Your first week with MyLittleWorld

Setting up a new tool always feels like the slow part. This checklist keeps it to an afternoon so you can get back to the classroom.

Before you start

Have these on hand:

• Your center's basic details — name, address, and license number
• A list of staff with their email addresses and roles
• Your current room or group names and their ratios

Week one checklist

1. Create your organization. Add your center's name, timezone, and rooms so everything else has somewhere to live.
2. Invite your team. Send invites from Settings → Staff. Each person picks their own password and lands in the right role. See Inviting your team.
3. Add your children and families. Import a spreadsheet or add families one at a time. Guardians get their own portal login.
4. Turn on daily reports. Choose which items your team logs — meals, naps, activities, photos — so parents see the day as it happens. See Daily reports for families.
5. Set your billing basics. Add your rates and billing cycle so invoices generate on their own.

You don't have to finish everything on day one. Rooms, staff, and families are enough to start — billing and payroll can wait until your first cycle.

Once you're running

• Check the dashboard each morning for attendance and ratio gaps
• Review daily reports before pickup so nothing is missed
• Head to Operations when you're ready to add scheduling and payroll

Stuck on a step? Contact support — a real person on our team will walk you through it.