The Day They Love. The Care You Trust.

We're a family-owned center on Cleveland's east side, Gold-rated by Ohio's Step Up To Quality and sixteen years in. That means low turnover, teachers who know every family by name, and a director who's on site

The best way to know if we're right for your family is to walk through the door.

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  • 16 yearson the same corner of Euclid, under the same owner
  • Goldthe highest tier of Ohio’s Step Up To Quality rating
  • 6 wks – 12 yrsinfant, toddler, preschool and school age, one roof
  • 6 AM – 6 PMMonday through Friday, built around working parents

Why families stay

What sixteen years in one building actually buys you

Every center will tell you it is loving and safe. Those are table stakes. Here is what we would want you to weigh instead — the things that are hard to change and easy to verify.

Children sitting on the classroom floor listening to their teacher read
A teacher celebrates with a laughing child, arms raised
A young child stacking colorful blocks
01

Gold‑rated, and someone checks

Step Up To Quality is Ohio’s rating system for early learning programs, and Gold is its top tier. It is not a sticker we bought. It means staff qualifications, curriculum and classroom practice are reviewed against the state’s standards — and have been, year after year.

02

The owner is in the building

Deia Bailey opened this center in 2010 with three children, and still owns it along with the building it sits in. Most centers our size answer to a regional manager in another city. If something matters to you, you can say it directly to the person who decides.

03

Teachers who stay

Low turnover is the quiet thing that makes everything else work. The teacher who learns how your child settles in October is still there in April — and she knows your name at pickup, not just your child’s.

04

The goal is further out than kindergarten

We are not aiming at kindergarten readiness. We are aiming at eighteen. Every letter, every book at circle time, every real answer to a four‑year‑old’s question is pointed at a child who reads well, thinks for herself, and has options.

Programs

Care for every age, six weeks to twelve years

Children grow in stages, so our rooms are built that way — and moving up means a familiar hallway and familiar faces, not a new address.

A caregiver gently holds a tiny baby hand

Infants

Warm, responsive care built around your baby’s own rhythm rather than a clock — feeding, sleeping and comfort on their schedule, with the unhurried attention that secure attachment is actually made of.

Two toddlers playing with letter cubes together

Toddlers

Room to move, and words for everything they find. Hands‑on play, music and gentle, predictable routines that turn “mine” and “no” into confidence, language and real independence.

A teacher guides preschoolers drawing at a classroom table

Preschool

Purposeful play that quietly does serious work: letters and numbers, listening, taking turns, finishing what you started. Not just ready for kindergarten — a child who likes learning.

A boy and girl working on homework side by side

School age

Before school, after school, and the long days when school is closed. Homework support, enrichment, friends, and time to simply be a kid again after seven hours of sitting still.

Visiting

A tour takes about twenty minutes

You will learn more in twenty minutes in the room than in an hour on any website, including this one.

Step one

Tell us when

Use the form below or call us at (216) 331‑5056. Tours run on weekdays, and we will confirm a time that fits around your work.

Step two

Walk the rooms

See the actual classroom your child would be in, at a time of day when children are in it. Watch how the teachers talk to them. That is the whole tour, really.

Step three

Ask the awkward questions

Ratios, routines, meals, cost, what happens on a hard day, what happens when your child bites someone. Those are the useful questions. Bring them.

A bright, calm nursery classroom with cribs and soft light
The rooms you will see are the rooms your child will live in — come look at them with your own eyes.

Questions parents ask

The short answers

What ages do you take?
Six weeks through twelve years. We have infant, toddler, preschool and school‑age classrooms, so a family can stay with us from the first weeks back at work all the way through elementary school.
What are your hours?
Monday through Friday, 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM. We are closed on weekends. The early open is deliberate — a lot of our families start their shift before most centers unlock the door.
What does “Gold rated” actually mean?
Step Up To Quality is Ohio’s quality rating system for early learning and child care programs, administered by the Ohio Department of Children and Youth. Programs are rated Bronze, Silver or Gold against standards covering staff qualifications, curriculum, family engagement and classroom practice. Gold is the highest tier.
Can I visit before I enroll?
Yes — and we would rather you did. Tours run on weekdays and take about twenty minutes. You are welcome to come during a busy part of the day; that is when you learn the most.
Where are you, exactly?
445 E. 200th St, Euclid, OH 44119, on Cleveland’s east side. Parking is out front, and there is a map further down this page.
Who runs the center?
Deia Bailey, who opened the first classroom in 2010 with three children and still owns both the program and the building. She is on site, not at a regional office.
Schedule a touror call (216) 331-5056

Open 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Monday through Friday. Infant, toddler, preschool, and school-age programs.

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Smarty Pants Learning
445 E. 200th St, Euclid, OH 44119
(216) 331-5056
Monday–Friday · 6:00 AM–6:00 PM