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Sprout

A bright, playful design for daycares, preschools and early years centres — warm enough to reassure a nervous parent, organised enough to answer their questions.

View Live Demo Start With This Design

You're choosing a design. I build the site.

This isn't a file you download or a theme you install. There's no page builder to learn and nothing to configure yourself.

You pick this design, send me your rooms, ratios, fees and photos, and I build the site around it by hand — colours, wording and age groups adjusted to your centre.

Two costs, quoted separately

The build — a one-time fee covering design adaptation, building every page with your content, and launch. Quoted once I know your page count.

Hosting & care — a separate monthly cost that keeps the site online, secure and backed up. Quoted alongside the build so you see both numbers before committing.

Sprout design preview

The demo uses placeholder rooms and fees. Yours would carry your ratios, your team, your children.

The Process

From here to live

Two to Four Weeks

01

You pick Sprout

Get in touch and tell me this is the direction. We talk through your rooms and what parents ask you most.

02

You send content

Age groups, ratios, fees, hours, staff bios and photos with permission to use them. I send a checklist.

03

I build it

I adapt the colours and wording to your centre and build every page by hand.

04

We go live

Domain connected, Google Business updated, and a walkthrough so you can add events and update fees.

Rooms section
Included in the Build

Answers a parent
wants before they call

  • Hero with ratios and hours right up front
  • Colour-coded room cards by age group
  • An hour-by-hour "day here" timeline
  • Snapshot gallery of ordinary days
  • Staff profiles with training and years served
  • Parent quote section
  • Honest FAQ covering fees, waiting lists and sick policy
  • Tour request form with child's age and start date
See It Live
Design detail
The Feel

Cheerful without
being childish

Parents are the ones reading it. The design is bright and warm, but the information is laid out like an adult needs it — clear, specific and easy to scan.

  • Five accent colours: coral, sun, mint, sky and grape
  • Fredoka — rounded and friendly, still legible
  • Soft blob shapes behind the hero
  • Chunky buttons with a solid drop shadow
  • Cards that tilt playfully on hover
  • A bouncy spring reveal as you scroll
  • Honours reduced-motion accessibility settings

What It Costs

Build, then hosting

Quoted Separately

One-Time

The Build

Design adapted to your centre, every page built with your rooms and fees, tour form connected, and launch handled.

Quoted per project — it depends on how many rooms and pages you need. Non-profit and co-operative centres, ask me about a reduced rate.

Monthly

Hosting & Care

Keeps the site online, fast, secure and backed up, with software kept current.

Separate from the build — quoted at the same time so you see both numbers together. Fee and photo updates can be included if nobody on your team wants to own it.

Good to Know

Common Questions

Before We Start

Am I buying a template to install myself?

No. You're choosing a design direction. There's nothing to download or configure — I build the site for you using your content.

Can we take enrolment applications or payments online?

The design includes a tour request form as standard. For full enrolment, waitlists and tuition billing, childcare platforms like Brightwheel, Procare or Playground handle it properly — including ratios, sign-in and parent messaging. I'll connect whichever you use. They charge their own monthly fee.

Is it safe to put photos of children on the website?

Only with written permission from each family, and I'd treat that as non-negotiable. Many centres use photos where faces aren't identifiable, or only feature children whose parents have signed a media release. I'll build it either way — just tell me which photos are cleared.

Should we publish our fees?

I'd recommend it. Parents overwhelmingly filter by price first, and hiding it mostly generates enquiries from people who were never going to enrol. It also saves your staff answering the same call fifteen times a week.

Can we update the waiting list or availability ourselves?

Yes. Availability changes often, so I set that up to be quick and walk you through it before launch. Or I can update it monthly as part of your plan.

Do you offer a reduced rate for non-profits?

Ask me. If you're a non-profit, co-op or a small home-based centre, tell me your situation and I'll be straight about what I can do.

Do we own the website?

Yes. The files, domain and content are yours. If you ever move to another host or designer, everything transfers.

Do you only work with centres in Los Angeles?

No — I work anywhere in the US. If you're local we can meet in person; everywhere else we do it over Zoom.

Start Here

Build our site
with Sprout

No Obligation

I'll come back within 48 hours with a build price and a monthly hosting figure.

Work With Me

Want something
entirely your own?

If none of the designs fit, I build from a blank page too. Same process, more discovery.

Start a Project