Our hours have been adjusted based on valuable feedback and community needs to better serve our families.

Preschool & Child Care Program Serving South Bend, IN

An Improved, Remodeled, & Upgraded Facility For The Best Care & Early Education

Convenient Hours That Suit Every Family

Working a night shift? Sitter canceled last minute? Weekly date night? Not a problem, thanks to the ultra-convenient early and late night care available to all families. As the largest center in the county that offers extended hours, you’ll love the extra support when you need it. Plus, you appreciate the no minimum-hour requirements and daily and hourly options.

Convenient 24-Hour Care That Fits Every Schedule

Use Our Proprietary Enrollment Process & Register

For Extended Care In Just Ten Minutes!

Watch Your Child Play With Live Stream PB&J®

A solid parent partnership is essential to your child’s early education. The livestreaming PB&J® app brings you closer to your little one by giving you a live peek at what they’re doing several times throughout the day.

Watch Your Child Play With Live Stream PB&J®

A solid parent partnership is essential to your child’s early education. The livestreaming PB&J® app brings you closer to your little one by giving you a live peek at what they’re doing several times throughout the day.

Security Features That Keep Them Safe & Sound

Your child is under the trusted care of CPR-trained teachers and staff. Safety measures like internal security cameras, PB&J live streaming video feed, restricted access controls, and a fenced-in yard further protect your most precious asset.

Essentials Like Diapers, Wipes, & Meals, Included For Your Convenience!

Growing Through Play With Personalized Learning Plans

Trained teachers create unique curricula according to the needs and development of their class. Providing an equal balance of individualized attention and group experiences drives engaging play-based learning and helps your child reach and exceed every milestone.

All-Inclusive Enrichments Develop The Whole Child

Exciting enrichments included in your child’s tuition—like baby signing, martial arts with a trained instructor, and tumble time at the nearby gymnastics studio—build confidence, self-esteem, and friendships while improving concentration, study skills, and motivation.

Experienced Teachers Guide Your Little One

Your child learns from experienced teachers with 20 – 60 hours of ECE training or a Child Development Associate© degree. The knowledgeable full-time director is ECE certified, a parent herself, and was previously a teacher in every class.

Exciting Field Trips Make Learning More Enjoyable

Your little scholar can’t wait to go on their next adventurous field trip! With exciting all-inclusive visits to the local park, fire department, library, pumpkin patch, zoo, and various community functions, there’s always an opportunity for both fun and learning.

Sibling Discount

Get 10% Off Your Youngest*

*All Children Must Be Enrolled Full-Time

Daily Indoor Play For Strong Motor Skills

A family room large enough to run, jump, skip, and play the day away makes for the perfect environment for building gross motor skills and lasting friendships. This flexible indoor space hosts breakfasts, community events, playtime, and martial arts.

Regularly Playing Outdoors Boosts Minds & Muscles

Your child spends hours outdoors playing with friends and having imaginative adventures while boosting their minds and muscles on the age-separated playground. With a basketball court and blacktop for riding toys, there’s a beneficial physical activity for all ages.

Free & Tasty Breakfasts, Lunches, & Snacks Daily

Your little one keeps their body and mind fueled with tasty cooked-onsite breakfasts, lunches, and snacks included in tuition. Home-cooked meals have flavorful tastes and nutritious ingredients and cater to any allergies to keep your growing child safe, happy, and energized.

Check-In Any Time With Your Free HiMama© App

Get real-time updates on naps, feeding, meals, milestones, and memorable moments with HiMama©—your free parent app that keeps you constantly in the loop. Pay tuition, receive fun pictures, videos, and notes, and direct message your child’s teachers all within the app!

Get Family Support & Community Connection

Engage your child in diversity and inclusion with a team who treats everyone equally and like family. Strong bonds between children, caregivers, and families are crucial in providing excellent care and for catering to all your little one’s needs.

We're proud to be a nonprofit organization offering excellent childcare & early learning services for low-income families in South Bend

Yes, We Proudly Support Families Who Qualify For Subsidy

FAQs

We’re open Monday to Friday from 6:00 am to 10:00 pm.

There’s a constant two-way communication channel between you and your child’s teacher, so you never miss a beat. Not only do we have an open-door policy, but we also encourage you to use our free HiMama© app.

The focus of each of our programs is to enrich the lives of our families. Each classroom focuses on the natural development of each individual child, while keeping their health and safety as our number one priority. For each classroom, we offer extended hours, healthy meals and snacks, outings, activities, a planned curriculum, and a consistent learning environment.

Infants – The classroom color for our infant room is blue, symbolizing trust, communication, and calmness. Our nurturing caregivers are handpicked for their natural ability to care for young infants and their passion for this age group. Our primary focus in the BBC nursery is to provide love, trust, and attention (cuddle time). We understand that every baby has their own unique schedule, and our experienced staff is trained to respond to these needs quickly and efficiently. We also understand that the transition from being a totally dependent newborn to becoming an active and responsive infant happens very quickly. We provide educational toys & activities to help stimulate the natural developmental process of a growing baby.

One-Year-Old – The classroom color for our one-year-old room is orange, symbolizing adventure and youthfulness. Our one-year-old classroom offers activities that will cater to this exploring age group. BBC caregivers will provide an equal balance of individual attention and group experiences to drive learning. Our toddler classrooms will promote cognitive, physical, social, emotional, and language development with a milestone-based curriculum. We give our toddlers plenty of opportunities to investigate, explore, and play in a safe, secure, yet stimulating environment. We work on developing each child’s skills, such as walking, responding to their name, drinking from a cup, eating from a spoon, and holding writing utensils.

Two-Year-Old – The classroom color for our two-year-olds is yellow, symbolizing happiness, intellect, and energy. There’s nothing terrible about Twos – they’re just beginning to test their independence. Our experienced caregivers are trained to be attentive to each child’s individual needs. Preparation for Preschool starts in our two-year-old classroom. We work on skills such as following instructions, writing and spelling their name, conflict resolution, patience, sharing, and recognizing shapes, colors, and patterns.

Three-Year-Old – The classroom color for our three-year-olds is green, symbolizing nature, growth, and harmony. This classroom helps develop writing, grammar, and social skills, preparing them for the classroom. Chatting with friends and working within small groups increases their verbal and social skills, while solving shape puzzles will strengthen their problem-solving skills. We also nurture each child’s creativity with drawing and painting activities. Our focus at this age group includes developing safety skills such as learning how to cross the street and talking to strangers. Finally, we focus on developing skills such as working with buttons, zippers, tying their shoes, and hygiene.

Pre-K – The classroom color for our preschool room is purple, symbolizing stability, ambition, independence, and power. The curriculum in our Preschool classroom is designed to build upon each child’s literacy and cognitive skill sets. We continue to focus on problem-solving, responsive listening, language usage, and social skills in preparation for a Kindergarten classroom environment. Lessons are also designed to stimulate imagination and creativity. We continue to work on counting, letters, and number recognition. This age group will also participate in plenty of outdoor playground time to develop climbing, sliding, and jumping motor skills.

In addition to our regular program activities, we offer structured extracurricular activities such as martial arts, tumble time gymnastic classes, field trips to local museums, the zoo, etc., and other positive experiences and activities that enrich the lives of the children that many of our families are unable to afford for their child(ren).

Diligent teachers routinely clean and sanitize all tools, toys, and high-touch surfaces throughout the day, while air purifiers in every classroom keep your child’s lungs healthy.
Absolutely! Take advantage of a convenient parent lounge/coffee bar at drop off and pick up, onsite parking, diapers and wipes, onsite therapies, a convenient parent app, engaging enrichments, field trips, and healthy meals and snacks—all included in your child’s tuition.

Hear What Parents Have To Say...

"My girls learned a lot during their time at Bright Beginnings..."
"My girls learned a lot during their time at Bright Beginnings..."
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Love Bright Beginnings and their whole staff. It was a huge relief to have someone we could count on to watch our children while we were both working. My girls learned a lot during their time at Bright Beginnings and almost a year later, my 3yo still talks about going to daycare to play with her friends.

- Amanda Fruth

"the staff have been kind, informative, and professional to me and my family..."
"the staff have been kind, informative, and professional to me and my family..."
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We’ve been going to Bright Beginnings for over a year now and all the staff have been kind, informative, and professional to me and my family. The owner is kind, loving, and I can see the passion she has for her business, the staff, and especially the children she has under her care. We wouldn’t go anywhere else.

- Kayla Holdread

"I was constantly surprised when he'd bring up things he learned at school..."
"I was constantly surprised when he'd bring up things he learned at school..."
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Bright Beginnings is fantastic. It was my son's first daycare experience and Ramal and her staff took amazing care of him. I was constantly surprised when he'd bring up things he learned at school that I hadn't introduced to him yet. I would definitely recommend it.

- Jaimie Bleck

"I loved the school and the field trips they took with the children...."
"I loved the school and the field trips they took with the children...."
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My son had went to this school for 3 years and I loved the school and the field trips they took with the children. My son had good days and bad days at the daycare but it is a great place and we loved the teachers especially Mrs. Jasmine.

- Denisha Greer

"They seemed very patient with the kids and took some great field trips..."
"They seemed very patient with the kids and took some great field trips..."
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Our girls were so happy here! The staff was always very welcoming and excited to see them everyday. They seemed very patient with the kids and took some great field trips that they still talk about. Definitely would recommend them!

- Gail Newcomb

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How Old Is Your Child?

Infants

0 - 1 Year

Toddlers

1 - 3 Years

Pre-K

3 - 5 Years

School Age

K - 12 Years