What works for you.. Daily Reports?

[Inspired by Reggio]

I keep an electronic log for my personal reference only should i need to refresh my memory or look for concerns over a childs health - it tracks attendance, program highlights field trips and outings meals snacks naps washroom notes medication or illnesses accidents or injuries and any conversations with client or other relevent notes and ues is used as back up documentation in an audit that menu served and program expenses shared use of home hours etc. match

For clients I tell them verbally about their day anything I feel they need to know regarding child - and share weekly documentation on my website members only portal all about what've been doing with photos and written anecdotal observations made with a digital scrapbook program - this is a way more valuable use of my time as it provides authentic progress reporting for the kids of their mastery of skills and learning AND a communication keepsake for clients that IMO come 2, 5 , 10 or 20 years from now is going to have more meaning than a how I ate, slept and pooped at daycare type log we use to keep in centres with a little blurb about Johny played with blocks