🇨🇦 Built for Canadian daycares & day homes — every province
Every little moment, shared.
Nestlings is the all-in-one app for childcare providers and parents — digital daily sheets, messaging, billing, attendance and lesson plans, wrapped in a design kids would approve of.
iOS & Android · No credit card required · Cancel anytime
🔒 PIPEDA-aligned privacy practices · Your data stays in Canada
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What is Nestlings?
Nestlings is childcare management software for Canadian daycares, day homes and family day-home agencies. Providers record daily sheets, attendance, photos, menus and lesson plans; families follow along live in a free parent app with messaging built in; and billing runs in Canadian dollars with GST/HST handled automatically.
Screens built for busy childcare days
Parent updates, educator logging and provider dashboards stay connected without adding another layer of admin work.
Parent mobile app
Educator daily sheets
Provider dashboard
Everything your program needs. Nothing it doesn't.
Every feature can be switched off per program — a two-child day home stays simple, a 100-child center runs everything.
Daily care
The core loop — record it once, parents see it live.
Digital daily sheets
Meals, naps, diapers and moods — recorded in two taps, shared with parents live.
Attendance
Check-in and check-out with timestamps, plus an automatic "arrived safe" notification.
Lesson planning
Plan each week by learning domain and publish it straight to families.
Menus & calendars
Post the week's meals and every closure, holiday and field trip.
Family communication
The other half of the loop.
Parent messaging
Direct threads per family, plus one-tap announcements to everyone — with push notifications included. It's the other half of the daily-sheet loop: the moment you record becomes the moment they see.
Business ops
Run the program, not just the classroom.
Billing & payments
Recurring plans, invoices with GST support, card payments via Stripe, and cash/e-transfer tracking.
Center & classroom management
Rooms, staff roles and invites, child profiles with allergies and emergency contacts.
Registration & waitlist
Track prospective families from first contact to enrollment, right from your own website.
Compliance & scale
Built for licensed programs, ready to grow.
Agency oversight
Agencies oversee many licensed day homes from one web dashboard — one subscription covers every home.
Privacy first
PIPEDA-aligned practices. Parents see only their own child. Photos are private with time-limited links.
Up and running before nap time
Create your program
Day home or center — set up in under two minutes. No credit card for the trial.
Add children & invite families
Each guardian gets a simple invite code. Parents can sign in with email.
Share the day
Record moments as they happen. Parents feel connected; you save hours on paperwork.
Give parents their favourite notification 🐣
Join Canadian providers saving hours every week — and families who never miss a moment.
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