Getting Started with ‘Settings’
We will give you an overview of the first stage of your setup and how to familiarise yourself with your ‘Settings’ Introducing The first step of your Childminding App is getting your account set up for the first time. We will run through the full setup of your account before getting started with the app […]
Creating a Closed Day
Introduction Closed days are what can be used to log days that you are not working or on any days unrelated to your term time schedules. These might be: How-to Video Adding a Closed Day The first step is to navigate to the Attendance Calendar from the Settings Overview page Navigate to: Settings > Attendance CalendarTo add a […]
Adding a new room
Rooms are essentially your childminder workspace. You will need to set this up in order to assign booking patterns to children Introduction In this article, you will learn how to create new rooms for you workspace How-to Video Adding a new room To create a new room, you will need to go to Rooms and then click […]
Adding a new child
How to start adding children to your setting How-to Video Adding a new child To start adding children to your setting first of all select the ‘Children’ tab on the left-hand navigation bar. From there; Step 1 – Click the ‘+’ button beside children Step 2 – Fill out a ‘New Child Profile’ by adding the child’s […]
Setting my Opening Hours
Prepare your childminding business with ease by setting your Opening Hours to align with your work schedule Introduction Opening Hours are the first step towards setting up your childinding business. Here you can set your working hours for the week. This will all link in to your booking patterns you create for your childminding business […]
Setting your Learning Frameworks
Childminding App hosts a selection of Learning Frameworks that can help you with tracking Learning and Development observations. Set your Learning Frameworks to be visible within both EYFS observations and Reports. Step 1 – Navigate to SettingsStep 2 – Select Learning Frameworks Step 3 – Toggle on or off your chosen Learning Frameworks. Options include; Development Matters 2012Development Matters 2021Birth to […]
Adding and inviting a new staff member
An overview of adding staff members and individualising their profile How-to Video Adding a new staff member To start adding staff members is easy. First of all, select the ‘Staff’ tab on the left-hand navigation bar. From there; Step 1 – Select the ‘+’ button beside Staff in the staff menu. Step 2 – Enter all the […]
Setting up the Attendance Calendar
Easily configure your childminding business academic year and term schedules Introduction The Attendance Calendar is an important part of setting your opening schedules for your childminding business. Here you will create your Academic years and set your term times which are to be used throughout the system across many of our features. To get the best out […]
Adding and Inviting Parents & Contacts
Find out how to invite your Parents and Contacts to share the experience of Childminding App with you and their children. How-to Video Inviting a Parent Step 1 – To invite a parent to you just need to go into the profile of the child and scroll to the bottomStep 2 – ‘Parents & Contacts’ just hit […]
Accepting an invite
How to accept an invite sent from Childminding App and create account About We are so happy that you choose to start that journey with Childminding App. Our aim is always to ensure that our software is simple, secure, effective, and as easy as ABC. That starts right from the word GO! First things first. […]