Exploring Your Child's Learning Journey

See the observations, photos, and EYFS progress your childminder records — and how it all builds into your child's Learning Journey.

Written byDaniel Broadhurst (Founder)|Published: 18 June 2026|
Ofsted Aligned

Exploring Your Child's Learning Journey

The Learning Journey is where your childminder records what your child is learning — photos and notes tied directly to the EYFS framework, building into a picture of their development over time.

🎓 Opening the Journey

  1. Tap the Menu (top left) on your Parent Dashboard.
  2. Select Learning Journey.
  3. Choose your child if more than one is registered with this childminder.
  4. You'll land on their journey, a scrollable timeline of observations from oldest to newest.

📸 What an Observation Shows

Tap into any entry to see the full picture:

  • Photo or note capturing the moment
  • EYFS area it's linked to (for example, Communication & Language, or Physical Development)
  • Your childminder's observation — what they noticed and why it matters
  • Next steps — what your childminder plans to encourage next, based on this moment

Together, these build a record of progress you can look back through at any point, not just at a formal review.

💡Statutory checks, too

If your child is due a statutory review — like the 2-Year Progress Check — your childminder pulls evidence directly from these observations, so what you see here is the same record that feeds their official reports.

💭 Why It's Worth Checking In

Because entries are added as they happen, the Learning Journey gives you a genuine sense of your child's day-to-day development — not just a summary written up weeks later. It's also a natural way to keep the conversation with your childminder going: ask about a next step you've seen, or share something you've noticed at home.

Why it matters

EYFS requires childminders to track and share your child's development — the Learning Journey is how KinderStart makes that visible to you as it happens, rather than saved up for a termly report.

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