Root Skills
For families across the GTA

Get your child a daycare spot without losing your evenings to it.

Tell us about your family once. We apply to the right daycares, follow up the way a friend would, and message you the moment a spot opens up.

See how it works

Card required · 14 days free · no charge during the trial · cancel anytime before it ends.

↓Or try the actual app right here — no signup needed
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Find childcare near you

M4E 1B2 · infant, full-time

Little Acorns Daycare

0.4 km

Spot likely · Sept

Beach Cooperative Nursery

0.8 km

Waitlist · 3rd

Sunny Days Childcare

1.2 km

Applied · awaiting reply

Glen Park Montessori

1.5 km

No spots · alerts on

The apply-once promise

Fill out one profile. Never fill out another.

Every daycare wants the same information in a slightly different form. We collect it once, then send personalised applications on your behalf. You get your evenings back.

Why we built this

The childcare search is quietly brutal.

It takes months.

Most GTA families spend six to eighteen months on waitlists before getting an offer. That is hundreds of hours of evenings spent on forms, emails, and follow-ups.

Every form is the same, but different.

Each daycare asks for the same details in a slightly different way. You fill out your child's name, birthday, and start date dozens of times.

Most centres never reply.

A polite generic email goes unanswered. Without follow-up calls and personalised messages, families wait at the bottom of the list while spots quietly fill.

How it works

Three steps. Then we take it from here.

1

Tell us about your family

Ten minutes. Child's age, schedule, neighbourhood, what matters to you. We never ask you for the same thing twice.

2

We build your shortlist and apply

We map daycares near you, prioritise the ones most likely to have spots, and send personalised applications on your behalf.

3

We follow up. You hear from us when it matters.

Polite, persistent follow-ups. Real phone calls when needed. A notification the moment a spot opens.

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Your search

12 centres · 8 applied · 1 spot likely

Profile sent to 8 daycares
Follow-up sent to Beach Co-op
Called Little Acorns · spot likely Sept
Next update

We'll message you Friday with replies from this week's outreach.

What you get

Everything a friend with time would do for you.

Personalised shortlist

We map every licensed centre near you and rank them by openings, fit, and your priorities.

Personalised letters

No generic copy-paste. Each application mentions your child by name and what matters to your family.

Follow ups, on schedule

Polite, persistent check-ins on the right cadence. Centres respond more when someone keeps in touch.

Real phone calls

When a call moves the needle, we pick up the phone. We never charge you for the conversation.

Opening alerts

The moment a spot becomes available at one of your centres, you get a notification. So do we.

Offer help

When the offers come in, we help you compare and decide. No pressure, no upsell.

Live demo · tap anything

Play with the real thing, right here.

Tap the phone. Browse centres, apply, check your spot, read a call report — every button works. Flip to Console to see the director side too.

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Find quality childcare near you

We apply, follow up, and call on your behalf — $65/month

Leslieville, Toronto

Tap around — every button works. This is the parent app, not a static image.

Every button works — this is the real app, not a video.

Pricing

Pick the level of help you want.

14 days free on every plan. Card required at signup — no charge during the trial. Cancel anytime before it ends.

Smart Apply
$35/ month

You stay in the driver's seat.

  • Personalised shortlist
  • Auto-filled application letters
  • Light email follow-ups
  • Opening alerts
Managed
Most popular
$65/ month

The one most families pick.

  • Everything in Smart Apply
  • We send applications for you
  • Persistent follow-ups on schedule
  • Real phone calls when needed
  • Weekly progress update
Concierge
$99/ month

White-glove. Done for you.

  • Everything in Managed
  • Dedicated Root Skills specialist
  • Same-day response on weekdays
  • Offer review and decision support
  • Backup plan if your start date slips

Card collected at signup so we can start work immediately. Not charged until day 15.

The moment

The text you have been waiting for.

A spot opened up. Your start date works. The commute makes sense. The educators are warm. You read the message twice, then exhale for the first time in months.

That is the moment we built Root Skills for. Everything we do points to it.

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Root Skills · now

Good news. Little Acorns has a spot for September.

We confirmed the start date works for your schedule. Reply YES to accept and we'll handle the rest.

Beach Cooperative · yesterday

Spoke with the director. You've moved up to 2nd on the list.

Early access

Join the first 50 families across the GTA.

We are taking on a small group of families so we can give every search the attention it deserves. If you are one of the first fifty, you get our full focus, our lowest pricing locked in, and a direct line to the founder.

We built Root Skills because we lived this search ourselves. We do not want any family to do it alone.

FAQ

The questions parents actually ask.

Get your evenings back. Start today.

14 days free. Card collected at signup — no charge until day 15. Cancel anytime before then.