Ranked #1 overall across all 11 quality dimensions among every licensed childcare center in Fairborn. This is the highest recognition we award in the city.
Best for Safety
Earned the highest safety score in Fairborn. Our safety dimension weighs inspection history, deficiency records, and parent-reported safety culture across reviews.
Best Teachers
Earned the highest teacher quality score in Fairborn. This dimension weighs staff tenure, qualifications, warmth reported in parent reviews, and consistency of care across classrooms.
Best Curriculum
Earned the highest curriculum score in Fairborn. This dimension evaluates structured learning, developmental programming, and how well daily activities prepare children for each stage.
Most Compassionate
Earned the highest compassion score in Fairborn. This dimension captures how families describe staff empathy, how concerns are handled, and the emotional environment of the center.
Best Infant Care
Earned the highest infant care score in Fairborn. This dimension focuses on caregiver ratios, responsiveness, feeding and sleep routines, and parent feedback specific to infant rooms.
Full Ranking Detail
childcare
Childtime Learning Center at 1000 Rainbow Court in Fairborn serves infants through school-age children, offering infant, toddler, preschool, and Pre-K programming along with before/after school care and seasonal camps. The center holds a Five-Star SUTQ rating in Ohio's Step Up To Quality program and operates within the national Learning Care Group network, with all staff certified in CPR, First Aid, Child Abuse Prevention, and Communicable Disease. Its curriculum emphasizes social-emotional growth and school readiness, with optional enrichment electives including music, Spanish, yoga, and advanced academics. Hours run Monday–Friday, 6:30 AM–6:00 PM; parents report staff as caring and interactive, and children are described as thriving socially. As a national chain location, prospective families should verify the individual site's current culture with existing families.
Safety5.0
Curriculum8.0
Art / Music5.0
Infant care5.0
Kindergarten readiness6.0
Teacher quality8.0
Compassion6.0
Management8.0
Culture6.0
Extracurriculars6.0
Programs & curriculum
Curriculum & approach: Emphasizes a home-away-from-home feel for younger children and helping older students become lifelong learners, focusing on social-emotional growth and school readiness.
Programs & activities: Serves ages 6 weeks to 10 years across infant, toddler, twos, early preschool, preschool, and Pre-K rooms, plus before/after school care, school break camps, and summer camp. Optional electives (additional fee) include Handwriting, Advanced Math, Music, Phonics, Soccer, Spanish, and Yoga.
What sets it apart: Five Star-rated in Ohio's Step Up To Quality program; staff hold credentials from CDA to B.A. and are certified in CPR, First Aid, Child Abuse Prevention, and Communicable Disease. Hours M-F 6:30 AM-6:00 PM; live-streaming video via the SproutAbout app; a $250 new-enrollment tuition discount was promoted through Sept. 4, 2026. License #207216.
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Best Curriculum
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Most Compassionate
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Best Infant Care
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<span style="font-size:13px;color:#4A4A46;line-height:1.5;">Earned the highest infant care score in Fairborn. This dimension focuses on caregiver ratios, responsiveness, feeding and sleep routines, and parent feedback specific to infant rooms.</span>
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