
Browse 1,221 child daycare & preschools across Tennessee. 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 Tennessee can make the decision-making process smoother.
Tennessee has about 3,658 daycares providing essential child services for families in the state.
Compare the average fees charged by daycare centers in Tennessee. Consider your budget while ensuring that the chosen daycare offers the necessary services and quality care.
There are 3,658 daycares in Tennessee: 285 headstart facilities, 1,586 before/after school centers, 566 religious facility daycares, and 1,221 childcare and preschool centers.
| Daycare Type | Total |
|---|---|
| Childcare & Pre-school | 1,221 |
| Headstart Programs | 285 |
| Religious / Church Based Daycare | 566 |
| Before or After School | 1,586 |
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One parent reports a positive experience, while two others describe serious safety and staffing concerns, including allegations of abusive disciplinary practices and questionable emergency protocols. Specific complaints involve a staff member yelling at and using duct tape on toddlers, the director's defense of these actions, and an owner's suggestion to keep children in cars during tornado warnings to avoid liability. High staff turnover and the dismissal of a worker only after the incident further highlight operational issues cited by families.
One parent highlights the nurturing environment and teacher focus, noting it prepared their child well for kindergarten, while others report witnessing aggressive behavior toward a child and express frustration over extended holiday closures.
Little Lambs Childcare receives consistently high praise from parents who highlight the caring, attentive staff and warm, home-like environment. Parents report their children are excited to attend, engage in daily activities like crafts, and receive excellent communication from teachers. Multiple parents indicate strong satisfaction and willingness to recommend the facility or enroll additional children.
Feedback for this center is sharply divided, with some parents praising the staff's structure and professionalism while others report severe issues regarding safety, communication, and management behavior. One parent highlights the center as a positive learning environment where their child thrived, whereas others describe the experience as unprofessional and potentially harmful to their children's well-being.
One parent describes this center as the best daycare in Dickson County and expresses strong affection for the program. This single positive experience stands out against a broader average rating of 3.4/5 based on limited feedback.
Little Rascals receives mixed reviews with strong praise for staff care and affordability, but significant concerns about management, billing issues, and director approachability. Most positive reviews highlight caring teachers and happy children, while negative reviews cite problems with infant care quality, administrative errors, and questionable disciplinary practices.
Community Child Care Services in Hendersonville has mixed reviews. Five-star reviews praise the staff, teacher care, communication, affordability, and kindergarten preparation. However, one-star reviews raise serious concerns about supervision, hygiene practices, staff treatment, disorganization, and unprofessional management.
Nana's Playschool receives highly polarized reviews. Seven parents praise the caring staff, safe environment, and positive learning atmosphere. Two parents report serious concerns including inconsistent teacher assignments, unclear illness policies, cleanliness issues, and safety hazards.
A few parents report positive experiences, highlighting the center's long-standing operation, diverse and caring staff, and quality facilities. Conversely, one reviewer describes a serious billing issue involving unauthorized charges and difficult refund processes.
Learning Tree Day Care has highly polarized reviews. Four parents praise the staff, cleanliness, and their children's progress, while four others report serious safety concerns including injuries, allergic reactions, inadequate supervision, staff misconduct, and unresponsive management to complaints.
One parent highlights Sandra for teaching their children effectively, while another notes that the facility is always clean and ensures children are well attended.
Kiddieland Child Care Center has extremely polarized reviews. Eight parents gave 5-star ratings praising the staff, educational curriculum, child development, and family-like atmosphere, with one noting 52+ years in business. Two parents gave 1-star ratings alleging serious safety concerns including unexplained bruises and injuries, with complaints about unresponsive staff and uncooperative management.
Bright Beginnings Academy receives mixed reviews with significant variation in experiences. Positive reviews praise cleanliness, staff kindness, real-time communication, and educational engagement. However, negative reviews raise serious concerns about child safety, staff conduct, and health monitoring.
One parent describes the facility's medical staff as excellent, while another expresses significant frustration regarding a two-year waiting list and perceived priority given to hospital employees. The few reviews so far highlight a stark contrast between clinical quality and administrative accessibility.
ABC Day School has highly polarized reviews. Some parents praise the sweet, caring staff and loving environment, while others report serious safety concerns including unreported injuries, poor hygiene, lack of educational programming, and inadequate food quality.
It Takes a Village FCEC receives mixed reviews with strong praise from satisfied parents highlighting caring staff, family atmosphere, and good kindergarten preparation, but serious concerns from dissatisfied parents regarding facility conditions, staff turnover, safety issues, and management professionalism.
Rhythm & Rhymes Too has mixed reviews with positive feedback from long-term parents praising learning outcomes and communication, but serious concerns raised about cleanliness, staffing ratios, health/safety practices, and hygiene standards at the facility.
Creative Youth Enrichment Center receives consistently positive feedback from parents who praise the caring, family-oriented environment and dedicated staff. Parents highlight the directors' open-door policy, individualized attention to children with special needs, and proactive approach to challenges like virtual learning during COVID. Multiple long-term families express strong trust in the center and recommend it highly.
One parent describes Sandra as an engaging teacher who has helped their children learn significantly. Another reviewer notes that the center maintains high cleanliness standards and ensures children receive adequate attention.
Middlebrook Playschool receives overwhelmingly positive feedback from most parents, with praise for caring staff, good communication, and affordability. However, one detailed negative review raises significant concerns about security, staff training, management responsiveness, and facility maintenance.
One parent describes staff as unprofessional and using foul language around the children, while also noting that babies remain sick.
One parent reports an exceptional long-term experience with caring staff and consistent quality care, while another describes a negative termination process involving rude communication and a lack of prior behavioral feedback. The contrasting experiences highlight both the potential for high-quality childcare and significant risks regarding administrative conduct and transparency.
One parent describes the school as an exceptional fit that was the best decision for their family, while another former student reports serious safety and behavioral issues, including drug use, vaping, and inappropriate staff conduct. The critical review highlights a significant discrepancy between the school's Christian identity and its actual environment, citing a lack of educational value compared to public schools.
Kingdom Kare receives mostly positive reviews from parents who praise the staff's genuine care for children and commitment to individual development. Parents report their children thriving academically and emotionally despite noting the facility's outdated appearance. However, one visitor raised concerns about office security and staff conduct.
One parent describes exceptional care where staff know infants by name and accommodate specific needs like allergies and schedules, while another criticizes the facility for perceived neglect and lack of attention to children. A third review offers brief praise for the staff's awesomeness, contrasting sharply with the single negative experience reported.
Trinity Child Care & Learning Center 2 in Antioch receives consistently high praise from parents. Families highlight the owner's passion and caring approach, with many describing the center as more like family than a typical daycare. Parents report clean facilities, good educational activities, and responsive staff who communicate about incidents and concerns.
One parent describes the center as an excellent environment for child development, while another criticizes it as a low-budget facility that aggressively imposes religious beliefs and judgmental attitudes on young children. The few reviews so far mention that one parent would not recommend the center, preferring public school, while another offers a brief positive endorsement.
This is not a daycare facility - it is Vanderbilt University Medical Center, a hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. The reviews provided are patient and visitor testimonials about hospital care, not childcare services.
Smart Play Day School has highly polarized reviews. Positive reviewers praise the staff's care, bilingual/sign language education, developmental progress, and communication. However, negative reviewers report serious concerns including alleged staff physical abuse of children, unexplained injuries, poor management after ownership change, frequent unannounced closures with continued payment requirements, safety hazards, inadequate video transparency, and health protocol violat
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