FirstepApp

Firstep is used by preschools and daycare centers, and by the families whose children attend them. If your school does not use Firstep yet, this app will not have anything to show you. Your school sets up your account. You sign in with the email address they have on file. FOR PARENTS See the day as it happens. Meals, naps, nappies, moods, what they made and who they made it with — written down by the room your child is actually in, not summarized at going-home time. Check your child in and out yourself. Scan the code posted at the door, or let the app confirm you are at the school, then enter your PIN. It takes a few seconds and it produces a record your school can stand behind. Know who collected them. Every arrival and departure records who was there and how it was confirmed. Read what the school sends. Messages from the office and from your child's teachers, in one place, with no group chat to scroll. Incident reports, and a way to confirm you read one. If something happens, you are told immediately and can sign to say you have seen it. See what you owe, and pay it. Your balance is on the home screen and overdue is not the same colour as due next week. FOR STAFF The front desk, on a phone. Who is here, who is not, and who is authorized to collect each child — with their phone number, for the afternoons when you need it. Post the day as it happens. A photo, a line about lunch, a nap that ran long. Tag the children it was about and it reaches their families' end-of-day summary. Record yourself on shift, so the room's staff-to-child ratio is right rather than assumed. Send an emergency message to every family at once, and see who has not confirmed they read it. WHAT WE DO NOT DO We do not sell or share personal information. We do not advertise to anybody. Photographs of children are stored privately, shown only to the families of children in that room, and deleted when a family withdraws consent or a child leaves. Firstep is operated by an independent developer in California. https://firstepapp.com/terms