The check-in kiosk keeps recording arrivals and departures even when the connection drops, then syncs everything the moment it comes back. Families still tap in their PIN, staff still see who is here, and nothing gets lost to a bad router morning.
For childcare centers
Childcare center software built for the full-day pace.
From the 7am drop-off rush to the last pickup of the evening, DayLynx keeps attendance, ratios, family messages, and licensing paperwork moving — so your team can stay focused on the kids.
A full-day operation
Running a center is a dozen jobs at once.
Full-day care means long hours, moving headcounts, and records that have to hold up under a licensor’s eye. These are the pressures directors tell us about most.
The drop-off rush
Twenty families arrive in the same fifteen minutes. Every one of them needs a fast, secure way to check in — and your staff need to know instantly who is in the building.
Ratios that never sit still
Children move rooms, staff take breaks, and licensing ratios have to hold through all of it. A clipboard count from 9am is stale by 9:20.
Licensing visits on their schedule, not yours
When a licensor walks in, they want attendance records, meal logs, medication entries, incident reports, and staff certifications — organized and current.
Families who want to know how the day went
Parents trust you with the most important people in their lives. That trust grows when they hear from you — and shrinks every time a message goes unanswered.
Staff schedules and payroll hours
Shifts, substitutes, clock-ins, and the end-of-period scramble to total everyone’s hours before payroll closes.
A paper trail for everything
Corrections, permissions, pickups, doses — full-day care generates a lot of small decisions, and every one of them may need to be explained later.
How DayLynx helps
One platform that carries the operational weight.
Every tool below is included for every customer — no add-on modules, no premium tiers.
Check-in that keeps up with the morning
Families check in and out in seconds with their own secure PIN. At pickup, Authorized Pickup validation shows staff a reference photo so they can match the face at the door. And if the wifi drops, the kiosk keeps recording and syncs when it is back.
A live view of every room
Headcounts update in real time, room by room, all day long. Ratios recalculate themselves as staff clock in and out, and an on-call substitute pool helps you cover gaps before they become problems.
Records that are ready when licensing is
CACFP meal logging with allergy badges at serving time, a medication log where every entry is permanent, incident reports with built-in reminders for parent notification and state deadlines, and certification tracking that warns you before anything expires. Every action lands in one searchable audit trail.
Family communication without the phone tag
Parents message teachers the way they’d text a friend. Nightly report cards deliver naps, meals, and little wins to each family’s inbox, and emergency notifications reach every guardian at once when it matters.
Scheduling and payroll from one screen
Drag-and-drop shift planning, recurring weekly schedules created in one action, live clock-in and clock-out — and when payroll comes around, export closed clock totals as a ready-to-use CSV.
Fixes with a clear history
Made an attendance mistake? Correct it with a clear, auditable history, so the record stays honest and licensing questions have short answers.
Getting started
From signup to a smoother Monday.
Most centers set themselves up during the free trial — no implementation contract, no setup fees.
Set up your program and classrooms
Create your rooms, set capacities, and assign teachers. Switching from another system? Bulk import with review and duplicate-catching brings your roster over without a weekend of re-typing.
Add your staff with the right roles
Invite your team and give each person role-based access, so teachers, admins, and directors each see exactly what they need — and nothing they don’t.
Invite families
Families receive a secure invitation and activate their own accounts, guided by a welcome wizard that walks them through their first login step by step.
Run your day
PIN check-in at the door, live headcounts and ratios in every room, meal and medication logging where staff need it, and messages flowing between teachers and families.
Review reports and history
Pull PDF and CSV attendance and compliance reports in seconds, review the audit trail whenever a question comes up, and set up automated daily exports so records keep themselves.
Where to look first
The features full-day centers lean on most.
Curious how digital check-in changes the daily rhythm? Read our guide on how attendance software helps childcare programs.
Questions from center directors
Childcare center FAQs
Yes. DayLynx gives you a live view of who is in each room all day long, and ratios update themselves as staff clock in and out. If you need coverage, an on-call substitute pool is built into the same staff module — no separate spreadsheet.
Yes. Staff clock in and out in DayLynx, and you can export closed clock-in and clock-out totals as a payroll-ready CSV. Shift planning, recurring weekly schedules, and the substitute pool live in the same place, so scheduling and payroll draw from one source.
Give your center a calmer week.
Try every feature free for 30 days — no credit card charged until the trial ends. Then it's $100/month for your first 5 children and $7/child after, with every feature included.