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
Families check in and out with their own PIN, and Authorized Pickup with PIN validation at kiosk keeps departures just as safe. Teachers confirm with one tap, PIN changes work instantly, and headcounts update everywhere in real time.
Classroom management
Rooms, capacity, teacher assignments, and 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, and restore archived staff records for seasonal or returning employees without rebuilding their history. New school year? One click.
Inquiry waitlist & one-click enrollment
A family calls, you write them down, and they land on a ranked waitlist with notes that matter. One click later that child is enrolled with a linked guardian — no re-typing — and 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
Everything about each child in one place — emergency contacts, guardian links, and the grown-ups who love them.
Compliance & safety
Safety alerts, incident reports, drill logs, certification tracking, and CACFP meal logging with allergy badges right where staff need them at serving time.
Family messaging
Staff and families message each other directly — one child, one thread, always searchable. Group messages for when it's everyone's news.
Photo sharing
Share the finger-painting masterpieces — only with each child's own family, and only with signed consent. COPPA built in.
Reports & exports
PDF and CSV reports for attendance, compliance, and audit logs — in seconds, not hours. Consider the binders retired.
Complete audit trail
Every action logged automatically — who did what, when, and to which record — searchable whenever licensing (or curiosity) asks.
Automated notifications
Daily attendance summaries, certification expiry alerts, and compliance deadline reminders that send themselves — and raise a hand if they ever miss a beat.
Parent portal & daily reports
Families see their child's day — meals, naps, activities — in the portal or as a nightly email, their choice. Teachers reuse report-card templates, so writing up the day takes minutes instead of the whole evening.
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, automatic timeouts, and hard walls between every center's data. Serious security your staff never has to think about.
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.