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Little moments, carried home

SeeBee is a private app that keeps families in the loop with photos, videos and daily reports from their caregivers.

Who do you care for?

Example: Pinwheel Lane Daycare

Share their day with the people who love them.

For daycares, learning programs, senior homes and pet care services. Each family sees only the cards meant for them.

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Just now

What staff see at Pinwheel Lane Daycare, sped up.

  • Maya ThompsonToday, photo

    Maya’s painting: a rainbow, a red house and a smiling sun

    The painting is dry. It’s in Maya’s cubby, ready to go home.

    Comment

  • Maya ThompsonToday, daily report

    Seen by a guardian
    Summary
    Built the tallest tower in the room and called it Grandma’s house.
    Napping
    An hour and a half after lunch.
    Meals
    All of the pasta, half the pear.
    Comment

Staff post photos, videos, daily reports and alerts from their own phone.

A new card from staff without publishing rights waits as a draft until a manager, or a colleague with publishing rights who works with that child, publishes it. Staff can’t publish until a manager turns that on.

Families get an email when a card about their child is published, and a text message for alerts if they’ve given a mobile number. When a family opens a card or taps Got it, thanks!, staff see “Seen by a guardian”.

Try it

Press the buttons. Nothing is sent anywhere. In the app, a card reaches the family only once it’s published, and staff see “Seen by a guardian” the next time their list loads.

What staff see

  • Maya ThompsonToday, photo

    Draft
    Maya’s painting: a rainbow, a red house and a smiling sun

    The painting is dry. It’s in Maya’s cubby, ready to go home.

    Comment

What Maya’s family sees

Nothing shared yet

Cards about your children show up here, newest first.

The tour

From a painting to a family, in 39 seconds.

  • How a card gets home

For families

Cards from different kinds of caregivers, plus one from a family, each the way its own family sees it.

  • Today, photo

    Tomato plants heavy with red tomatoes in a raised wooden garden bed

    Ruth’s tomatoes came in. She’d like to send some home with you on Sunday.

    2 comments Share

    Daniel Alvarez, 2 minutes agoTell her I’ll bring the big bowl!

    Photos and videos from their day

    Staff can add a few words about the moment to each photo or video.

  • Today, alert

    Alert

    Biscuit has a small scrape on his paw from the yard. We cleaned it. Keep an eye on it tonight.

    Comment

    Alerts by email and text

    An alert goes out by email and as a text message to the mobile number on file.

  • Yesterday, daily report

    Learning strengths
    Matched all 10 colour cards on his own.
    Learning challenges
    Waiting his turn at circle. We practised with the sand timer.
    Learning at home
    Try the colour game at bath time.
    Comment

    A daily report in your centre’s own words

    Each centre gets its own report fields, set up by SeeBee. Staff fill in what they need; every part is optional.

  • Sat, Oct 31, card from a guardian

    Card from a guardian

    Previous evening
    Slept well, a bit teary at drop-off.
    Breakfast
    Oatmeal and banana.
    Comment

    Families talk back

    They can comment on a card, send their own note with a photo (the staff who work with them, the managers and the other guardians see it), or tap Got it, thanks!

  • Memories

    • A week ago
    • A month ago
    • A year ago

    Look back any time

    Memories shows the cards from a week, a month or a year ago, and everything before them. With QueenBee.

  • Share this card

    Make a link that works for 3 days. Anyone who has it can see Ruth’s name, this card and its caption. Comments stay private.

    Create link

    Share with family

    A guardian can send a link to one card to family who aren’t on SeeBee. It works for 3 days and stops whenever they say, where sharing is on for your centre.

For your team

Set up for you, so your team can start on day one.

  • What managers and staff get

    Approve first
    Staff can’t publish until a manager turns it on, so their new cards wait as drafts until someone who can publish checks them.
    Post once
    Staff send a card to one or several of the children they care for; managers can send it to a group or to everyone. Each child gets their own copy.
    Seen by a guardian
    See which cards a family has opened or acknowledged.
    Your own words
    Your own report fields, and your own word for those you care for, such as children, learners, residents or pets. SeeBee sets them up for you.
    When a child leaves
    Managers archive them and download a zip: a PDF of each published card, plus the videos. Their cards are then hidden from everyone, guardians included. On QueenBee.
    No app store
    Add SeeBee to your phone’s home screen from the browser. Cards you’ve opened recently stay readable offline.
    Easy to read
    Built to WCAG 2.2 AA for staff and families alike, with body text set in Atkinson Hyperlegible Next, a typeface drawn for readers with low vision. SeeBee follows the phone’s own reduced motion and high contrast settings.

Private by design

What happens to your families’ photos and words.

  • Kept to the people who should see it

    Only their own
    Families see only published cards about the child they’re linked to.
    Emails
    Notification emails carry no names, photos or card text. Just a link.
    Hosted in Canada
    The app and its database run in Toronto, and photos and videos are stored in Canada too. The database is backed up daily. The hosting and storage companies, and the services that send emails, text messages and error reports, are based in the United States.
    No ads
    No ads, no analytics and no third-party tracking.

Pricing

Two plans. Start with FreeBee.

FreeBee for no fee

  • Hosted in Canada
  • Private and secure communication platform
  • Progressive Web Application: nothing to install or update
  • Easy to use
  • Share photos, videos and reports
  • Send bulk updates and announcements to guardians
  • Guardians can send their own updates and questions to caregivers
  • Start discussions around specific updates
  • Email and SMS notifications keep everyone connected
  • Custom report template
  • No third-party tracking or data use
  • No advertising
  • Cards are stored for 7 days

QueenBee for $7/month/client

  • Every FreeBee feature
  • Cards are stored until you delete them
  • Memories: take a scroll down memory lane and revisit cards from months and years past
  • Download archive of cards

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What people say

Parents and therapists who use SeeBee, in their own words.

  • 5 comments

    • Nicole, Parent

      Our nine year old son has autism, and he has been working with therapists since he was two years old.

      SeeBee is far and away the best communication system we have encountered. We love the daily, detailed interaction with our son's therapists. It makes generalizing what he learns at school every day so much easier because we have a clear understanding of what he has been working on even before he gets home. We find out about his mood and challenges in addition to any pertinent information.

      We also have the opportunity to share what is happening in the evenings and on week-ends with his therapists through our own postings, and to post questions or concerns. This helps our son's team have the whole picture when they are developing programming for him. We share our pictures too, and we enjoy seeing pictures of our son's daily activities. When prompted by a picture from the day, our son communicates more fluently about what he did.

      SeeBee is also an effective tool because anyone involved in our son's life can participate. Our oldest son and our babysitter both use the SeeBee account to learn more about how to support our son. SeeBee connects all the people supporting our son in one place.

    • Sandy, Instructor Therapist

      SeeBee has been such a wonderful addition to the way we communicate with our families.

      I think it helps to really capture key moments in the day for parents to be a part of. I think it’s great that parents are able to get immediate feedback and can also reply immediately as well.

    • Stephanie, Instructor Therapist

      I have thoroughly enjoyed using SeeBee to document our learners progress throughout the day and communicate with parents and guardians!

      SeeBee is very user friendly and a great communication tool!

    • Asmaa, Parent

      My five year old son currently attends a centre for special needs and it was always a priority for me to understand how his day is structured, what his programs are, what his strengths and weaknesses are etc.

      He has been to a number of centres before the current one; however, the majority of the centres did not provide any kind of communication log and the last centre he attended provided a hand written communication log that I was not fond of filling out at night when the kids are back home and things are very hectic. Hence, this is the first time that I have experienced an online communication tool from my son's school and if I may say, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!

      Overall, SeeBee is an incredible online communication tool that I would recommend to any parent out there. It is a simple, interactive, quick and convenient tool to track your child's progress throughout the day and to correspond with his teachers.

      Thank you SeeBee for making this experience a very positive one!!

    • Julie, Parent

      I love SeeBee! The technology is very user friendly.

      SeeBee allows for easy communication between all staff members and myself (a parent).

      Staff provide daily updates regarding my son and his progress at school. The technology allows his teachers to instantly inform me of updates regarding his programming and let me know of any new developments at the centre. For example, they can formally introduce new staff members through the site or inform me if my son needs anything specific for school.

      I can post notes to let his teachers know about my son’s mood, what he ate, how he slept, etc. SeeBee has many unique features, including the ability to post photographs. I love to actually see my son engage in activities throughout his day.

      My son also loves to look through all his pictures on SeeBee! The photos help him recall the events of his school day and they encourage us to have some great conversations that we would not have had otherwise.

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