Strengthening Relationships with a Preschool Parent Communication App
Learn how preschool parent communication apps improve family engagement, progress tracking, event coordination, and resource sharing.
Your all-in-one app for engaging families and streamlining communication.
Brightwheel’s childcare communication app boosts family engagement, saves time, and keeps all communication organized in one place.
Brightwheel’s childcare communication app boosts family engagement, saves time, and keeps all communication organized in one place.
Communicate instantly with families and staff. Send messages directly from the app or web platform.
Enable select staff to message families quickly and easily. Offer real-time support to your staff and respond to questions instantly.
Send SMS alerts, reminders, or newsletters. Communicate with an individual family, a whole classroom, or the entire program.
Simplify family communication. Make it easy for families to get in touch with you and access messages in one place.
Communicate instantly with families and staff. Send messages directly from the app or web platform.
Enable select staff to message families quickly and easily. Offer real-time support to your staff and respond to questions instantly.
Send SMS alerts, reminders, or newsletters. Communicate with an individual family, a whole classroom, or the entire program.
Simplify family communication. Make it easy for families to get in touch with you and access messages in one place.
Easy onboarding trainings
Get access to guided training through brightwheel Academy, a comprehensive learning tool to help you, your staff, and families master using brightwheel.
Speedy support team
Brightwheel has the industry’s largest support team and will ensure that you get quick answers through live chat whenever you need them (response times are less than 1 minute!). Brightwheel’s support team plays a pivotal role in enabling new users to maximize every feature of the software.
Roster and rate card upload tool
Switching to brightwheel is easy when you upload your student rosters. The brightwheel team will import your roster and tuition rates into your brightwheel account so you have all of the information you need from day one.
One simple, transparent price
You won’t pay more as you use more features on brightwheel. Your price is based on enrollment capacity and you get access to all features on the platform.
Brightwheel vs. Procare
Switch to brightwheel for a modern communication experience that lets you send photos in messages, mark conversations as read or unread, and enjoy real-time syncing across devices—all designed to keep teachers and families seamlessly connected.
Send automated invoices, accept online payments, and get paid on time. 90% of preschools report that more families pay on time with brightwheel.
Simplify administrative tasks with brightwheel’s all-in-one app & save up to 20 hours per month. Stay compliant with digital check-ins, health checks, and room ratio tracking.
Upgrade to get Experience Curriculum: A complete, easy-to-implement curriculum system with digital lessons in brightwheel and hands-on learning materials mailed to you.
A childcare communication app is a digital tool that helps childcare providers and teachers stay connected with families in real-time. It allows staff to share updates, messages, photos, daily reports, and important information—all in one secure place. Apps like brightwheel make it easy to keep families informed and engaged throughout the day.
Using a childcare communication app in a preschool or daycare helps improve family engagement, saves teachers time, and keeps communication organized. It offers instant messaging, photo sharing, and daily reports, so families feel connected and confident about their child’s care and learning. It also reduces paperwork and streamlines operations for childcare programs.
Brightwheel enables preschools and childcare centers to keep a continuous line of communication open among administrators, staff, and families. Real-time messaging, centralized communications, and easy-to-use tools enable staff to keep families informed and share children’s progress. It allows for both group and individual messaging, making it an effective and scalable solution for any size of organization.
At brightwheel, we prioritize the highest levels of security for all our accounts. We proudly lead the early education industry by utilizing two-factor authentication for additional protection and privacy. To learn more about brightwheel’s security practices, visit brightwheel’s Security FAQs here.
Yes, brightwheel enables administrators to assign specific permission roles to staff and teachers and restrict select individuals from messaging parents.
Brightwheel offers families the flexibility to customize their account settings, allowing them to choose which notifications to receive. These notifications include messages, photo/video updates, check-in/check-out alerts, learning milestones, nap times, and more. It is strongly advised to keep message notifications enabled in order to foster effective communication among families, staff, and administrators.
Yes. As a guardian or staff member, you can now select between English and Spanish for your brightwheel experience. Guardians can choose their language on both the web and mobile app, while staff can do so on the mobile app. Simply update your language preference in your Profile.
If the locale of the device you’re using is set to Spanish, this will automatically be detected and displayed in your account on the web and app.
No. Brightwheel does not offer parent-to-parent communication at the moment. However, if a program admin enables the Parent Directory, parents will be able to see each other’s phone numbers and email addresses to connect outside of the app. Please note that parents can choose to opt out of the Parent Directory if preferred.
Brightwheel serves as an easy tool for staff to securely communicate with families and share children’s progress. It also fosters a sense of community by enabling staff to message each other individually or as a team. Two out of three staff members say they would rather work at a center that uses brightwheel than one that doesn’t.
Yes, the brightwheel communication app is available for both Android and iOS devices. It can be downloaded from the App Store for iOs users or from the Google Play Store for Android users. The app is designed to provide a seamless experience on both platforms, and syncs in real-time with the desktop app so you never miss an update.
Brightwheel’s childcare communication app offers powerful tools designed to simplify daily operations and build stronger connections between teachers and families. Here’s how it can transform your childcare center or preschool:
Strengthen family partnerships
Keep parents and guardians involved and confident about their child’s day with instant updates, photos, and messages. Build trust through transparent, real-time communication.
Save time for teachers
Streamline daily tasks and reduce paperwork. Teachers can quickly send updates and reports right from their classroom, giving them more time to focus on what matters most—teaching and caring for children.
Stay organized and secure
All communication, photos, and reports are stored securely in one place. No more scattered emails or paper notes, making it easy to reference past conversations or reports whenever needed.
Boost family engagement
Families feel more connected and engaged when they can see moments from their child’s day. Brightwheel makes it simple to share milestones, activities, and important announcements.
Improve professionalism
Using a childcare communication app signals modern, professional operations. Impress families with a tech-forward approach to communication and record-keeping.
Peace of mind with data security
Brightwheel’s childcare communication app is built with robust security and privacy features, ensuring that all sensitive information stays protected and compliant.
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