Family Day Care Diaries | EYLF Tools

Family Day Care Diaries by Butler Diaries

Flexible tools for real educators.

Running a Family Day Care service means no two days are ever the same — and your diary should reflect that.

Our Family Day Care Diaries make it easy to record programming, reflections, and compliance in ways that fit naturally with your rhythm and your children’s interests.

Each diary is aligned with EYLF v2.0 and NQS, featuring:

Flexible layouts for spontaneous and child-led learning
Weekly and daily programming options for different service styles
Reflection prompts that connect everyday routines to learning outcomes
Space for family communication and goal-setting

Personalise your diary your way — colour-code, use stickers, or draw directly into your pages.

Explore the Diaries for Family Day Care collection and discover tools that grow with your practice.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. They’re designed for educators operating under EYLF v2.0 in Australia or Te Whāriki in New Zealand.

Very. You can record planned, spontaneous, or routine-based learning — however your day naturally flows. Use colour, symbols, or stickers to link to outcomes or highlight learning goals. There’s no one right way to use it.

Yes. They help you meet Regulations 73–76 and Quality Area 1, providing clear, consistent evidence of learning and reflection.

If you prefer a single diary that keeps everything together, the Family Day Care Combined Compliance and Programming Diary is your best choice.

It combines your compliance records, programming, and reflection into one easy-to-manage book — perfect for educators who want to simplify their daily practice without losing depth or structure.

The Combined Diary merges the best of both worlds:

From the Weekly Programming & Reflection Diary, it carries forward the Butler Method — linking your program, critical reflection, and intentional teaching.
From the FDC Compliance Diary, it brings all your health, safety, and wellbeing checklists, along with your daily, weekly, and monthly compliance tools.

The key difference is how you plan:

The Combined Diary uses a monthly programming and reflection spread, which often suits Family Day Care’s flexible, child-led rhythm.

If you prefer to plan week-by-week, the Weekly Programming & Reflection Diary (used alongside the Compliance Diary) might be a better fit for your style.

Both options support you to stay organised, confident, and assessment ready — it simply comes down to how you like to document your learning journey.

Absolutely. Coordinators often use the same structure to support and monitor educators’ documentation and reflections. There is also a dedicated FDC Co-ordinator's Diary for those managing up to 25 educators.