Every child tells you
what they need.
Root Skills helps you respond.
Built for Ontario ECEs and aligned to the ELECT framework — understand what you're seeing, plan around it, and document it in minutes. Plus, demystify Toronto's AQI assessment and walk into every visit prepared.
Onboard your whole room in minutes — import children straight from your registration PDFs.
No credit card required. Plans from $129/month.
Understand the behaviour
Log what you observe and Root Skills identifies the ELECT domain, what the behaviour means developmentally, and how to respond in the moment.
Plan around it automatically
Activities targeting each child’s specific needs are suggested for your weekly plan. One click adds them to the right day and learning area.
Document in minutes
Turn raw notes into formal ELECT-referenced observations ready for portfolios and licensing reviews. What used to take an hour takes two minutes.
Onboard a whole room in minutes
Drop in your registration PDFs. Root Skills reads each form, drafts every child's profile, and turns what parents wrote into guidance your educators actually use.
Upload registration PDFs
One or many enrollment forms at a time — no manual data entry.
AI drafts every profile
Name, DOB, schedule, allergies, dietary needs, strengths and challenges — review and confirm.
Parent notes guide educators
What families wrote about their child is saved as a first-class section and feeds the Quick Guide, so strategies are grounded in what the parent already told you.
Every child deserves to be truly understood
Root Skills helps Ontario daycare supervisors see each child more clearly — and share that understanding with the educators and families who need it most.
Seen as an individual
Every child has a unique developmental story — strengths that deserve to be celebrated and challenges that deserve to be understood, not just managed. Root Skills helps educators build that story over time, one observation at a time.
Confident in every room
Ontario ECE supervisors already notice everything. Root Skills gives them the language, the structure, and the time to act on what they observe — turning a moment in the classroom into meaningful documentation, developmental insight, and a better plan for tomorrow.
Connected to what matters
Parents drop their children off and trust that someone is paying attention. Root Skills closes that loop — giving families warm, specific, plain-language insights they can actually use at home, based on what was observed with their child today.
One observation. Real understanding.
An educator notices something about a child — a moment of frustration, an unexpected strength, a behaviour that keeps showing up. They write it down in Root Skills. In under a minute, they have a clear picture of what is likely happening developmentally for that specific child, one or two concrete things to try in the classroom this week, and warm, practical advice they can share directly with that child's family.
Not generic advice. Not a template. Guidance that is specific to that child, that observation, and that moment — grounded in the ELECT framework and child development research. This is what it looks like when technology is built to serve children, not just administrators.
Powered by the most advanced AI available — because the children in your care deserve nothing less.
"Maya got frustrated when the block tower fell. She pushed the pieces away and walked off instead of asking for help."
Sit beside her during block play and name the feeling out loud: "That's frustrating when it falls." Pause before offering help.
Maya is learning to recognise big feelings. At home, try naming what you see — "you look frustrated" — without rushing to fix it.
ELECT Program Planning
Generate a full week of ELECT-aligned program activities in minutes, customised to your room’s theme and age group.
Observation Logging
Turn raw jots into formal ELECT-referenced portfolio notes, stored per child and building a developmental record over time.
AQI Readiness
Assess your centre against Toronto Children’s Services quality indicators and track your progress toward your next review.
Allergy & Dietary Safety
Every child’s allergies and dietary requirements visible at a glance — anaphylactic alerts surface immediately on every card and profile.
Questions Ontario ECE supervisors are asking right now
We built Root Skills to answer these. Here is what we know.
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Toronto's Assessment for Quality Improvement decides your centre's funding tier and your families' trust. Root Skills scores every category from the official 2025 rubrics, then tells you exactly what to fix — with documentation Root Skills can generate for you and coaching steps for what only your educators can change.
- Score against the real rubrics. Infant, Toddler, Preschool and Outdoor — every category, with live coverage.
- Improvement plan you can act on Monday. AI splits actions into "Root Skills generates", "checklist", and "educator practice" so nothing stalls.
- Track progress between assessments. See your average score climb, category by category.
Trusted by Ontario daycare centres
"What used to take a full Sunday afternoon now takes fifteen minutes." — early access educator
Plans for every size of centre
Start with a 14-day free trial — no credit card required. Unlimited educators, unlimited generations, unlimited observations.