Famly makes it easy to share children’s learning and development with parents, and to bring parents into the process too. Observations and assessments can be shared via the newsfeed and the child’s Journey tab, and parents can contribute their own observations from home.
Sharing Observations on the News Feed
When you create an observation or assessment for a child, it’s posted to the newsfeed for parents to view. Parents can like and comment on observations to share their thoughts with you.
The Journey Tab
Observations and assessments also appear in the child’s Journey tab, where parents can like and comment in the same way.
Parental Observations
As part of your partnership with parents, you can allow parents to add their own observations about their child at home. This gives you greater insight into their development and interests outside the setting, and helps parents feel involved in their child’s learning journey.
Enabling parental observations
To turn this on:
Go to Settings in your sidebar
Click Child development, then Parent options
Toggle on Parent observations
Approving Parent Observations
Parent observations aren’t posted directly to the Journey tab or newsfeed. You’ll need to approve them first. Find out how to view and approve pending observations here.
💡 When a parent adds an observation, the child’s primary key person will receive a notification
Guidance for parents
We have a dedicated guide to help parents create observations: Make an observation about your child.