Child Care
Fredericksburg, VA (Spotsylvania County)
Client from 2007 – Present
Category: Website Design, WordPress, Graphic Design, Managed Web Hosting, Basic SEO
Industry: Education
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Web Design – Then vs. Now
This Project Predates Modern Frameworks and Is Not Responsive
About Client
Creative Academy Childcare & Camp offers private schooling in a homeschool atmosphere, with an emphasis on the basics. The academy was established with two major goals: (1) meeting the developmental needs of children to promote emotional and physical well-being, and (2) providing support systems for families to enhance parent-child interaction.
Project Overview
Renate contacted us, or as she is known, Mrs. “B”, back in 2007 to build out a website for her growing child care business. At that time, she had established the Creative Academy Childcare & Camp and was working to open the Creative Child Care and Academy locations on Harrison Road and Tidewater Trail. Today, we are on the second iteration of websites for this client.
Challenges
This project was pretty straightforward, with the exception of trying to tie down the textual content, as Mrs. B was obviously very busy getting the new locations open and operational.
Solutions
This was a redesign of the website Simply Web Services, previously designed for the client.
Logo
We were contracted to design a vector graphic logo for the Academy.
Photography
We arrived at the farm (now closed), toured the facility, and took a ton of photos (mostly of the farm and animals) for inclusion on the website. These photos were taken for the client’s use and are not shown here.
Photoshop
We were asked to add “signage” to their brand-new building so it could appear on their new website and in advertisements.
Solutions and Services We Provided
- WordPress Web Design
- Contact Form Integration
- Favicon Design & Integration
- Graphic Design
- QR Code Design
- Logo Design
- Photo Gallery
- Photography
- SSL Certificate Issue, Management, and Renewal
- Managed Website Hosting
- Domain Name Registration, Management and Renewal
- Basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
- Website Maintenance
Conclusion
Mrs. B loved our work so much that she hired us a few years later to make a website for a new business venture of Creative Studio Fun With Art Studio. Her husband also hired us to make a website for his new business venture, Creative Music Academy.
We are currently working on a new website for the client.
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Why Childcare and Early Education Centers Need a Mobile-Friendly Website
For a childcare center or private school, parents are almost always searching on their phones — often while juggling a toddler, during a work break, or the night before enrollment deadlines — which means a website that isn’t fast and mobile-friendly can lose a family before they ever see the classrooms or read about the curriculum. Trust matters enormously in childcare: parents want to see real photos of the facility, understand the philosophy behind the program, and easily find enrollment and contact information without digging through a clunky, outdated site. A modern, responsive website does the reassuring work of a great first impression before a parent ever schedules a tour.
Simply Web Services has partnered with Creative Child Care & Academy since 2007, building out their website as the business grew to multiple locations, designing a custom logo, and even digitally adding new building signage to photos for their website and advertisements before construction was complete. The relationship has grown well beyond a single website — Mrs. B was so happy with our work that she brought us on for her second business, and her husband hired us to build Creative Music Academy’s website as well. Whether you run a childcare center, private school, or early education program, and are ready for a modern, mobile-friendly website that builds trust with parents from the first visit, Simply Web Services has the experience to build it right. Call us today at (540) 479-6350 to bring your childcare business online.