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  • brightwheel: Childcare App
  • brightwheel: Childcare App
  • brightwheel: Childcare App
  • brightwheel: Childcare App
  • brightwheel: Childcare App
  • brightwheel: Childcare App
  • brightwheel: Childcare App
  • brightwheel: Childcare App
  • brightwheel: Childcare App
  • brightwheel: Childcare App
  • brightwheel: Childcare App
  • brightwheel: Childcare App
  • brightwheel: Childcare App
  • brightwheel: Childcare App
  • brightwheel: Childcare App
  • brightwheel: Childcare App
  • brightwheel: Childcare App
  • brightwheel: Childcare App
  • brightwheel: Childcare App
  • brightwheel: Childcare App
  • brightwheel: Childcare App
  • brightwheel: Childcare App
  • brightwheel: Childcare App
  • brightwheel: Childcare App
  • brightwheel: Childcare App
  • brightwheel: Childcare App
  • brightwheel: Childcare App
  • brightwheel: Childcare App
  • brightwheel: Childcare App
  • brightwheel: Childcare App
  • brightwheel: Childcare App
Description of brightwheel: Childcare App

Brightwheel is the #1 software solution for preschools, child care, daycare, camps, and after school programs.

Brightwheel is the only app that integrates everything you need: sign in/out, messaging, learning assessments, daily sheet reports, photos, videos, calendars, online bill pay for parents, and much more.

Brightwheel lets you manage your center, streamline workflows, and engage with parents, so you can save time and money, make life easier for your staff, and improve satisfaction for your parents.

Join the thousands of preschools, child care, and daycare programs across the globe that have fallen in love with brightwheel!

PRESCHOOLS / CHILD CARE / DAYCARE / CAMPS: Manage your students and classrooms, track attendance and room ratios, share photos and videos, assess learning milestones, communicate with parents, send paperless invoices and payments, review daily sheets, and manage staff. Brightwheel is your all-in-one child care and daycare management app!

PARENTS: Engage in your child’s day with a real-time feed of photos, videos, reminders, and updates. Use brightwheel’s digital check-in to securely sign in and out, pay tuition online, and even invite grandparents, nannies, and friends to join in the fun!

Features include:
• Central Database: Store everything related to kids and families in one secure place.
• Student Check-In: Multiple digital check-in options available including digital signatures, 4 digit check-in codes, and a kiosk mode - all aligned with child care licensing requirements.
• Staff Check-In & Ratios: Make administrative tasks easier by managing staff check-in to see your ratios across all your rooms in real time.
• Attendance: Easily log attendance and absences for your school-age students, infants, and toddlers. Use our attendance tracking system to keep track of your toddlers.
• Photo and video sharing: Snap photos, record videos and tag students with one click. Automatically saved to your account and shared with parents (with no extra work!).
• Daily Sheet Reports: Log naps, meals, bathroom, and other activities. Parents get a feed and daily summary. Daily sheet reports are a breeze with brightwheel.
• Assessment & Observations: Make note of progress, achievements, and activities with pre-loaded state standards and a DRDP tool. Share with parents or privately amongst teachers.
• Student Feed: Parents get a personalized feed throughout the day. Save time – no more paper tracking sheets or sending individual photos.
• Parent Communication: Manage parent communication from one central hub (notices, calls, texts, etc.).
• Calendar: Share events, holidays, and important dates with both families and staff.
• Paperless Billing: Seamless electronic billing and payments for tuition and fees. Use brightwheel for all your child care accounting needs.
• Reporting: Detailed reports of every brightwheel feature for billing and licensing requirements.
• Seamless Sync: Brightwheel stays up to date across all phones and tablets – so teachers can use their own device or a school device.
• Web Portal: Easy management and great functionality available on the web, too.
• Affordable. Both free and premium plans available to fit your needs.

And... much more coming! Brightwheel is the #1 early education platform for preschools, child care, and daycares, and we’re always committed to innovation with frequent improvements and new features.

Version history brightwheel: Childcare App
New in brightwheel 5.20.0
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 5.19.0
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 5.15.0
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 5.14.0
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 5.11.0
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 5.9.0
* Now available in Spanish for staff.
* Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 5.8.1
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 5.7.1
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 5.6.0
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 5.4.19
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 5.4.18
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 5.4.17
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 5.4.7
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 5.4.5
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 5.4.4
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 5.4.3
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 5.3.1
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 5.3.0
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 5.2.4
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 5.2.1
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 5.1.4
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 5.0.2
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 4.9.21
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 4.9.15
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 4.9.14
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 4.9.13
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 4.9.11
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 4.9.10
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 4.9.7
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 4.9.3
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 4.8.0.7
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 4.8.0.4
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 4.8.0.3
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 4.8.0.2
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 4.7.10.0
Coming soon for Admins: upload important documents on the web and share them with families through the app!
New in brightwheel 4.7.9.8
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 4.7.9.5
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 4.7.9.4
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 4.7.9.3
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 4.7.9.2
Coming soon! Admins will soon be able to send individual messages to teachers and centralize all of your key communications on brightwheel.
New in brightwheel 4.7.8.4
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 4.7.8
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 4.7.7
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 4.7.6
Stability and performance improvements.
New in brightwheel 4.7.5
Coming soon: parent photo uploads! If a center chooses to turn on this feature, families will be able to add pictures of their child and completed school work to their activity feed in brightwheel!
New in brightwheel 4.7.3
Performance and stability improvements.
Please reach out to us at help@mybrightwheel.com if you are experiencing any issues with the app!
New in brightwheel 4.6.90
Stability and performance improvements.
New in brightwheel 4.6.80
Coming soon! Admins will soon be able to add a custom health questionnaire to staff check-in.
New in brightwheel 4.6.72
Coming soon! Admins will soon be able to add a custom health questionnaire to staff check-in.
New in brightwheel 4.6.71
Coming soon: Staff Quick Scan Check-in! You can provide your staff with a contactless check-in option by having them sign in from their own mobile devices to minimize the spread of germs.
New in brightwheel 4.6.61
Rolling out to your school in the next few days: Admins can log Health Checks to track temperature of their staff members upon arrival or throughout the day to proactively monitor staff health.
New in brightwheel 4.6.40
Schools, we've made improvements to check-in signatures to ensure it's enabled for your entire school when you have the setting turned on.
New in brightwheel 4.6.30
To help prevent the spread of COVID-19, schools will soon be able to add a health screen questionnaire as part of the student check in experience! Keep an eye out for it next week.
New in brightwheel 4.6.21
Parents, we've added push notifications for health checks. To receive the notifications:
• The provider has to share the health check.
• Confirm notifications are enabled in your settings.
New in brightwheel 4.6.20
Parents, we've added push notifications for health checks. To receive the notifications:
• The provider has to share the health check.
• Confirm notifications are enabled in your settings.
New in brightwheel 4.6.19
Parents, we've added push notifications for health checks. To receive the notifications:
• The provider has to share the health check.
• Confirm notifications are enabled in your settings.
New in brightwheel 4.6.15
Signatures will soon be available as part of our quick scan check in feature! Keep an eye out for it next week.
New in brightwheel 4.6.13
Links provided in lessons and lesson plans are now clickable.

Also, recently:

We've added an at-home learning platform for parents to better support families and child care providers during this difficult time. Centers can share lesson plans with parents to use with their children at home:
Teachers: On the brightwheel website, navigate to the lesson plan you would like to share, and enable “Share with Parents”.
Parents: To view lesson plans, navigate to your child feed and tap "learning".
New in brightwheel 4.6.12
The feed got a fresh new look!

Also, recently:

We've added an at-home learning platform for parents to better support families and child care providers during this difficult time. Centers can share lesson plans with parents to use with their children at home:
Teachers: On the brightwheel website, navigate to the lesson plan you would like to share, and enable “Share with Parents”.
Parents: To view lesson plans, navigate to your child feed and tap "learning".
New in brightwheel 4.6.10
We've added an at-home learning platform for parents to better support families and child care providers during this difficult time. In the event that your center is closed, administrators and teachers can share lesson plans with parents to use with their children at home.
Teachers: On the brightwheel website, navigate to the lesson plan you would like to share, and enable "Share with Parents".
Parents: To view lesson plans, navigate to your child feed and tap the learning icon at the top right.
New in brightwheel 4.6.8.2
We've made improvements to our messaging tool to better support longer messages. You can now create a new line of text or start a new paragraph.
New in brightwheel 4.6.7
We've made improvements to our messaging tool to better support longer messages. You can now create a new line of text or start a new paragraph.
New in brightwheel 4.6.4
We've made a few improvements to the app. It will now be easier to select which students are in photos that you post. Also, we've improved the layout for check in on phones.
New in brightwheel 4.6.3
Following the check-in kiosk, it is now time for Quick Scan to get a brand new look! It will work exactly as it does today, but we are updating the screen to make it even easier for parents to check in their children. Coming soon to your school!

We also made messaging easier for teachers who are using “Room Device” mode. Teachers can now respond to parents directly in the message thread.
New in brightwheel 4.6.2
Stability and performance improvements.
New in brightwheel 4.5.10
Admins - we heard you! We added new reminder types for medication, naps, potty and name to face.
New in brightwheel 4.5.9
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 4.5.8
Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 4.5.7
Admins, easily set the maximum desired ratios for all your rooms on one screen by clicking the gear icon on the Room Check screen. Once you’ve set desired ratios, you will receive notifications when a room is out of ratio!
New in brightwheel 4.5.6.6
Admins - this update is for you! You can now set a maximum ratio for a room and be alerted if a room is out of ratio. You can set a maximum ratio and a capacity in room settings, accessible from the ‘students’ tab by tapping on the gear icon in the top right corner.
New in brightwheel 4.5.6.5
Messaging for admins just got easier! Now from their dashboard, admins can see the number of unread messages, read all messages, and send messages to individuals, rooms, or the entire school.
Don’t see this feature yet? Don’t worry! We are rolling it out to your device in the next few days.
New in brightwheel 4.5.6.2
It’s easier than ever for admins to get set up with brightwheel! In this release, we've introduced a "Get started" section of the admin home screen to make set up quick and easy.
Brightwheel has improvements for parents too! Parents can now make payments to their school and manage their payment methods right from the app.
New in brightwheel 4.5.6.1
It’s easier than ever for admins to get set up with brightwheel! In this release, we've introduced a "Get started" section of the admin home screen to make set up quick and easy.
Brightwheel has improvements for parents too! Parents can now make payments to their school and manage their payment methods right from the app.
New in brightwheel 4.5.5.3
v4.5.5.3
- Stability and performance improvements
New in brightwheel 4.5.5.2
v4.5.5.2
Want to learn more about brightwheel? Admins can now request a live demo of the product as part of the sign up process.
New in brightwheel 4.5.5.1
v4.5.5.1
Coming soon for teachers and admins: view your center’s attendance when your device goes offline.
New in brightwheel 4.5.4.8
v4.5.4.8:
Some exciting updates for schools!
We redesigned our teacher home screen layout on tablet to allow teachers easier access to students. We also improved our check-in kiosk experience on tablets - thank you for your feedback!
New in brightwheel 4.5.4.7
v4.5.4.7:
We're always trying to improve your Brightwheel experience. This release contains stability and performance improvements.
New in brightwheel 4.5.4.6
v4.5.4.6:
We're always trying to improve your Brightwheel experience. This release contains stability and performance improvements.
New in brightwheel 4.5.4.4
v4.5.4.4:
Some exciting updates for schools!
The Check-in Kiosk has been redesigned. It’s now faster and easier to use. Thank you for your feedback!
New in brightwheel 4.4.2
v4.4.2:
We’re always trying to improve your Brightwheel experience. This release contains performance improvements and bug fixes.
New in brightwheel 4.3.6
v4.3.6:
- Performance and stability improvements
Recently:
- Teachers, we're always looking for ways to save you time & clicks! With this update, you can add observations directly from a lesson. Milestones attached to that lesson will be automatically pre-populated in the observation.
- We're also providing a way to directly search & find lessons assigned to your room.
New in brightwheel 4.3.4
v4.3.4:
- Performance and stability improvements
Recently:
- Teachers, we're always looking for ways to save you time & clicks! With this update, you can add observations directly from a lesson. Milestones attached to that lesson will be automatically pre-populated in the observation.
- We're also providing a way to directly search & find lessons assigned to your room.
New in brightwheel 4.3.3
v4.3.3:
- Performance and stability improvements

Recently:
- Teachers, we're always looking for ways to save you time & clicks! With this update, you can add observations directly from a lesson. Milestones attached to that lesson will be automatically pre-populated in the observation.
- We're also providing a way to directly search & find lessons assigned to your room.
New in brightwheel 4.3.1
v4.3.0 & v4.3.1
Schools and centers: in this release, we've refined the Lesson Plans & Lessons area to be easier to use on the go.
New in brightwheel 4.2.0
v4.2.0:
- New home screen for school admins, with quick access to features like room ratios, messaging, room device mode or check-in kiosk.
- Teachers and parents can now send multiple line messages.
New in brightwheel 4.1.1
- For teachers, the check-in kiosk is now available when using Room Device Mode
- Messaging is now viewable in conversations, personalized to each student.
- Lesson Plans are now available. Keep an eye out for more learning updates soon!
New in brightwheel 4.1.0
v4.1.0:
Teachers, this one’s for you: Lesson Plans are now available to you within the app!

The first version you’ll see enables daily and weekly planning. Create and edit the Lesson Plans on your computer and then easily see the daily plan in the app. And there is much more coming! Keep an eye out for easy saving of lessons, with more to follow.
New in brightwheel 3.9.6
Schools, this one's for you! You can now control whether staff and parents have permission to edit student information.

We've also added a new dedicated Approved Pickup role that can only check student in & out, and cannot see student activity. Everyone that was previously a 'Family & Approved Pickup' will retain their previous permissions as a Family; if you'd like to change a person to an Approved Pickup role, you can do that by removing them and re-adding them via the Student Profile.
New in brightwheel 3.9.5
Schools, this one's for you! You can now control whether staff and parents have permission to edit student information.

We've also added a new dedicated Approved Pickup role that can only check student in & out, and cannot see student activity. Everyone that was previously a 'Family & Approved Pickup' will retain their previous permissions as a Family; if you'd like to change a person to an Approved Pickup role, you can do that by removing them and re-adding them via the Student Profile.
New in brightwheel 3.9.4
Teachers, this one is for you!
You can now filter your students by setting the Enrollment Status filter in the Room Settings.
New in brightwheel 3.9.3
v3.9.3:
- Performance and stability improvements.
New in brightwheel 3.9.1
v3.9.2:
- Schools: Push notifications will now be blocked when device is in Kiosk Mode. Please also note that restarting the app will not exit Kiosk Mode anymore.

We love feedback! Send requests and suggestions to feedback@mybrightwheel.com
New in brightwheel 3.9.0
Schools and providers:
- Send invitation reminders to parents and staff members

Brand new feature for parents and families:

- Photo sharing: easily share photos directly from the app!
- Performance and stability improvements.

We love feedback! Send requests and suggestions to feedback@mybrightwheel.com
New in brightwheel 3.8.2
Brand new feature for parents and families:

- Photo sharing: easily share photos directly from the app!
- Performance and stability improvements.

We love feedback! Send requests and suggestions to feedback@mybrightwheel.com
New in brightwheel 3.8.1
Brand new feature for administrators:

• Staff Accounts: Add staff members faster - now without requiring an email address.

We love feedback! Send requests and suggestions to feedback@mybrightwheel.com
New in brightwheel 3.8.0
Schools & Providers, this update is for you!

New Feature: Room Device
Room Device allows administrators to lock devices to a specific room and enable easy sharing across multiple staff members.
To enable Room Device, navigate to Admin Tools and select the new Room Device option. Do this on each device that you would like to use with this functionality. Please note that Room Device might not be available yet for your school.

Please send your feedback to feedback@mybrightwheel.com
New in brightwheel 3.7.8
v3.7.7 & v3.7.8:- We've made it easier for you to chose your state learning framework: when creating an Observation activity, tap "Select Framework" on the top right.Please continue to send your feedback- we read everything!
New in brightwheel 3.7.7
v3.7.6The latest updates:- Calling parents: From a student's feed, after tapping on the phone icon, all the phone numbers associated with this student's parents & approved pickups will be displayed.- Improvements to invite codes as well as Quick Scan check-in.Please continue to send your feedback- we read everything!
New in brightwheel 3.7.6
v3.7.6The latest updates:- Calling parents: From a student's feed, after tapping on the phone icon, all the phone numbers associated with this student's parents & approved pickups will be displayed.- Improvements to invite codes as well as Quick Scan check-in.Please continue to send your feedback- we read everything!
New in brightwheel 3.7.5.1
v3.7.5.1- Stability improvementsv3.7.5The latest updates:- Parent check-in codes: Parents can now choose their own 4 digit code for check in/out. Just visit My Profile to customize your code.- Check-in Kiosk: More improvements to the new Kiosk experience.Please continue to send your feedback- we read everything!
New in brightwheel 3.7.3.1
v3.7.3- Check-in Kiosk now supports signatures.- Parents now have the ability to update the phone number linked to their account.
New in brightwheel 3.7.2.1
v3.7.2 & v3.7.2.1- Performance improvements.v3.7.1- New Check-in Kiosk: Parents can now easily check in/out with just their 4 digit code. Enter your code and then confirm - that’s it! It supports Quick Scan, and also works for Staff members who want to clock themselves in/out.- Staff members can now choose their own check-in codes.
New in brightwheel 3.7.1
v3.7.1- New Check-in Kiosk: Parents can now easily check in/out with just their 4 digit code. Enter your code and then confirm - that’s it! It supports Quick Scan, and also works for Staff members who want to clock themselves in/out.- Staff members can now choose their own check-in codes.
New in brightwheel 3.7.0
v3.7.0- New Check-in Kiosk: Parents can now easily check in/out with just their 4 digit code. Enter your code and then confirm - that’s it! It supports Quick Scan, and also works for Staff members who want to clock themselves in/out.- Staff members can now choose their own check-in codes.
New in brightwheel 3.4.3
v3.4.3Parents, this one is for you:-Daily Email Summaries: Now you can choose to have daily reports emailed to you at the end of the day. This option is available to parents & guardians, and includes all activities & photos for the day. You can turn this option on in the settings.
New in brightwheel 3.4.2
v3.4.2:- Staff and Parents: New experience for setting your personal check-in code.- Schools: Improved design and performance for check-in when when using check-in codes.
New in brightwheel 3.3.8
v3.3.8 & v3.3.7.1New for teachers and parents:- Homeroom: Assign students to a default room for faster check in/out when using Quick Scan.Other recent updates:- Parents & family members members, you can now receive push notifications for all types of activities! Manage your preferences in Settings -> Notifications. We appreciate your feedback!- Performance improvements.
New in brightwheel 3.3.6
v3.3.6- Parents & family members members, you can now receive push notifications for all types of activities! Manage your preferences in Settings -> Notifications. We appreciate your feedback!- Performance improvements.
New in brightwheel 3.3.5.5
v3.3.5.5 & v3.3.5.4Stability improvements.Other recent updates:- SMS Invites: send quick text messages to invite parents!- Editing observations: Update learning milestones and progress indicators from the student feed.- Group Attendance: Easily manage any number of students at the same time.- Admin Approvals: Admins can set all activities to require approval before sharing with parents. This option is in the school profile in Admin Tools.
New in brightwheel 3.3.5.4
v3.3.5.4Stability improvements.Other recent updates:- SMS Invites: send quick text messages to invite parents!- Editing observations: Update learning milestones and progress indicators from the student feed.- Group Attendance: Easily manage any number of students at the same time.- Admin Approvals: Admins can set all activities to require approval before sharing with parents. This option is in the school profile in Admin Tools.
New in brightwheel 3.3.5.2
v3.3.5.1 & v3.3.5.2New: SMS Invites - send quick text messages to invite parents!Other recent updates:- Editing observations: Update learning milestones and progress indicators from the student feed.- Group Attendance: Easily manage any number of students at the same time.- Admin Approvals: Admins can set all activities to require approval before sharing with parents. This option is in the school profile in Admin Tools.
New in brightwheel 3.3.4.2
v3.3.4.1 and v3.3.4.2- Editing observations is here! You can now edit milestones and progress indicators.- New "Late Snack" meal option for CACFP reporting. Be sure to check out the new CACFP report on the web!- Check-in settings are now accessible from the School Profile.
New in brightwheel 3.3.1
You asked, we listened!1) Group attendance is here! Tap "Attendance" in the check-in screen to move and manage any number of students at the same time.2) New check-in setting. Tap the gear icon on the check-in tab to have more control over your check-in experience.3) New sorting options. Teachers can now sort students by last name. Just tap the gear icon on the students tab to choose this option.
New in brightwheel 3.3.0
State learning standards and DRDP are here! Teachers can make quick observations directly in the brightwheel app and then review progress on a student’s feed or via powerful new reporting on the web. All the required info is pre-loaded and customized to your state.Brightwheel is now the fastest, most powerful, and easiest to use learning tool in early education. And there is much more coming. Keep your eyes out for lesson plans, student portfolios, and much more!
New in brightwheel 3.2.3.1
v3.2.3Schools and Camps, this one is for you:• New & Improved Staff-Check In: Staff members can now perform check themselves in and out of rooms on any device. Just make sure the administrator enables this options in check-in settings.
New in brightwheel 3.2.2
v3.2.1/v3.2.0We're proud to share another big release for schools, centers, and parents! What's new:• Check-In Signatures: We made an entirely new check-in mode available! Now you can choose that parents and adults approved for pickup sign their name on your device at pick-up and drop-off time.• Zoom on photos: You can now zoom on photos after tapping on a photo from the feed.
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