Child Care Centers in Austin, TX Rated and Reviewed

I have a friend that recently moved to Austin with her kids. She needed help with figuring out what child care center would be best for them. I told her not to worry, I will do the research as if I was doing it for my kids. So here's the breakdown of a few great child care centers in Austin, Texas I have compiled for her:

Children's Center of Austin

The general feedback of parents towards Children's Center of Austin is that it is a wonderful place for children. When you visit their website, you will find a lot more information than meets the eye. For example, they actually have three facilities in Austin. They post the healthy menu for the week so that parents know what their kids are eating. The child care programs of CCOA in Austin, Texas involves infant, toddler, preschool, after school, and even summer camps. For parents who are looking forward to enroll their little kids for childcare program, you can take a tour of their three locations in Austin, TX in these slideshows.

Children's Courtyard

It's extremely easy to navigate your way through the Children's Courtyard website. A quick note: They are sort of "incorporated" with other schools in Austin so you have to use the Locate a School button on the top left corner in order to pick the child care center nearest to your Austin location. Parents who are still deciding how or why the Children's Courtyard is perfect for their child could use a little help with the Parent Information checklist they provide. They are currently open for the Top Ten Summer Camp so you may consider enrolling your kids for some summer fun.

Stepping Stone School

"In November, 1979, Rhonda Paver, M.A., her husband Bill and their children opened the doors at 1710 Richcreek with a vision of providing the highest Quality Care and Education for young children." And thus was born the Stepping Stone School child care in Austin, Texas. Since I could not personally visit it today, I still had the opportunity to learn more a little bit about their school with the help of their video. They have 17 locations in Texas. What's cool about this school? They are chosen as Austin Family Readers' Poll Favorite in 2009. The Stepping Stone School child care in Austin has several unique programs such as Future Leaders and Inventors School Age and extracurriculars such as Dance, Opus One music, Martial Arts and Computer Technology.

Clubhouse for Kids

Now we're digressing from full time child care centers to something more of a convenient "drop-off" for parents who need some emergency time to do something without the kids. Clubhouse for Kids is an excellent child care center in Austin, Texas that can provide just what you needed for a few hours off. Sometimes parents need to take a break or do an important activity that do not involve children, and this can happen anytime. The Clubhouse for Kids can solve this problem. They charge per hour. Their FAQs section will help you learn more about their day care operations. The Clubhouse for Kids is very popular in Austin. As for fun after school, they have a few extras such as separate room for older children with a Wii video game, TV sitting area, ping pong, foosball, air hockey and more.

There are so many more child care centers in Austin and the list will go on forever. Suffice it to say that if her or your goal is to find a day care center that will fit your needs, the ones I've listed here are a great place to start.