KidReports Software

Pros

I love the fact that my families love love love the daily update and pictures.

Cons

I wish children were moved back to their primary room when they are clocked out.

Very good.

Pros

I am still learning it but, the ease of use and the many various options to make it user friendly for our center.

Cons

It is hard to remember the steps in the process of things at first.

Pros

I liked the picture quality of the photos. It was nice to get the report every day.

Cons

I have tried and tried to get the pictures of my child downloaded. We asked before and have been asking since we left the daycare, but there is no recourse. The kidsreport folks send us to the daycare, the daycare sends us back to kidsreport. I have been at it since last April. Hoping to get them before she graduates college..

Pros

linking the procare accounts to kid reports and them being emailed at the end of the day

Cons

not being able to save and customize for future use

It has been good for the most part, I am used to Tadpoles so it took some adjusting. The only thing I like better about Tadpoles is the teacher view 'dashboard' type thing that lists all kiddos and has reminders of what they'll need next. Things slip through the cracks less.

Pros

The customer service is FABULOUS. Also the "real time" feed on the app has been a huge perk for our families.

Cons

Missing some features I am used to - setting reminders for bottles/diapers could be easier and more user friendly. A 'dashboard' view of all the kids in the room with their next bottle/diaper/nap would be super helpful in the infant rooms.

Too soon to say...just beginning. We have used brightwheel, and at this point are currently using brightwheel. So expect at least the same benefits.

Pros

All that it offers... the communication with parents and Admin features.

Cons

The struggle to get through knowing how to use it.

benefits from this app- learning a new way to communicate with all parents thru via email instead of the old way paper

Pros

individualized to each child, parents receive reports by via email with pictures. teachers are extremely satisfied on how quickly the app moves from one thing to another

Cons

cons for kid reports- teachers have errors to sign into the app- several attempts and steps t fix the problem

I love the automatic upload from our Procare software. Make my life much easier.

Pros

Parents find it easy to use. The email to new parents is so easy and I love that parents can tailor it to their own wants and needs. I like that as a director I have a dashboard that gives me real time numbers. I also like the alerts when children are moved.

Cons

I wish there was a way for the teachers to see all of their class at one time with pictures. I also wish there was a diaper alert that we could set for every 2 hours.

Pros

We really enjoy the teacher-teacher messaging feature, as well as the teacher-parent messaging feature.

Cons

The format of the administrator website is nowhere near as functional as others, and we have had multiple issues with information not transferring from Procare to KidReports. The layout of the daily reports is awful - instead of having a giant list of meals, diapering, and toileting throughout the day, why not have a a meals section, a toileting section, and a diapering section so they are easier for parents to navigate and read instead of scrolling down a long list of their whole day? Customer service is terrible. Each time we have attempted to call, we have been placed on hold for an hour or more. The only way were able to reach someone was directly through KidReports (strictly messaging, which isn't helpful), and anyone we have spoken with hasn't been helpful - they suggested we buy our teachers new iPads JUST to have them strictly for KidReports because it doesn't run as well with other apps and photos on the iPad. What's the point of the app and software if it can't be on the iPad with anything else?

Pros

The teacher to teacher and teacher to parent messaging. This is a nice feature because the parents can go straight to the teachers instead of always needing to call.

Cons

It is not an easy app to use. Pictures are not very easy to upload. You can not go into as much detail as we would like. Things do not upload to the reports so parents aren't seeing things when they should. Parent contacts are not put in automatically from ProCare. The App defaults straight to room 1 after anything you do so you constantly have to change the classroom.

Pros

This software is used at my child's school. It is easy to see and navigate through his daily activities. I can see his lunch what he ate and how much if it he ate. The teacher can send me individual messages and let me know about his behavior. I love the app!

Cons

It is overall an awesome app it has frozen up once or twice when trying to navigate between tabs. But I feel that has been fixed.

Time saving for teachers which lowers payroll. Less use of paper products for forms that have to be filled out such as, accident/incident reports, medication authorizations, etc. Easier communication ability with parents and teachers. I can see immediately how many kiddos are in each room with the number of teachers as well. I can locate a child if he/she has been moved to a different room. Teachers will be able to perform conferences with much more ease with everything right at their fingertips.

Pros

I love the options and the customization capabilities that KidReports provides for our center. We used a different program for parent communication prior to KR so parents and teachers had a tough time switching but now that we have used it for over a month everyone is loving it. I am so pleased that I am able to customize the activities so I have created our Medical Authorization form, Medication Log, Child Ill Form, Child Health, and so many others. The ease of use for the staff to be able to just select the Early Learning Standard they are working on and tie it to a picture or a video is the BEST! It makes documenting children's progress and accomplishments so much easier. The parents love getting the pictures/videos throughout the day along with the rest of the information they receive daily. I really get excited when I think of something new that I can add to the activities, and it has reduced the amount of paper that we use because we virtually have everything set up electronically.

Cons

Sometimes when I'm setting things up in the activities I start to type in a box and my cursor goes away and I don't realize that all of my typing is going nowhere. There were a few small things that we had to get used to and was a little difficult to use in the beginning but I think it was mainly because we had previously used a different electronic communication program. I don't like how when I create an activity (i.e. accident/incident report)I need to have things show up in a specific order such as, parents name first, equipment involved, was 911 called?, etc. However, I was informed that they would be fixing this so I am able to do this by April sometime. I really don't have too much negative to say about KR, I am loving it.

Pros

I like that KidReports has a lot of features that can be utilized to personalize each classroom's activities. Thus, teachers are able to choose from a wide variety of activities that can be added to each child's electronic report. I also loved the feature that allowed parents to receive "real-time" updates on things happening with their child.

Cons

The ease of use of KidReports was the main con. I had a difficult time navigating through all of the features.

The best thing about this software is having the ability to communicate with the parent throughout the day. No more documenting a child's day on paper!!!!

When I needed to change my email address I was unable to find where to change it at in the system. I was able to call customer support and they were great!!!

Pros

I like how easy it is to communicate with parents. I also like how parents receive real time updates throughout the day.

Pros

The software is very easy to use and is very user friendliness.The program is also easy to customize to fit our program.

Cons

When you refresh the program all in progress things get erased. Sometimes it gets hit accidentally and things are suddenly gone.

Pros

I love that parents are able to get information anytime they please on their child's day and progress. We strive to go above and beyond for our parents and believe we have using this app. I also love that they can get pictures sent right to their phone.

Cons

It's very hard to use the app when there is an issue with the Wifi or the app itself. We have had problems when it comes to web based.

Most teachers and parents seem to like the app, but some still prefer a more traditional portfolio.

Pros

The software allows for quick and easy communication. It is especially great for alerting the whole school of important news or sending quick reminders.

Cons

We wish that the items in the portfolios could be kept from going out in the daily reports. Parents have already seen the pictures etc. when we release the portfolios during conferences.

Great parent involvement since they are able to see exactly what their child(ren) does during the day. Our parents also love how they are able to directly contact our teachers through this app. KidReports allows our school to better improve our communication with our parents.

Pros

Our school enjoys being able to share pictures with our parents just as much as being able to easily navigate through the simple app.

Cons

The only "issue" we seem to run into is a slower response time from the customer service team when our schools individually reach out, as opposed to the fast response our area Marketing and Media Director receives when contacting the customer service team directly.