How ChildDomino works

Understand them today. Help shape what comes next.

ChildDomino helps you turn the things you already notice about your child: their interests, behaviours, strengths and challenges. Into practical ways to help them grow.

Understand
Discover
Act
Learn
Adapt
It starts with what you already know

You know your child. We help you notice more.

Parents see things that tests and school reports don't always capture: what a child talks about constantly, what frustrates them, what they return to without being asked, what makes them curious and what they seem naturally drawn towards.

ChildDomino starts there.

1Understand

Tell us about your child

Create a profile and complete an age-appropriate assessment covering areas such as:

Interests
Behaviour
Curiosity
Learning
Communication
Independence
Creativity
Challenges
Activities they enjoy or avoid

There are no right or wrong answers. The aim is simply to build a richer picture of your child.

Where appropriate, older children can contribute their own perspective too.

See a sample report
2Discover

See patterns you may not have noticed

Example strengths profile
CuriosityStrong pattern
PersistenceStrong pattern
Independent thinkingEmerging pattern
Creative problem solvingEmerging pattern

These aren't labels or predictions. They're patterns worth exploring.

Explore inspiring possibilities

ChildDomino can introduce families to people whose stories may inspire exploration, along with interests, abilities and areas connected to themes appearing in your child's profile.

Inspiration, not prediction.

We are not telling parents who their child will become. We are helping them discover possibilities they may not have considered.

3Act

Turn insight into small actions

Push the first domino.

Knowing your child's strengths is useful. Doing something with that knowledge is where change begins.

ChildDomino creates practical activities and guidance that families can realistically use.

This week's domino
Build something that solves a problem

Why · Explore curiosity and problem solving.

Time · 20 to 30 minutes

You'll need · Simple household materials.

Parent prompt · “What would you change if you built it again?”
Notice · Does your child keep trying when the first idea doesn't work?
CompletedPartlyTry laterNot suitable

Small enough to do. Meaningful enough to teach you something new about your child.

4Learn

Go deeper with personalised courses

ChildDomino recommends learning experiences connected to the patterns, interests and areas worth exploring appearing in your child's profile.

Young Engineer
Build • experiment • problem solve
Confident Communicator
Explain • present • listen
Space Explorers
Question • investigate • discover

Recommendations may include experiences for the child and guidance for the parent.

Preparing for a changing world

Today's strengths can open up possibilities in tomorrow's world of work.

The world of work is changing quickly. Established careers continue to evolve, while new jobs, industries and useful skills develop as technology and society change.

ChildDomino considers established areas such as engineering, medicine, design and business. It can also introduce growing careers, emerging industries and skills that are useful across many careers, but only when they genuinely connect with patterns in the child's profile.

The aim is not to predict a child's job. It is to identify career possibilities worth exploring from the strengths, interests and abilities the child has demonstrated.

Strengths
Interests
Abilities
Career possibilities
Early depth
Recognise

Recognise changing careers and industries

Consider established careers alongside growing jobs, emerging industries and transferable skills, so families can explore relevant possibilities they may not otherwise encounter.

Match

Match career possibilities with ability

Recommendations should not simply follow popular careers or trends. They should be connected to patterns actually appearing in the individual child's profile.

Build

Build depth without narrowing the child

When a child repeatedly shows strength or genuine interest in an area, ChildDomino can recommend activities, courses and experiences that progressively deepen that ability while continuing to support broad development across communication, creativity, academic learning, wellbeing and other important areas.

Specialise early. Stay broadly capable.

Early depth means giving a child more opportunities to develop an area of genuine ability or interest. It does not mean deciding their career for them. Academic, social, creative and life skills continue to matter, so the child stays broadly capable while promising abilities develop.

Guidance, not prediction.

ChildDomino identifies possibilities worth exploring from the child's demonstrated strengths, interests and abilities. It does not determine their future, claim they are destined for a profession, or guarantee career success. Guidance should evolve as the child grows and new observations are added.

5Adapt

ChildDomino grows with your child

Children change. Their guidance should too.

Parents can record what happened after activities, add diary observations and update their child's profile over time.

Try
Observe
Record
Adapt
Try again
You tried

Build challenge

You noticed

“She lost interest in following the instructions but spent 40 minutes creating her own version.”

What that may suggest

Open-ended creative challenges may be worth exploring further.

Next domino

Design something without instructions.

The aim isn't to get everything right the first time. It's to keep learning what helps your child thrive.

See your child from another perspective

Parents see one side. Teachers may see another.

Parents can invite a teacher to contribute a short classroom perspective.

At home

Loves building independently.

At school

Becomes highly engaged during practical science.

Shared pattern

Hands-on problem solving may be worth exploring further.

Teacher input can help inform relevant home support, courses and future activities. Parents stay in control of what is included.

One small action can change what comes next.

1A questionsparks
2Curiositybecomes
3An interestcreates
4Practicebuilds
5Skillcreates
6Opportunity

You can't plan every part of your child's future. But you can create more opportunities for the right things to happen.

That's the ChildDomino idea.

No labels. No predictions. No pressure.

ChildDomino does not diagnose children or decide who they should become. It helps parents notice patterns, explore possibilities and make more intentional decisions about what to try next.

Read our Safety & Methodology
The first domino

Your child is already showing you who they are.

Start noticing the patterns. Explore what they could become. Give them more opportunities to discover what they're capable of.

One observation. One action. One domino at a time.