Short answer
Sign up, add one child, log one activity, close the app. About fifteen minutes. Do not try to set up the schedule, the curriculum heatmap or the council report today.
Walk-through
- Sign up at https://app.willowfolio.com with an email address and a password. You will get a magic-link confirmation email to click.
- Add your first child. One child. You can add siblings later. Enter their name, date of birth and (if you know it) their Montessori plane. If the word "plane" is unfamiliar, leave the field blank; the dedicated help article on adding a child explains it.
- Log one activity. Anything. The first tray your child used, the book you read at bedtime, the walk you went on. Open the activity log, pick a category, type a sentence about what happened.
- Close the app for the rest of the day. Resist the urge to explore every menu. The app will still be there tomorrow.
If that did not work
- If the magic-link email did not arrive, check the spam folder. If it is not there, email [email protected] and we will send it manually.
- If the plane field confused you, leave it blank. You can add it later from the child's profile.
- If the activity log would not save, check your internet connection and try once more.
If you are still stuck, email [email protected]. A real person reads it.