Playbooks for Childcare Owners
Practical automation, marketing and enrollment strategies, written for childcare centers, preschools and daycare owners.
Can you legally text daycare parents? The 2026 rules on consent, photos, and child records
A plain-English 2026 compliance guide for daycare and preschool directors: when you can text parents, how consent and A2P 10DLC registration work, the photo and child-record rules that actually bind you, and what it costs to get it wrong.
September 17, 2026 · Compliance
How much does it cost to run a daycare classroom? A 2026 break-even calculator
A plain-English break-even calculator for daycare and preschool directors: how to cost a classroom by its staffing ratio, price the seat, and work out exactly how full each room has to be to stop losing money.
September 15, 2026 · Operations
What childcare software actually costs in 2026 (real prices for Brightwheel, Procare, Lillio, Kangarootime, Playground and LineLeader)
A plain-English teardown of what childcare management software really costs in 2026, including the per-child fees and demo-gated prices vendors do not put on the page, with three real budget scenarios.
September 13, 2026 · Pricing
Childcare Snapshot vs building it yourself in GoHighLevel
Should you buy the pre-built Childcare Snapshot or build your own enrollment automation from scratch in GoHighLevel? An honest look at the real cost of each.
May 6, 2026 · Comparisons
The re-enrollment season playbook for daycares and preschools
A step-by-step re-enrollment campaign that locks in current families early, surfaces open seats sooner, and fills them well before the summer slowdown starts.
April 14, 2026 · Retention
Turn happy parents into 5-star reviews and referrals
A simple, respectful system for earning Google reviews and parent referrals at your daycare or preschool, asked for at exactly the right moments in the year.
March 25, 2026 · Growth
Tuition auto-pay and late-payment recovery for childcare centers
How to set up tuition auto-pay and a kind but firm late-payment recovery flow that protects your centre's cash flow without damaging the parent relationship.
March 10, 2026 · Operations
Daily reports parents actually love (and that keep families enrolled)
How thoughtful daily reports on naps, meals, photos and milestones turn into retention, referrals and reviews for your daycare, preschool or after-school room.
February 24, 2026 · Retention
The daycare enrollment funnel that fills seats
A start-to-finish enrollment funnel for daycares and preschools, from first enquiry to signed paperwork, built to fill seats without hiring a bigger front desk.
February 11, 2026 · Enrollment
How to cut daycare tour no-shows (without nagging parents)
A practical sequence for confirming, reminding and recovering childcare tours, so more of the families who book actually walk through your centre's door.
January 28, 2026 · Enrollment
5 childcare automations that keep your waitlist full
The five GoHighLevel automations every daycare and preschool should ship first, ranked by how fast each one turns a cold enquiry into an enrolled family.
January 12, 2026 · Playbooks