A childminder app for observations without the evening paperwork.
Use the push-to-talk lanyard mic to capture observations by voice while the moment is still fresh. TeachScribe turns what you noticed into learning journeys, parent-ready learning updates, and progress notes you can keep up with.
This video shows the current classroom workflow using the same push-to-talk lanyard mic. A dedicated childminder demo is coming soon.
Made for independent childminders
Built around the lanyard mic, small groups, and mixed-age days
Helps with observations and learning journeys
Turn real moments into parent-friendly learning records
Use alongside your current admin tools
Keep invoicing, registers, and daily diaries separate
You see the moments. Then the day happens.
A child says something brilliant, a baby reaches a new milestone, or a child finally tries the thing they have avoided for weeks. Then someone needs a drink, a nappy needs changing, pick-up starts, and the detail fades.
The usual way
- Write it later and hope you remember the exact words, context, and next step.
- Keep notes across paper, photos, messages, screenshots, and the app you already use.
- Spend evenings turning real moments into polished learning updates and progress notes.
With TeachScribe
- Press the lanyard mic and speak naturally while the moment is still fresh.
- Get a written observation for the right child and learning journey.
- Review what each child has been doing and what might be worth supporting next.
How TeachScribe works for childminders
A simple childminder workflow built around the same push-to-talk lanyard mic used across TeachScribe.
Press the lanyard mic and say what happened
“Maya used three-word phrases in the mud kitchen” is enough. You do not need to stop and write it up in the moment.
TeachScribe writes the observation
The app turns your words into a clean draft observation, keeps the context, and attaches it to the child you choose.
Your records build up
Each child’s learning journey becomes easier to keep up to date, review, and share when needed.
Made for childminding days
Childminding days are personal, flexible, and mixed-age. TeachScribe helps you capture learning moments on the lanyard mic, review them later, and share learning updates without rebuilding the whole day from memory.
Capture observations while fresh
Use the lanyard mic to say what you noticed as it happens instead of reconstructing it after tea, tidy-up, messages, and pick-up.
Build learning journeys
Turn small moments into a clear record of what each child is doing, saying, trying, and ready to practise next.
Support mixed-age days
Keep notes for babies, toddlers, and children getting ready for school without forcing your records around a classroom timetable.
Make learning updates easier
Create clear, parent-friendly learning updates from what you have already noticed, without another evening of rewriting.
See what needs attention
Spot which children have recent observations and where another activity, conversation, or bit of support may help.
Keep progress notes together
Keep useful dated examples for reports, progress conversations, and children who need extra support over time.
Simple pricing for childminders
The childminder plan is focused on the paperwork that’s hardest to keep up with: observations, learning journeys, parent-ready learning updates, and progress notes.
Childminder plan
Join the waitlist and we’ll email you as soon as places open.
Included
Voice observations with the lanyard mic, learning journeys, parent-ready learning updates, and progress notes.
Use alongside your current admin tools
Keep your invoicing, register, and daily diary tools while TeachScribe handles learning records.
Join the childminder waitlist
We’ll email you when childminder places open.
Childminder FAQs
Short answers before you join the waitlist.
How much will TeachScribe cost for childminders?
The childminder plan is £20 per month. Join the waitlist and we’ll email you as soon as places open.
Is TeachScribe available for childminders now?
We’re opening childminder places from the waitlist. TeachScribe is already used in Early Years education settings, and the childminder plan adapts the same push-to-talk lanyard mic workflow for independent childminders who need observations, learning journeys, and learning updates in one place.
Will it work when I care for children of different ages?
Yes. TeachScribe is made for mixed-age days, so you can capture observations for babies, toddlers, and older children without forcing your records around a classroom timetable.
Can I share learning updates with parents?
Yes. TeachScribe helps you turn approved observations into clear, parent-friendly learning updates. You stay in control of what gets shared, and you can keep care diary details like meals, nappies, sleep, and attendance in your existing tools.
Can it help with reports and inspection conversations?
TeachScribe helps you keep clearer records of what children did, what they are working on, and what may need support next. That gives you a stronger picture when you are writing reports or talking through a child’s progress during an inspection conversation.
Can it help me keep examples for speech, language, or additional needs?
Yes. TeachScribe makes it easier to collect small, dated examples over time, so you have a clearer record to draw on before a meeting, review, or referral conversation.
Will it replace my invoicing, register, or daily diary app?
No. TeachScribe focuses on observations, learning journeys, parent-ready learning updates, and progress notes. You can use it alongside your current invoicing, register, and daily diary tools.
Is children’s data secure?
Yes. TeachScribe uses secure processing and storage, with access controlled by your account. The lanyard microphone is push-to-talk, so it records only while you actively hold the button.