We've progressed a long way from the Victorian days when children were best kept our of sight and out of mind, but the sad truth is that modern living often means that your children spend more time with a childminder than they do with you. Are you kept informed of how your children are doing, and do you have a good idea of their progress?

The government's Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) requires for child minders, carers and nursery teachers actively to keep records of every child's progress. Make sure that you are getting the level of information you want about your children and how they are developing.  If you aren't hearing enough, then ask for more - if you feel your childminder is being too diligent, then they will be delighted to be asked to reign back a bit and tell you just what you want to hear!

At ToucanLearn, every child receives their own Daily Diary designed especially for childminders to share information with parents.  By sharing the Daily Diary you can stay informed about what your children are doing every day.  This service can be used for free, but premium members can also upload photos to keep a photographic record of everything they do too.

We know from feedback that we receive about our service that many parents are able to view what their children are doing throughout the day - they can see pictures of new artwork once it has been uploaded, and they can read what their little ones are making, doing and eating during the day.  Here at ToucanLearn we're dedicated to helping working parents share as much information about their children as they can.  If you don't feel you are getting the information you want from your childminder, why not ask them to start posting a Daily Diary in ToucanLearn?  Our FREE service means they don't even have to spend a penny to do so!

Since announcing our tie-in to the Early Years Foundation Stage areas of learning and activity, we've had lots of really positive feedback and more great ideas from a number of our members.  We'd like to thank everyone who's dropped us a line, and we'd like ro encourage anyone with thoughts or ideas about ToucanLearn to drop us a line!

To prevent spam, and to help us manage enquiries, we encourage everyone to use the 'Contact Us' form linked at the bottom of every page of ToucanLearn.  If you prefer to email us, then you can do so, send an email to 'enquiries at toucanlearn.com', replacing the word 'at' with the traditional email 'at' symbol!

We enjoy hearing from you because it shows how many people are using our service.  We appreciate negative feedback as much as positive because it's those points that help us to improve our service.  So, whether you like ToucanLearn or not, please do contact us whenever you wish, for whatever reason; we're genuinely pleased to be able to help!