Daycare and Preschool Cleaning Services

Modular Concepts provides daycare cleaning services across Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island from our Marlborough headquarters. Crews arrive after the last pickup and clean at child height. That means low sinks, small tables, cubbies, and the floors children sit and crawl on. Low-odor products are available. Service stays month to month, and there is no long-term contract.

Excellence in commercial cleaning icon, Modular Concepts
Cleaning scope icon: areas, frequency and tasks set for each center
Sustainability focus icon: green cleaning methods
Exceptional customer service icon, Modular Concepts
Since 2008Family-owned company operating since 2008
~8 YearsCustomers stay on average, with no contract
$2M InsuredGeneral liability, fully bonded
~100 StrongBackground-checked cleaning professionals
After the last pickup

What Daycare Cleaning Services Cover

Daycare cleaning services cover every room children and teachers use in a day. That means classrooms, child restrooms, the entry and cubbies, nap rooms, and the office. Work starts after the last pickup, and floors are dry before the first drop-off.

Most of the work sits below an adult's waist. Children touch sink rims, chair backs, cubby edges, and the lower half of every door. They sit, crawl, and nap on the floor, so floors get the most time.

The scope also draws a line between the night crew and your teachers. Toys, bedding, nap mats, diapering surfaces, and daytime food surfaces stay with your staff, under your own procedures. Each visit closes with a sign-off for the director.

  • Classroom floors, under tables and shelves too
  • Tables and chairs, legs and backs included
  • Child restrooms: low toilets, sinks, step stools
  • Classroom sinks, faucets, and splash walls
  • Cubby fronts, coat hooks, and the entry floor
  • Door handles, gates, and rails at child height
  • Nap rooms, the office, and the staff room
  • Trash and lined diaper pails emptied every visit
Who does what, and when
Part of the workWhat it coversWhen
Nightly programClassrooms, child restrooms, cubbies, the entry, the office, and every floorEach open day, after the last pickup
Closed-week floor workCarpet extraction and strip and wax in empty roomsA break week or a long weekend
Extra visitsPost-event sanitation after a family night or open houseOn request, quoted apart
Your staffToys, bedding, nap mats, diapering and food surfacesDuring the day, by your own procedures
Modular Concepts crew member damp mopping the floor of an empty preschool classroom after the last pickup
After pickupFloors mopped after the last child goes home
Everything sits at child height

Why Child Care Centers Are Different to Clean

Child care centers are different to clean because the children live close to the floor and return early the next morning. A toddler's hand lands on the lower half of a door, not the handle. So daycare cleaning starts at the floor and works up.

The cleaning window is short. The last pickup can run into the evening, and the first drop-off comes early. Modular sets the crew's start and finish times around your posted hours.

Teachers set up each room for the morning before they leave. Cots are stacked, and art is drying on a rack. The crew cleans around that setup. Room rules, such as a shoe-free infant room, are written into the scope.

The seasons show up at the cubbies first: wet boots and road salt in winter, mud in spring, playground sand in summer. Families pass through that entry twice a day.

  • Start and finish times set by your posted hours
  • Low surfaces named on the task list
  • Classroom setups left as teachers arranged them
  • Deep floor and carpet work held for closed weeks
Child restroom in a child care center with a row of low sinks, small toilets, and a clean tile floor
Child heightLow sinks and toilets, cleaned on every visit

Why Do Directors Choose Modular for a Child Care Center?

Directors pick Modular for three reasons: the same background-checked crew, low-odor products, and month-to-month service.

The same crew holds your keys

Everyone Modular places in a center is background-checked. The same assigned crew returns each visit, a supervisor inspects on a schedule, and one Modular contact handles your account.

Low-odor products, green on request

Low-odor products are available for rooms that fill again at drop-off, and the crews using them are Green Seal trained. Green cleaning is offered on request.

Month to month, as enrollment moves

A classroom can open or close in one season. Service is month to month, and the scope changes with 30 days notice. The average customer stays about eight years.

Insured, with a certificate to show

Modular is fully bonded, with $2,000,000 in general liability through Northeast Insurance and workers' compensation through Travelers. Your certificate names the owner or manager of the building.

A written line between crew and teachers

The scope lists what the night crew cleans, room by room. It also lists what stays with your staff, so a new teacher can read both.

SDO certified

The Massachusetts Supplier Diversity Office has certified Modular. That helps a center that spends state funds meet its vendor rules.

Programs Child Care Centers Add to the Nightly Clean

Green cleaning and disinfection shape the nightly work. Carpet and floor projects are separate lines on the quote.

Products and methods

Green Cleaning with Low-Odor Products

Children are back in the room a few hours after the crew leaves, so directors ask what was used. When a center asks for green cleaning, the nightly program runs on green products and methods. Low-odor products are available for classrooms and nap rooms.

  • Green products and methods on the nightly visit
  • Green Seal trained crews
  • Your product limits written into the scope
Modular Concepts crew member kneeling to wipe a low classroom table with a microfiber cloth in a preschool room
Low tables wiped by hand with low-odor products
Circle-time carpet

Carpet Cleaning While the Center Is Closed

Children sit on the carpet for circle time, stories, and blocks, so it holds crumbs, sand, and glitter. The nightly vacuum lifts the surface soil. Hot-water extraction pulls out the rest. Modular books it for a closed week or a long weekend. The carpet is dry before children return.

  • Hot-water extraction in empty classrooms
  • Circle-time carpet and reading corners
  • Spots treated as the nightly crew finds them
Modular Concepts crew member cleaning classroom carpet with an extraction wand while the child care center is closed
Carpet extracted during a closed week
Hard surfaces

Floor Care for Classrooms and Halls

A child care floor is a play surface, and it takes paint, glue, sand, and chair legs all day. Modular's floor care program, carpet cleaning included, covers 750,000+ square feet a year. Strip and wax waits for a closed week, so the finish hardens in an empty room. Hard surfaces only: VCT, vinyl, tile, and epoxy. Wood floors are not refinished, and concrete is not polished.

  • Scrub rotation for classrooms and halls
  • Strip and wax during a closed week
  • Extra passes at the entry and cubbies in winter
Modular Concepts crew member running a walk-behind floor scrubber down a child care center hallway lined with coat hooks
Hall floors scrubbed while the center is closed
Touch points at child height

Disinfection of the Surfaces Small Hands Reach

High-touch surfaces sit low in a child care room: door edges, faucets, toilet handles, and gate latches. Modular disinfects the ones on your list daily with EPA-registered disinfectants. A post-event sanitation visit can follow a family night or an open house. The work supports the center's own infection-control procedures and does not replace them.

  • Door handles, gates, and rails on every visit
  • Faucets and toilet handles in child restrooms
  • Your list decides what gets disinfectant
Modular Concepts crew member wiping a classroom door handle with a cloth in a child care center hallway after closing
Handles and latches wiped after the last pickup

How Child Care Center Service Starts

Five steps from the first walk to the first scope change.

1

Walk the center after pickup

About an hour with the director or the owner, once the rooms are empty and the day's wear still shows.

2

Write down who does what

Each room gets a task list. The same page lists what stays with your staff, plus any product limits.

3

Set hours, keys, and storage

Start and finish times follow your last pickup and first drop-off. Keys, alarm codes, and supply storage are settled before the first night.

4

First night, first sign-off

Each visit closes with a sign-off for the director. A supervisor checks the rooms on a schedule.

5

Adjust as enrollment changes

A classroom opens, or a room changes age group. The scope changes with 30 days notice, and closed-week floor work is booked ahead.

A free walkthrough first, then a written quoteMonth to month. A scope change takes 30 days notice.

How Much Do Daycare Cleaning Services Cost?

Daycare cleaning services are priced per center after a free walkthrough, not from a rate card. Modular Concepts quotes the nightly program as one monthly number, month to month, across Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Three things set that number: the areas in scope, how often each one is cleaned, and the tasks per visit.

Start with a walk after pickup

About an hour with the director or the owner, once the rooms are empty.

  • Each classroom, by age group
  • Child and adult restrooms
  • Entry, cubbies, and halls
  • Your hours and closed weeks
  • Your product limits, if any

Areas: rooms, by age group

Infant, toddler, and preschool rooms carry different lists, so each appears on the quote by name.

  • Infant and toddler rooms
  • Preschool classrooms
  • Child restrooms
  • Entry, cubbies, and halls
  • Office and staff room
  • Kitchen floor, if listed

Frequency: how often, per room

Classrooms and child restrooms run every day the center is open. The office can run fewer nights.

  • Classrooms, every open day
  • Child restrooms, every open day
  • Entry and cubbies, every open day
  • Office, fewer nights
  • Carpet extraction, closed weeks
  • Strip and wax, closed weeks

Tasks: what happens in each room

Child restrooms and toddler rooms carry the longest task lists.

  • Trash and lined diaper pails out
  • Floors swept and damp mopped
  • Carpet vacuumed
  • Tables and chairs wiped
  • Low sinks and toilets cleaned
  • High-touch surfaces disinfected

What your quote looks like

Rooms, frequency, and tasks turn into lines. The nightly program makes up the monthly number. Closed-week floor work and extra visits stay on lines of their own.

Your written quote areas, frequency and tasks, line by line
Nightly programEvery open day, the full room list
Closed-week floor workCarpet extraction, strip and wax
Extra visitsPost-event sanitation, on request
One monthly number Month to month. No long-term contract.

Steps advance on their own. Tap a hex to hold it.

Bring your posted hours, closed dates, and any current task list to the walk. Modular prices the same rooms, so two quotes compare line by line.

Which Child Care Programs Does Modular Clean?

Modular Concepts cleans child care centers, preschools, and after-school programs across Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Preschool cleaning services follow the same method: one room list, cleaned after the last pickup.

infant roomtoddler roompreschool roomschild restroomscubbiesofficekitchen floortoys, nap mats, beddingfood prepRooms and floors nightly. Toys and bedding stay with staff.

Child care centers

Infant, toddler, and preschool rooms sit under one roof, each with its own task list. Classrooms, child restrooms, and the cubby area run every open day.

classroomsart roomindoor play roomrestroomsentry, cubbiesofficecarpet extractionstrip and waxclosed weeks: carpet and floor workNightly in the school year. Deep work in closed weeks.

Preschools

Many preschools follow the school calendar, with half-day sessions and a summer closure. Classrooms are cleaned after the last session, and carpet and floor work waits for closed weeks.

religious programshared hallworship buildingclassroomschild restroomsentry and cubbieseducation wingWeekday classrooms here. Worship rooms: religious program.

Faith-based programs

A preschool inside a house of worship uses its rooms on weekdays. A hall the children share can join on those days, and the worship space follows the religious facilities program.

classroom floorslow sinksshelves, trayswork rugsentry, cubbiesrestroomsmaterials staywith teachersFloors and sinks nightly. Materials stay with teachers.

Montessori programs

Montessori classrooms keep learning materials on low open shelves, in a fixed order. The crew cleans floors, sinks, and tables and leaves the shelves as the teachers arranged them.

office floors: office programclassroomschild restroomsbuilding lobbycenter entryThe center suite keeps its own scope and hours.

Workplace child care

An on-site center inside an office building gets its own room list and its own hours. The floors around it follow the office buildings program, with one Modular contact for both.

homework roomactivity roomsnack arearestroomsentryown spaceprogram roomseducation programinside a schoolCleaned after the last evening pickup.

After-school programs

After-school programs fill up when the school day ends, so the rooms empty later in the evening. When a program rents rooms inside a school, only its rooms are listed.

Cleaned every open dayClosed-week or optional workAnother Modular programStays with staff

Toys, bedding, nap mats, diapering surfaces, and daytime food surfaces stay with the center's staff. K-12 schools have their own program on the industries page. A center kitchen with a commercial hood can add licensed kitchen hood cleaning. Child care in a private home is outside this scope.

What Child Care Centers and Schools Say

The first review is from a child care center. The other two are from schools Modular cleans. All are real Google reviews, quoted as written.

Little Lamb Preschool and Child Care Wayland

“Modular Concepts has cleaned the carpets and refreshed the tile floors at our child care center at the end of the school year for the past two years. They consistently do an excellent job, and our floors always look amazing when they are finished. We highly recommend them!”

Dionne Kierstead

“Our school hired Modular Concepts to complete a strip and wax of our floors and we couldn't be happier with the service we received! Our building is a shared space and they worked with our crazy schedule to accommodate us all while making our floors look beautiful!”

Jamie Faulkner

“This business cleans the school that I work at and they do an amazing job! The owner is super friendly and comes to the school often to check on the work of his cleaners. He also supports the school (a nonprofit org) and is super involved in the chamber of commerce.”

Questions About Daycare Cleaning Services

These answers are for directors and owners comparing child care cleaning services.

What do daycare cleaning services include?

Daycare cleaning services include the nightly cleaning of classrooms, child restrooms, the entry and cubbies, nap rooms, and the office. Crews take out the trash, clean low sinks and toilets, wipe tables and chairs, and clean every floor. Carpet extraction and strip and wax are separate lines. Toys, bedding, nap mats, diapering surfaces, and daytime food surfaces stay with your staff.

How are daycare cleaning services priced?

Daycare cleaning services are priced center by center, after a free walkthrough. Three things set the monthly number: which rooms are in scope, how often each is cleaned, and the tasks on each list. Service is month to month, and a scope change takes 30 days notice.

Do you clean while children are in the building?

No, Modular crews do not clean classrooms while children are in them. The nightly program starts after the last pickup. Start and finish times follow your posted hours. Evening and overnight crews are available, and carpet and floor projects wait for days when the center is closed.

What products do you use in classrooms and nap rooms?

Modular offers low-odor products for classrooms and nap rooms, and green cleaning is available on request. The crews are Green Seal trained. Bring any product limits your center follows to the walkthrough, and they are written into the scope. Where supplies are kept is settled then too, such as a locked closet you choose.

Who cleans the toys, nap mats, and changing tables?

Your own staff clean the toys, nap mats, bedding, and changing tables, under the center's own procedures. Those items are cleaned during the day, between uses. The night crew cleans the room around them: floors, tables, chairs, sinks, toilets, cubby fronts, and door hardware. The written scope lists both sides.

Can you deep clean carpets and floors while we are closed?

Yes, Modular schedules carpet extraction and hard floor work for days when a center is closed. A break week, the end of the school year, or a long weekend all work. Everything is dry before children return. Carpet cleaning and strip and wax are each quoted as a separate line.

Are the people who clean our center background-checked?

Yes, everyone Modular places in a child care center is background-checked. The same assigned crew returns each visit, so you know who holds your keys. Modular is fully bonded and carries $2,000,000 in general liability through Northeast Insurance, with workers' compensation through Travelers. Your address gets a certificate of insurance naming the owner or manager.

Do you clean child care centers in Connecticut and Rhode Island?

Yes, Modular cleans child care centers and preschools in Connecticut and Rhode Island. Crews route from the Marlborough headquarters, and the Hartford and Providence areas are regular markets. An owner with centers in more than one state keeps one Modular contact. Each address gets its own room list and its own certificate.

Daycare Cleaning Services in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island

Crews route from our Marlborough headquarters to child care centers and preschools in all three states. Hartford and Providence are both regular markets. The green cleaning page explains the product options.

Address 201 Boston Post Road West, Suite 204, Marlborough, MA 01752
Hours Mon to Fri: 6:00 AM to 9:00 PM
Sat: 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Sun: closed
Map of the Modular Concepts office at 201 Boston Post Road West, Suite 204, Marlborough, MA 01752

Massachusetts

Centers and preschools in MetroWest towns along Route 9 and I-495, plus Worcester and Springfield. Home base is Marlborough.

Connecticut

Connecticut routes run out of Hartford along I-91 and I-84. West Hartford, New Haven, and Waterbury centers are served as routes allow.

Rhode Island

Providence anchors the Rhode Island routes along I-95. Cranston and Pawtucket programs are served as routes allow.

Schedule a Walkthrough

No long-term contract. A clear quote, room by room, after one walk through your center.

Meet the people behind Modular: Luiz Thomaz DaCosta, Owner and CEO, and Daniel DaCosta, Vice President of Operations.

Get a Free Quote

Tell us about your facility. A team member responds within 24 hours to schedule your free walkthrough.

No obligation. We never share your details.