRO Learning Center's significant improvement under new management starting in April 2024. The new director and staff are described as professional, hands-on, and genuinely invested in children's development and family relationships. All recent reviews are 5-star ratings highlighting a warm, welcoming atmosphere where children are happy and engaged.
Early Learning Center in Erie, Pennsylvania receives consistently high praise from parents. All reviewers rate the facility 5/5 stars, citing caring and nurturing staff, engaging activities, strong communication through the Procare app, and children who enjoy attending daily. Parents report feeling secure and satisfied with their long-term experiences at the center.
Feedback for this center-based program is mixed, with one parent reporting a positive experience and loving teachers, while others cite serious safety failures and behavioral management issues. Specific complaints include physical injuries to infants, a failure to follow IEPs, and incidents where children were left unattended on buses.
PEAKS LITTLE ANGELS receives highly polarized reviews. Long-term parents praise the educational focus, field trips, projects, and caring staff, with some families maintaining positive memories years later. However, recent reviews cite serious concerns about management, including abrupt dismissals without communication, inconsistent rule enforcement, and unprofessional handling of behavioral issues.
Ethel Mason Child Development Center receives mixed reviews. Positive reviews praise dedicated, compassionate staff and good value, while negative reviews report harsh discipline practices, administrative unprofessionalism, poor communication, and concerns about child supervision and care standards.
Today's Child's Learning Center receives mixed reviews with most parents praising the caring staff, clean facilities, strong curriculum, and kindergarten preparation. However, a small number of parents reported serious concerns including lack of supervision, poor security, cleanliness issues, and safety incidents.
Young Hearts has a long-standing presence in the Philadelphia community with strong loyalty from some families who report positive growth and improvement in their children. However, recent reviews reveal significant concerns about management changes, staff responsiveness to basic care needs, and billing practices that have allegedly declined since leadership changes.
Lene's Daily Child Care II receives predominantly positive reviews, with parents praising the nurturing staff, clean facility, and strong parent communication. The majority of reviewers report their children are happy and excited to attend. One negative review alleges poor handling of payment issues and a child injury incident with lack of management follow-up.
PEAKS LITTLE ANGELS II receives mixed reviews with significant polarization between parents. Long-term families praise the educational focus, trips, projects, and staff professionalism, while recent reviewers report serious concerns about management communication, arbitrary dismissals of children, and unprofessional conduct by leadership.
Butterfly Kisses Child Care receives overwhelmingly positive feedback from most parents, with praise for caring staff, cleanliness, learning opportunities, and reasonable pricing. However, a small number of parents report serious concerns including lack of supervision, poor health incident response, inadequate adjustment periods for new students, and safety issues.
One parent reports a highly positive experience with the infant teacher, Miss Stacy, but describes an incident where a substitute staff member handled their crying 11-month-old son inappropriately, including scolding him and forcing a bottle while he was distressed. The parent subsequently removed their child from care due to this negative interaction with the substitute worker.
Willow Cove receives mixed reviews with strong polarization between parents. Three parents praise the teaching quality, cleanliness, and staff friendliness, while four parents report serious concerns about hygiene practices, management accountability, and child safety/supervision.
Harvest Center receives mixed reviews with strong praise from satisfied parents who appreciate the caring staff, personalized attention, and family-like environment. However, several parents report serious concerns including unresponsiveness to inquiries, lack of security cameras, and inadequate teacher-child relationships.
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