Visit brightwheel at the Child Care Success Summit!
Stop by our booth at the Child Care Success Summit (CCSS) in Chicago on October 10-11, 2024 for a free, in-person demo.
And don't miss out on our conference special—2 months 50% off when you sign up to be a customer at the booth!
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Visit brightwheel at CCSS at booth #208
Join brightwheel at the 2024 Child Care Success Summit to talk to our experts about how you can streamline your childcare program operations and save time.
Connect with our team at booth #208 between October 10-11, 2024 at the Marriott Marquis Chicago Hotel exhibit hall.
Experience free, live product demos
Explore new feature offerings, including Experience Curriculum
Share your product feedback directly to our team
Hear real-life experiences from brightwheel customers
Receive exclusive brightwheel swag

"Brightwheel are friends of ours, please go check them out. Folks that we work with love brightwheel and parents do too, and you won’t regret it.”
Kris Murray, President and Founder of the Child Care Success Summit
Why millions of educators and families love brightwheel
Easy to use & save time
Simplify administrative tasks with brightwheel's all-in-one app and save 20 hours per month.
Automatic billing & payments
90% of preschools report that more families pay on time with brightwheel.
Quality connections
95% of administrators and staff report brightwheel improves communication with families.
Manage with confidence
Efficiently run your daycare or preschool program with check-in, admissions, lessons, and high security standards.
Your complete preschool & childcare software system
All the essentials in one integrated app
- Automate billing and payments
- Send real-time messages to staff and families
- Efficiently run your program with check-in, admissions, reports, and multi-site management
- Support educators in and out of the classroom with curriculum, lesson plans, and observations
- Automatically sync time tracking with payroll for easy, accurate payroll processing
“We chose brightwheel when we were evaluating different tools because it integrates billing, admissions, and a great visual experience for families. It’s awesome that it’s an all-in-one system.”
Brandyn B, Co-Founder of Magnolia Forest Preschools
Puget Sound, WA
Simplify billing and get paid faster
- Easily set up and automate billing
- Give families a way to securely pay tuition online
- Track subsidy payments across multiple agencies
- Stay on top of your finances and year-end taxes
- Expense management (coming soon)
“95% of families are on track with their payments, thanks to brightwheel! Before, it was really bad. Parents love that they can see exactly how much they owe, right on their phones.”
Munisha M, Director at Excelsior University for Children
Seabrook, TX
Build quality connections with families and staff
- Give staff an easy tool to communicate with families, administrators, and other staff
- Centralize messaging, newsletters, and alerts
- Share milestones, photos, and videos
“Brightwheel has been a tremendous blessing. I’ve received great feedback from teachers on Messaging because I’m able to step in and help answer questions a teacher might not be as comfortable answering.”
Cally B, Assistant Director at MBCC Journey
Birmingham, AL
Support child development in and out of the classroom
- Save time with tools to add, customize, and distribute your own curriculum
- Add Experience Curriculum to enhance program quality with digital lessons and hands-on learning materials
- Make it easier for staff to observe and share a child’s developmental benchmarks with families
“Our teachers love Experience Curriculum. Newer teachers feel more confident because they can use it as a strong foundation and build from there to support child development in their classrooms.”
Tiffany M, Pre-K Teacher & Curriculum Coordinator at Tarrytown Children’s Center
Austin, TX
Efficiently manage your center
- Centralize family and staff information
- Manage your admissions process and waitlist online
- Stay compliant with digital check-in, health checks, and room ratio tracking and run reports quickly
- Fillable PDF forms
- Enhanced CACFP reporting & logging (coming soon)
- New reports for attendance, staff, and more (coming soon)
“Brightwheel has cut out a third of my busy work. Enrollment is now all online, and we no longer have manual processes where families come in and sign paperwork in the office.”
Kelly R, Director at Good Shepherd Learning Center
Douglassville, PA
Automate your Payroll with ease
- Easily track upcoming & past payrolls
- Auto-sync staff hours with payroll to quickly and accurately pay your staff
- Get your local, state, and federal taxes filed for you
- Enable your staff to access pay stubs & tax forms online, anytime
- Staff time off for scheduling, tracking, and pay (coming soon)
“I highly recommend brightwheel's payroll solution. It is so easy to use. The connection between brightwheel and Gusto makes payroll so much faster because it syncs seamlessly!”
Adriana W, Administrator at Steps to Success Inc.
Leola, PA
What educators are saying
Read more testimonials in customer stories
Brightwheel is the best! I am 100% sure the app is helping grow my enrollment, and it helps me be more in control of my center.
Kaushana J.
Owner of Smarty Pants Learning Center in San Antonio, TX
Get Brightwheel before you think you need it! It’s been a life-saver for us as new business owners, allowing us to focus on the families and children we serve.
Kaitlyn & Kalen S.
Owners at Grow Together Learning in Hilliard, OH
Brightwheel is user-friendly and saves mounds of time. I enjoy all the tools they give Directors. We love it!
Gigi M.
Director at Children’s Day Out Preschool in Sweetwater, TX
Brightwheel gets an A+ for parent satisfaction. A huge piece families love is how brightwheel brings them into the room. We get so many compliments.
Marc H.
Owner at A Strong Start Early Care & Education in Trumbull, CT
Brightwheel’s customer service is phenomenal. I receive quick answers, and I always tell people to write in to Support. They are so informative.
Pam M.
Executive Director in Denver, CO
We were the first ones to use brightwheel in our town. Now, every other center has adopted it as their software. It is an amazing all-in-one tool… Worth every penny!
Melissa & Logan
Owners of Happy Feet Academy in Ellensburg, WA
My staff love attending brightwheel webinars. They’re able to learn how to use the system to its fullest potential. I think we are using every single feature on the platform!
Alyssa D.
Executive Director at McNeilly Center for Children in Nashville, TN
Having everything on one platform makes it easy for us to train teachers. We use brightwheel to set expectations on the quality we expect.
Alicia D.
Director at Riverbend Christian School in Austin, TX
I LOVE how easy it is to record a payment in billing. We no longer cross our fingers hoping our numbers match! It’s beautiful.
Beth C.
Director at Shiloh Preschool in Cincinnati, OH
We have many grandparents and they love using brightwheel. It’s easy for them to use, and they enjoy interacting with an app that is so user friendly.
Beth H.
Director at Weekday School in Orlando, FL
Brightwheel is the best! I am 100% sure the app is helping grow my enrollment, and it helps me be more in control of my center.
Kaushana J.
Owner of Smarty Pants Learning Center in San Antonio, TX
Get Brightwheel before you think you need it! It’s been a life-saver for us as new business owners, allowing us to focus on the families and children we serve.
Kaitlyn & Kalen S.
Owners at Grow Together Learning in Hilliard, OH
Brightwheel is user-friendly and saves mounds of time. I enjoy all the tools they give Directors. We love it!
Gigi M.
Director at Children’s Day Out Preschool in Sweetwater, TX
Brightwheel gets an A+ for parent satisfaction. A huge piece families love is how brightwheel brings them into the room. We get so many compliments.
Marc H.
Owner at A Strong Start Early Care & Education in Trumbull, CT
Brightwheel’s customer service is phenomenal. I receive quick answers, and I always tell people to write in to Support. They are so informative.
Pam M.
Executive Director in Denver, CO
We were the first ones to use brightwheel in our town. Now, every other center has adopted it as their software. It is an amazing all-in-one tool… Worth every penny!
Melissa & Logan
Owners of Happy Feet Academy in Ellensburg, WA
My staff love attending brightwheel webinars. They’re able to learn how to use the system to its fullest potential. I think we are using every single feature on the platform!
Alyssa D.
Executive Director at McNeilly Center for Children in Nashville, TN
Having everything on one platform makes it easy for us to train teachers. We use brightwheel to set expectations on the quality we expect.
Alicia D.
Director at Riverbend Christian School in Austin, TX
I LOVE how easy it is to record a payment in billing. We no longer cross our fingers hoping our numbers match! It’s beautiful.
Beth C.
Director at Shiloh Preschool in Cincinnati, OH
We have many grandparents and they love using brightwheel. It’s easy for them to use, and they enjoy interacting with an app that is so user friendly.
Beth H.
Director at Weekday School in Orlando, FL
