Ranked #1 overall across all 11 quality dimensions among every licensed childcare center in Lithopolis & Pleasantville & Millersport. This is the highest recognition we award in the city.
Best for Safety
Earned the highest safety score in Lithopolis & Pleasantville & Millersport. Our safety dimension weighs inspection history, deficiency records, and parent-reported safety culture across reviews.
Best Teachers
Earned the highest teacher-quality score in Lithopolis & Pleasantville & Millersport. This dimension reflects staff credentials, tenure, warmth, and how consistently parents praise individual teachers.
Best Curriculum
Earned the highest curriculum score in Lithopolis & Pleasantville & Millersport. 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 Lithopolis & Pleasantville & Millersport. This dimension captures the warmth, patience, and individual attention children receive day to day.
Best Infant Care
Earned the highest infant care score in Lithopolis & Pleasantville & Millersport. This dimension focuses on caregiver ratios, responsiveness, feeding and sleep routines, and parent feedback specific to infant rooms.
Best K-Ready
Earned the highest kindergarten-readiness score in Lithopolis & Pleasantville & Millersport. This dimension weighs literacy and numeracy foundations, school-transition preparation, and reported outcomes.
Best Management
Earned the highest management score in Lithopolis & Pleasantville & Millersport. This dimension evaluates director responsiveness, communication, billing clarity, and how well the center is run.
Best Culture
Earned the highest culture score in Lithopolis & Pleasantville & Millersport. This dimension captures a sense of community, inclusivity, staff morale, and the feeling families describe when they walk through the door.
Best Arts & Music
Earned the highest arts & music score in Lithopolis & Pleasantville & Millersport. This dimension reflects the depth and consistency of creative programming — visual arts, music, movement, and imaginative play.
Best Extracurriculars
Earned the highest extracurriculars score in Lithopolis & Pleasantville & Millersport. This dimension covers enrichment beyond core care — sports, languages, field trips, and special programs.
Full Ranking Detail
childcare
Sunny Side Childcare Llc is a 5-star-rated, licensed provider at 43 E Columbus St in downtown Lithopolis, serving children from 6 weeks through 12 years old. Operating for over 13 years with CPR- and first-aid-trained staff, the center offers full and part-time care with meals included and a curriculum that emphasizes literacy, art, early academics, physical education, and social skills across multi-age classrooms. Staff undergo annual professional development in early childhood education, child abuse recognition, and communicable disease prevention. The center uses Brightwheel for real-time photo and video updates, attendance tracking, and parent-teacher messaging, supporting engaged family communication. Summer programming and regular field trips round out the learning experience.
Safety5.0
Curriculum6.0
Art / Music5.0
Infant care5.0
Kindergarten readiness5.0
Teacher quality6.0
Compassion6.0
Management6.0
Culture6.0
Extracurriculars7.0
Programs & curriculum
Curriculum & approach: Describes a learning environment intended to prepare the child for the path ahead, incorporating traditional learning styles as well as hands-on experiences. No specific model (Montessori, Reggio, faith-based, etc.) is stated.
Programs & activities: Multi-age classrooms serving infant through preschool. Summer programming (Summer Expedition Ocean Club 2026 referenced), field trips, and outdoor playground time.
What sets it apart: Located in downtown Lithopolis, Ohio and operating 13+ years. All staff trained in CPR, First Aid, Child Abuse Recognition, and Communicable Disease Recognition/Prevention with annual Early Childhood Education professional development; uses the Brightwheel app for real-time photo/video updates, attendance, lesson plans, and teacher messaging.
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Best for Safety
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<span style="font-size:13px;color:#4A4A46;line-height:1.5;">Earned the highest safety score in Lithopolis & Pleasantville & Millersport. Our safety dimension weighs inspection history, deficiency records, and parent-reported safety culture across reviews.</span>
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Best Teachers
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Best Curriculum
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<span style="font-size:13px;color:#4A4A46;line-height:1.5;">Earned the highest curriculum score in Lithopolis & Pleasantville & Millersport. This dimension evaluates structured learning, developmental programming, and how well daily activities prepare children for each stage.</span>
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Most Compassionate
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<span style="font-size:13px;color:#4A4A46;line-height:1.5;">Earned the highest compassion score in Lithopolis & Pleasantville & Millersport. This dimension captures the warmth, patience, and individual attention children receive day to day.</span>
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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 Lithopolis & Pleasantville & Millersport. This dimension focuses on caregiver ratios, responsiveness, feeding and sleep routines, and parent feedback specific to infant rooms.</span>
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Best K-Ready
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<span style="font-size:13px;color:#4A4A46;line-height:1.5;">Earned the highest kindergarten-readiness score in Lithopolis & Pleasantville & Millersport. This dimension weighs literacy and numeracy foundations, school-transition preparation, and reported outcomes.</span>
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Best Management
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<strong style="display:block;font-size:15px;color:#1A1A18;margin-bottom:5px;">Best Management</strong>
<span style="font-size:13px;color:#4A4A46;line-height:1.5;">Earned the highest management score in Lithopolis & Pleasantville & Millersport. This dimension evaluates director responsiveness, communication, billing clarity, and how well the center is run.</span>
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Best Culture
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<span style="font-size:13px;color:#4A4A46;line-height:1.5;">Earned the highest culture score in Lithopolis & Pleasantville & Millersport. This dimension captures a sense of community, inclusivity, staff morale, and the feeling families describe when they walk through the door.</span>
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Best Arts & Music
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<span style="font-size:13px;color:#4A4A46;line-height:1.5;">Earned the highest arts & music score in Lithopolis & Pleasantville & Millersport. This dimension reflects the depth and consistency of creative programming — visual arts, music, movement, and imaginative play.</span>
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Best Extracurriculars
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<strong style="display:block;font-size:15px;color:#1A1A18;margin-bottom:5px;">Best Extracurriculars</strong>
<span style="font-size:13px;color:#4A4A46;line-height:1.5;">Earned the highest extracurriculars score in Lithopolis & Pleasantville & Millersport. This dimension covers enrichment beyond core care — sports, languages, field trips, and special programs.</span>
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