This month's newsletter brings fresh curriculum for the season, a Pumpkin Patch Celebration Kit, and a few tools to make menus and sign-ups less of a hassle before things get busy.
🎃 Pumpkin Patch Celebration Kit
🍔 Menus for the new school year
📋 Sign-ups for conference season
☕️ Coffee & Curriculum
Bring the pumpkin patch to your program.
Grab our free Pumpkin Patch Celebration Kit — invitations, decor, the works — and invite the whole neighborhood to your fall party.
New school year, new menu — and a few less papers to chase.
One less thing to rebuild from scratch this fall.
🍽️ Build a menu template. Upload a photo or PDF of your paper menu — or start from scratch — and brightwheel turns it into a reusable template you can assign to rooms.
✅ CACFP compliance, built in. Claim checks scan your attendance, student, and meal records before you submit — flagging potential issues so you can fix them before they affect your reimbursement.
No more chasing down RSVPs.
Conference season is coming — build a sign-up sheet with time slots and let families grab their own spot themselves, no more chasing down RSVPs or playing phone tag.
New this fall: a curriculum built around your kids.
This fall's curriculum box for new customers is All About Me — children explore what makes them unique as they learn about their bodies, five senses, clothing, and healthy habits.
☕ See Experience Curriculum in action, and we'll send you a $5 coffee gift card — our treat for braving the pumpkin spice line. Order now to secure your box.
🗂️ 11 new form templates
Across enrollment, medical, and safety — ready to use, no blank page required. Browse the templates
🍁 Festive fall activities for preschoolers
Leaf crafts, harvest sensory bins, and circle-time songs to fill out your fall lesson plans. Read the blog
🌎 Hispanic Heritage Month activities for children
Runs through Oct 15 — books, music, and hands-on activities to celebrate with your class. Read the blog
📱Attachments now viewable on mobile
Guardians can open student attachments right from their phone — no more asking them to find a computer. See how it looks for families and see how to add attachments.
✨Coming soon: brightwheel CRM
Pipeline and lead management, tour tracking, waitlist management, and automated family communications — all built to help you fill open spots faster. Get on the waitlist
🎁 Refer a program, get rewarded
Know another program that would love brightwheel? Refer them, and you'll get a free month of brightwheel for every qualified program that signs up. See referral details
💜 Join our Facebook community
Connect with other ECE administrators using our private brightwheel Facebook community. Join here
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