Plan your toddler's day for every caregiver
Short play activities for 12 to 36 months, matched to age and spread across the morning, afternoon and evening. Everyone opens the same private plan, records what happened in a few taps, and tomorrow adapts.
Sample day for your child's age
Tuesday · 15 months
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Morning caregiver
07:00–13:00 · +1 more- Lap Book Point and Pause 3-10 min · Language
- Hoop Island In and Out 5-12 min · Early concepts
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Afternoon caregiver
13:00–17:00- Dough Pancake Press 5-15 min · Fine motor
- Colander Cage Peekaboo 3-6 min · Cognitive
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Evening caregiver
17:00–20:00- Toe-Tug Sock Off 2-5 min · Practical life
- Teddy Goodnight Hugs 4-8 min · Social-emotional
- 207 activities
- No login
- Encrypted sync
- Works offline
How a shared day works
Each caregiver gets their own block of the same day: routine anchors, one to three short focus activities, a few words to model, a movement goal and a book. When the next person takes over, a handoff card shows what already happened.
Sample day for a toddler on one nap, shared by three caregivers
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Morning · A parent
07:00–13:00- Wake, cuddle, help with dressing
- Breakfast with open-cup and spoon practice
- Outdoor walk, grass or playground
- Snack and two books
- Focus activity: stacking or posting, 5 to 10 minutes
- Lunch
- Nap begins
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Afternoon · A nanny or grandparent
13:00–17:00Handoff card: lunch, the nap start time, what was logged and a note for the afternoon.
- Wake, snack and a book
- Focus activity: pretend play or art
- Outdoors, storytime or the playground
- Free play while the handoff note is written
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Evening · The other parent
17:00–20:00Handoff card: the afternoon's activities and levels, snack, outdoor minutes and what is left today.
- Help with laundry or dinner prep
- Dinner at the table
- Focus activity: action songs and calm floor play
- Bath, pajamas and two books
- Bedtime
- of the day planned across 3 caregiver blocks, 10½ h of it awake
- 13 h
- handoffs, each with a card: what happened, naps, meals, mood and what is left
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- of movement goals, split by awake time (WHO: at least 180 a day)
- 185 min
- of sleep, night plus nap (WHO: 11 to 14 hours for 1- and 2-year-olds)
- 13½ h
A sample day for a toddler on one nap. Times slide to fit your family; you set the blocks and the routine when you create the plan. This sample has 3 focus activities and 9 words to model; the app picks real activities for your child's age each day.
Plan for the season
Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas activities by age
Holiday play that fits a toddler: ideas for 15 months, 18 months and 2 years, with the words to model and the safety notes each season needs.
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Halloween
October 31
Halloween hands a toddler a basket of new sensations: heavy round pumpkins, slimy insides, crinkly costumes, knocking on doors and lights in the dark.
Words to model: pumpkin, costume, boo, knock
Halloween activities for
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Thanksgiving
The fourth Thursday of November (US)
Thanksgiving is a day of real kitchen jobs, a crowded table and many familiar and new faces, which gives a toddler plenty to wash, peel, mash, carry and name.
Words to model: thank you, turkey, corn, potato
Thanksgiving activities for
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Christmas
December 25, plus the December weeks leading up to it
The weeks before Christmas are full of things a toddler can touch, hear and help with: paper to tear, bells to shake, lights to switch on and boxes to carry.
Words to model: tree, lights, star, bell
Christmas activities for
Activities for every month from 12 to 36
Pick an age for activities that fit it, a sample week and the milestone checklist that applies.
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Milestone checklists at the six CDC ages
Paraphrased from CDC and grouped in its four areas, each with the activities that practise those skills. Use them to notice and to talk with your pediatrician, not to test.
Born early? Use corrected age
Until 24 months, compare development with corrected age: age from birth minus the weeks born early (AAP). The calculator does the math and shows which milestone checklist applies today.
Open the corrected age calculatorEverything the day needs, in one shared plan
The family app is free and complete. It runs in the browser on phones, tablets and computers, and every caregiver sees the same plan.
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A plan for each caregiver block
Morning, afternoon and evening each get their own focus activities, matched to corrected age and to the time of day, with calm play, music and books in the evening.
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Logging in a few taps
Tap a level from 0 (not yet) to 4 (does it on their own in a new setting), add mood or a note if you like, or quick-log a new word, a nap or a meal.
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A plan that adapts
Easy twice moves to the next small step, success after a model repeats with less help, and a struggle brings a simpler version. A single "not yet" is never treated as a delay.
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Handoff cards
At the start of every block: what the last caregiver did and logged, nap times, meals, mood, the note they left you and what is still to do today.
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A weekly dashboard
Nine areas, from receptive language to practical life, each with its current level, a trend and a six-week sparkline, plus books read, movement minutes and new words.
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Milestone checklists
The checklist for your child's corrected age at the six CDC ages, marked not seen, emerging or consistent, with the next checklist as a horizon and a clear path to your pediatrician.
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Low-prep days
On a hard day, one switch turns every focus slot into a zero-prep idea: socks into a basket, a ball down the hallway, the same favourite book again.
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Print today
A one-page view of today's plan for each block, for the fridge, the nanny or a grandparent who prefers paper.
From setup to an adapting plan
About a minute to set up, a few seconds to log, and the plan does the remembering.
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Create your family plan
Add a nickname, birth date and weeks born early, then each caregiver with their time blocks and your routine. It takes about a minute.
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Share the private link
Send it to the nanny, a grandparent or your partner. Each person picks who they are, and everyone sees the same day.
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Log in a few taps
After a focus activity, tap a level from 0 to 4. Mood, a note or a new word are optional and take seconds.
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Watch the plan adapt
Tomorrow's plan follows what was logged: the next small step, the same game with less help, or a simpler version.
Private by design, careful with claims
What you can check for yourself on this site and in the app.
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Free, with no ads
The whole family app and every activity page are free: no trial, no display ads and no sponsored products in the activities.
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No login, no account
Open the app and start. Caregivers join with the private link; anyone who has it can see and edit the plan, so share it only with your caregivers.
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End-to-end encrypted sync
The plan, logs and notes are encrypted in your browser before they sync. The key lives only in your family link, so the server stores data it cannot read.
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Works offline
Once opened, the family app keeps working without a connection. Logs wait on the phone and sync to the other caregivers when it is back online.
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CDC, AAP and WHO sources
Activities, schedules and checklists rest on CDC, AAP and WHO guidance and two peer-reviewed studies, each listed with a link you can check.
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Monitoring, not screening
Milestone checklists help you notice and talk things through with your pediatrician. They are not a diagnosis or a screening test.
Free for your family. Pro when you need more.
The family app and every activity page are free. Family Pro is a one-time upgrade for households with more than one child, or who want weekly plans and progress reports on paper.
Free
$0no trial, no login
The whole family app, shared by every caregiver.
- A daily plan for each caregiver block
- Logging, handoff cards and the weekly dashboard
- Milestone checklists by corrected age
- End-to-end encrypted sync by private link
- Works offline, with a printable today page
Family Pro
$39one-time
For families with more than one child, or who want weekly plans and progress reports on paper.
- Unlimited children and caregivers in one plan
- Printable weekly plans
- Pediatrician-ready progress reports (PDF)
- Your own custom activities
- Full history export
Frequently asked questions
Short answers about privacy, ages, milestones and what is free.
Is Toddler Daybook free?
Yes. The family app is free and complete: the daily plan for every caregiver block, logging, handoff cards, the weekly dashboard, milestone checklists, low-prep days and encrypted sync. Every activity, schedule and milestone page is free too. Family Pro is an optional one-time upgrade for more than one child, printed weekly plans and reports.
How do caregivers share one plan without accounts?
When you create the plan, your browser makes a secret key and puts it in a private family link. Everyone who opens that link sees the same plan and logs, and their changes sync to the others. Anyone with the link can see and edit the plan, so share it only with the people who care for your child.
Who can read our family data?
Only people with your family link. The plan, logs and notes are encrypted in the browser before they sync, and the key never reaches the server, so the stored copies are unreadable to us. Page-view statistics never include family data. You can export a backup or erase the family's data in Settings.
What ages is it for, and what about children born early?
It covers 12 to 36 months. If your child was born early, enter the weeks and the app uses corrected age (age from birth minus the weeks born early) until 24 months, as AAP advises, so activities and checklists match the stage your child is at. CDC suggests corrected age for children born more than 3 weeks early.
Is the milestone checklist a development test?
No. CDC milestones are things most children (75% or more) can do by an age; they help you notice and talk with your pediatrician. They are not a screening tool. AAP recommends developmental screening at 9, 18 and 30 months. If you are worried, talk to your pediatrician; in the U.S. you can also contact your state's Early Intervention program for children under 3 directly.
How much time does it take each day?
Each block plans one to three focus activities of about 5 to 15 minutes, woven into meals, outdoor time, books and helping around the house. Logging one takes a few seconds. On a hard day, the low-prep switch swaps everything for ideas that need no setup at all.
Browse the library
- Start your family plan
- Seasonal Toddler Activities: Holidays and Seasons
- Toddler Activities by Age: 12 to 36 Months
- Toddler Activities by Domain, 12-36 Months
- Toddler Milestones by Month: 12 to 36 Months
- Toddler Schedules by Age: 12 to 36 Months
- Toddler Skills: Ladders, Timing and Activities
- Toddler Activities with Household Materials
- Corrected Age Charts by Weeks Born Early (3-16)
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