Everything your center needs. Nothing it doesn't.
Every feature was designed alongside real directors and teachers — not borrowed from generic business software.
Live dashboard with occupancy tracking
Inquiries
Waitlisted families
Lower priority number = higher priority. Unranked entries sort last.
Alicia Carter
Mila Carter · DOB 2022-08-14
Sibling of Emma Carter · Wants August start
Jordan Nguyen
Theo Nguyen · DOB 2021-11-03
Prefers M/W/F schedule · Tour completed
Priya Patel
Anika Patel · DOB 2023-02-19
Needs infant room opening in September
One click to enroll
Convert inquiry to student
Creates a student record plus linked guardian from the waitlist entry, with the new student immediately discoverable in Students.
- Child
- Mila Carter · DOB 2022-08-14
- Parent
- Alicia Carter
- Classroom
- Preschool A
- Kiosk PIN (4 digits)
- 4823
Saved confirmation
Mila Carter was enrolled and linked to Alicia Carter.
Staff see a clear confirmation of what was saved before DayLynx returns them to the page. Newly linked students remain discoverable in Students, and the same saved state appears after create and edit flows across child, guardian, classroom, incident, and other records.
Inquiry capture, prioritized waitlist, and one-click enrollment
Built for childcare
Core features that make your day easier.
From first inquiry to first day in class to end-of-day reports — every tool your center needs in one place.
Attendance tracking
Real-time check-in and check-out with secure guardian PIN, plus Authorized Pickup with PIN validation at kiosk. Teachers confirm with one tap. PIN changes apply at the kiosk instantly with no re-sync required, and occupancy updates right away.
Classroom management
Manage rooms, capacity, teacher assignments, and timezone-aware shift schedules that stay in your center's local time. Keep an on-call substitute pool ready to cover ratio gaps, export clock-in and clock-out totals for payroll without a spreadsheet, restore archived staff records for seasonal or returning employees without rebuilding their history, then roll over to a new school year with one click.
Inquiry waitlist & one-click enrollment
Capture family inquiries, rank your waitlist with per-child notes, and convert a waitlisted child into an enrolled student with a linked guardian record without duplicate data entry; the new student is immediately discoverable in Students, and inquiries you mark declined auto-archive after 90 days, and converted inquiries leave active view immediately while staying searchable in history.
Student profiles
Complete records for every child — allergies, medications, dietary needs, emergency contacts, and linked guardians.
Compliance & safety
Safety alerts, incident reports, drill logs, staff certification tracking, and CACFP meal logging with Served, Partial, or Not Served statuses plus inline allergy and dietary badges.
Family messaging
Direct messaging between staff and families. Send individual or group messages. Keep communication organized and searchable.
Photo sharing
Share classroom moments with families — only with written media consent per child. COPPA compliance built in.
Reports & exports
Executive PDF reports and CSV exports for attendance, compliance, and audit logs. Download in seconds, not hours.
Complete audit trail
Every action logged automatically — who did what, when, and to which record. Full searchable activity log.
Automated notifications
Daily attendance summaries, certification expiry alerts, and compliance deadline reminders — actively monitored with missed-run detection, rerun safeguards, and a clear audit trail when recovery is needed.
Parent portal & daily reports
Linked guardians get a per-child daily timeline in the portal, or can opt in to an end-of-day email summary of the day's published report card that respects their notification preferences — meals, naps, activities, and more — without logging in. Staff get their own per-child timeline and can reuse entry templates to pre-fill report cards faster.
Light & dark mode
Easy on the eyes for early mornings and late evenings. Staff pick their preference — the app remembers.
Enterprise security
Two-factor authentication, encrypted data, 8-hour session timeouts, rate-limited logins, and row-level data isolation.
See it for yourself
Ready to make your day easier?
Try DayLynx free for 30 days. Set up your classrooms, invite your team, and experience a smoother way to run your center.