AI for Childminders Guide
Childminder’s Guide to AI (2026 Edition)
Save time. Stay organised. Think clearly.
This isn’t a tech manual. And it’s not “more paperwork”.
It’s a calm, practical guide that shows you how to use AI as your admin assistant safely, professionally, and in a way that still sounds like you.
Inside you’ll learn how to:
- Turn messy notes into clear observations in minutes
- Create 2-year checks, end-of-term reports and transition reports without the blank-page dread
- Write parent messages that are warm, clear and firm (without over-explaining)
- Draft policies and professional documents that actually fit a home-based setting
- Stay aligned with UK guidance (with simple ways to adapt for Scotland and Wales)
- Make sense of funding language and explain it confidently to parents
- Get organised for accounts and Making Tax Digital without your brain melting
- Feel calmer speaking about your practice — including inspections
You’ll also get my “interview-style” prompts the ones that work like a supportive colleague, asking you one question at a time and then building the document from your answers. No staring at a blank screen. No robotic wording. Just you, but clearer.
AI is not the expert. You are.
This guide simply gives you structure, headspace and words so you can spend less time typing and more time doing the job you actually love.
Instant download. Beginner-friendly. Built for real childminders.
£15