Quick Lists

When its lunchtime at your daycare or childcare center, it is always important to be mindful of kids with food allergies! But, what if you kids with food allergies in separate rooms? Is there any easier way to keep track of this?

With Tadpoles, you can set up quick lists to group different kids depending on food allergies, playtime, interests, etc. In this scenario, we have a new student with a peanut allergy! Follow the steps below on how to add a child to a quick list and view one. 

First, start at the homescreen of the Director's Dashboard. 

Here, you can view all of your children that are in attendance at Amanda's daycare. 

Jacob has a peanut allergy, and so does our newest toddler, Brendan. 

Once you click on Brendan's profile, you can view his personal info. 

At the bottom of the screen, you can add him to a quick list. 

After typing in "peanut allergy", he is now grouped into that quick list, 

which you can use for future reference. 

To view all of the children in a quick list, click on the yellow tab in the top right hand corner that says "quick lists". Once you click on it, you can then select the quick list you wish to view. In this case, we want to view all the children in Amanda's daycare in the "peanut allergy" quick list.

After selecting "peanut allergy", the Director's Dashboard is reorganized to show the children that have a peanut allergy. It shows how many are in, and which rooms they are in. 

Brendan, our latest addition, is accounted for and ready to be checked on! 

Having a clear count of students with special needs makes running a daycare or childcare center a bit easier! Download the Childcare by Tadpoles app today and view your account on the Director's Dashboard to use features such as this one!

We love our customers!

I would like to personally thank our Tadpoles customers! We love and depend on your feedback. Receiving customer emails or app store reviews is one of the most important pieces in our company DNA. In fact, most of our product features have been at the request of childcare directors or teachers.  If you have an idea, question or would like to suggest a feature please talk.to.us@tadpoles.com.  

We are fortunate to have so many great customers that have helped us build the Tadpoles solution.  As we grow please continue to send us feedback and request on new features or guide us on how we can support you better.  A special thanks to Kelly in Schwenksville, Liz in San Diego, Pam in Lewes, Kellieann in Olde City, Sue in Meriden, Priscilla in Hawaii and many others that have helped shape Tadpoles vision. We always love to hear stories from Child Care providers on how Tadpoles has helped them. Please share with our Facebook friends your Tadpoles story or refer a friend to start using Tadpoles.  http://www.tadpoles.com

Cheers, 

Andy

Getting Supply Lists to Parents: Please Bring from Tadpoles

How do childcare providers and early childhood educators let parents know what supplies their child should bring in? The new "Please Bring" feature from Tadpoles!

Getting young children to bring in the necessary supplies to daycare or school can be a daunting task—the odds that a supply list will even make it home are slim. Now, for daycare providers and early childhood educators using the Tadpoles app, this task becomes much easier.

Tadpoles recently launched the “Please Bring” store, powered by Amazon. Now, childcare providers and early childhood educators can easily communicate with parents to let them know what to bring. Items are categorized, such as “meal time” and “art supplies,” so parents can easily find what’s needed. The items also show up as links in daily reports, making it even easier to see everything you need in one place.

Since most working parents are extremely busy, and the Please Bring store is powered by Amazon, parents can easily order supplies online through the shopping cart feature.

Still don’t have the Tadpoles app? What are you waiting for! Get the free app, Childcare by Tadpoles.